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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 08:03 PM
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i have a 99 trans am automatic it had 273 gears and i put 342 and a lid i want to change out the cam and converter but dont know what kind of cam or what size to put i drive the car a little bit so i realy dont want any thing to radical but i want somthing to have fun with
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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You need to read up on converters and cams and see how big you want to go. A good cover-all would be to recommend a 3000-3500 stall converter and a single pattern 224 cam. See if that is what you want or if you want to go bigger.

Edit: I almost forgot........get LT headers before the cam!!!

http://www.ls2.com/forums/showthread...threadid=19550

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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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for a good streetable setup and still making good power I would probbaly do a TSP cam, the 225, 228, or the new Torquer and a Yank SS3600 stall converter.
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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theres a thread in the LS1-LS6 internal section where someone has a link to a video of his car, oh i just remembered, go to LS1sounds.com and it the top one in the true dual section, he just put in TSPs torquer, sounds bad ***
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 05:06 PM
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here i found it, its the top one and says TSP torquer cam in the comments section
http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals.htm
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 03:11 AM
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My ears are burning! There's also a direct link in my sig. Makes tons of torque, like the name implies, and makes it low in the power band. Trust me, you'll like it!
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