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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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i am building my lt1 and need help choosing a cam. i have a forged bottom end 11:1 compression the new trick flow heads 195cc intake 75cc exhaust 1.6 roller rockers hooker long tubes and a loud mouth exhaust. 3.73 gears and a 3600 stall. can some one point me in the right direction? i was thinking about a comp cams 306 or a comp xe230/236
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How big is the bottom end?
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Call comp tell them what you got and they will point you in the right direction
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just tell bret, and he'll get you goin fast
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 10:26 PM
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its a 355 bottom end
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just tell bret, and he'll get you goin fast
I second that.
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TFS heads, 355 and 11:1????? That usually ain't a mix you can do easily.

Might want to run that thru the compression ratio calcs....

67cc chambers, 5cc valve relief depths etc.....

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