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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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I have a buddy whos girlfriend is looking to upgrade her 05 GTO a little bit. She wants a cam but its her DD so not something that is crazy aggressive. Figured Id try and help find something.

I asked her what her power goals were, never really got an answer. I figure 400whp with full exhaust would be easy with a mild cam.

How is the TSP MS3 cam for this application?
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 11:47 PM
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I was just in your town... never seen so many neon colored POS cars with "swanger" wheels everywhere... WOW....

Is it an auto or M6 transmission? Lets start there.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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I DD my cam only ls1 6 speed gto and I have the MS3. No problem driving it everyday but she would probly rather have something more like a 228r or 233/239 from tsp.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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You don't have to go that big to reach those goals. Something mild like a 220 or 224 should hit that quite easily. I did 400rwhp with a GT2-3(207/220) and that is pretty small, even for a LS1.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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I DD my cam only ls1 6 speed gto and I have the MS3. No problem driving it everyday but she would probly rather have something more like a 228r or 233/239 from tsp.
do you have an idle clip ? i want something similar
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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mine wont be a dd and is a stalled auto ls2
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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I would look into a EPS cam has some smaller grinds that make power and are very reliable and driveable would be good with a good tune.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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do you have an idle clip ? i want something similar
No not really, but there are plenty on youtube.
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You don't have to go that big to reach those goals. Something mild like a 220 or 224 should hit that quite easily. I did 400rwhp with a GT2-3(207/220) and that is pretty small, even for a LS1.
I got the same cam and full exhaust and i'm putting 380tq/385hp down in my LS1. The cam itself is definitly a sleeper cam.
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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Its an 05/ M6
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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ive got a 233/239 in my 04 its not tuned but if u want to hear it go to youtube type in
98demonZ28 my car is jakes gto
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