I did this a while back, out of all the stuff I've done this is probably in the top 5 for funsies.

I had some extra parts stashed that I wanted to make use out of.

My 2001 Sierra 2500HD, 6.0l LQ4 with the 4L80E.
EGR Delete, Electric Fan Conversion, few other things



Bought the Summit version of the LS1 Hotcam..



I had some TSP 7.450" Hardened Pushrods in a box I got for free, removed the springs on these stock 317 Heads and installed the stock springs from a set of 30k mile LS2 243 Heads. I saved them Springs from the current 243 Heads that are on the 6.0l in my MCSS.

Tearing into it here..



Hotcam in and Timing Gears aligned properly..



Got it buttoned back up and a base tune in, then I was able to take it out and dial in the tune..



Stock Convertor is like 1800RPM if not more, there's no surge at all with this Cam in the 6.0l it runs great. Actually picked up some gas mileage with the swap.

This was purely done for funsies, sounds pretty good too. Attached a vid.
Imagur link if it's easier:

IDLE VID

 

Nice!

How does it compare to before? Idle sounds awesome! 😎

 

I didn't turn the timing up too crazy given it's a truck and I tow with it. It picked up some power in the mid range. It's not a big Cam, more for sound but it added a little bit. I just wanted to go for the farmtruck aspect, have that chop to it.

 

Which Summit cam? 8701R1 218/227 112+2, .522/.524

 

I love threads lile this. Cool project.

 

Thanks man. It's one of them projects that's so simple and so much fun for what it is.

I did this a few years ago but I believe that was it. Really close to the LS1 Hotcam and I used them LS2 Springs for that reason.

 

Formula for TOWING: AXLE gear ratio x Manifold Pressure x Wheelbase x Fuel capacity.
Maximize the product for best results..

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11 PSI twisting 4.56 gear

 

For as much as I use it and what I use it for the Blower wouldn't be cost effective, definitely would be fun tho.

 

Me too...and yes it is.


(Almost wish this board had a dedicated "truck" section.)

 

The sister forum is dedicated for truck is performancetrucks.net

 

I understand that, and I spend quite a bit of time over there also...but, as an example, the last three post in the "8 Lug Truck Performance" section were in June and February...just doesn't seem quite as active as over here.

 

Oh, yeah for sure. Not much traffic...😩

I sometimes post, but a lot of times, I'm posting mostly about barbacoa, burgers and hotdogs on that smoking meat thread, LoL 🤣

 

Man you shouldn't have said that..

 

It doesn't have to be posted in the 8 lug section. It could be posted in other sections.

Just watch out for the meat smokers on that side...

 

As long as the posts aren't in the Ford section you know it's about food..

 

Some the posters in the BBQ thread drive Fords... So....

 

They smoke meat without a smoker..

 

Exactly....