cam info please
#1
cam info please
Alright guys, I know this question comes up alot but I have full exhaust on my car and cold air intake. Now I want to put a cam in it, but I'm olny putting a cam in for now. I was thinking of getting a 228 and about 580 lift cam are the stock heads able to hold 600 lift? so my question is does this sound ok for a cam olny car or to much and what brand should I go with?
Last edited by Kratos 2250; 10-25-2007 at 10:40 PM.
#2
Alright guys, I know this question comes up alot but I have full exhaust on my car and cold air intake. Now I want to put a cam in it, but I'm olny putting a cam in for now. I was thinking of getting a 228 lsa and about 580 lift cam are the stock heads able to hold 600 lift? so my question is does this sound ok for a cam olny car or to much and what brand should I go with?
yes the stock heads can hold up to 600. but the stock valve springs cant. you will need to replace the valve springs for the cam you choose. brand doesnt really matter. i was looking at cams from thunderracing for my car.
are you installing your cam yourself?
#4
#6
.580 will be fine on a daily driver. cams will be somewhere around 400. a comp timing chain is around 200. pushrods around 150. gasket set is 80. LS6 oil pump is 150. valve springs somewhere around 200
go to www.thunderracing.com
look around there at there cams and stuff. also for the cam swap if you need help go to
http://www.installuniversity.com/
or
http://ls1howto.com/
go to www.thunderracing.com
look around there at there cams and stuff. also for the cam swap if you need help go to
http://www.installuniversity.com/
or
http://ls1howto.com/
#7
also you may want to look into the correct tools for the job. (valve spring compressor, the tool to support the lifters while u take the cam out, the tool to put air in the cylnders to hold the valves up) once again www.thunderracing.com has a bunch of tools to make it go easier.
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#8
Your looking at about 800-1000 for all the parts. And no a 228 will not be to big for a DD. I'm fixing to do a cam and I'm pretty sure I'm going to do TSP's Torquer V.3. Is your car a M6 or A4?
Cam- 359
Push rods- 110
LS2 timing chain- 35
Ported LS6 oil pump- 139
Gaskets and new crank dampener bolt- 45
Comp 918's- 169
All the price quotes are from TSP.
There's a guy on here that sells a valve spring compressor for 50 bucks.
You'll need a bolt M16/2.0 Thread pitch X 120mm long, this will help when pulling the crank dampener off and pulling it back on.
There's also another guy on here that sells a tool that pulls the dampener back on.
Check out ls1howto.com. There's a nice write up on there. Hope that will help you a little.
Cam- 359
Push rods- 110
LS2 timing chain- 35
Ported LS6 oil pump- 139
Gaskets and new crank dampener bolt- 45
Comp 918's- 169
All the price quotes are from TSP.
There's a guy on here that sells a valve spring compressor for 50 bucks.
You'll need a bolt M16/2.0 Thread pitch X 120mm long, this will help when pulling the crank dampener off and pulling it back on.
There's also another guy on here that sells a tool that pulls the dampener back on.
Check out ls1howto.com. There's a nice write up on there. Hope that will help you a little.
Last edited by Low02; 10-25-2007 at 11:28 PM.
#9
Heres the tool for the crank dampener.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/removed-locked-thread-graveyard/391883-new-crank-dampener-installation-tool-pics.html
And heres the spring compressor.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/tools-fabrication/317675-tim-s-valve-spring-tool-now-available.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/removed-locked-thread-graveyard/391883-new-crank-dampener-installation-tool-pics.html
And heres the spring compressor.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/tools-fabrication/317675-tim-s-valve-spring-tool-now-available.html
Last edited by Low02; 10-26-2007 at 02:23 PM.
#10
Heres the tool for the crank dampener.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391883
And heres the spring compressor.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391883
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391883
And heres the spring compressor.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391883
#11
I ran the 224/228 581 581 112 +2 degree advance XER Comp cam and it ran great. Daily driver, no weight reduction, stock suspension with Hypercoil springs. That car trapped high 118's/low 119's bogging the launch at 3200 and ran 12.0's. High 1.8X 60 foot times, which suck.