Aftermarket “Truck Cam” in F-Body (LS1)
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Aftermarket “Truck Cam” in F-Body (LS1) I’m looking into a new top end for my ‘00 Z28 and I was wondering if a “truck cam” be a decent choice for a street cruiser? When shopping the bazillion cam choices for the LS1 I cam across TSP’s Stage 3 High Lift Truck cam. They list its advertised operating range from 1,400-6,500 RPM which sounds ideal for the way I’m going to use the vehicle. The specs are 216/220 .600/.600 112 LSA.
This is going to be a low horsepower build and parking lot manners take precedence over max hp. I have a 4l60e, 3,200 stall, and a 3.23 rear end. Improved low to mid-range power is what I’m looking for. You know, merging onto the hwy faster type of situation. Would a “truck cam” be decent in that area? I’m still shopping heads, but they’ll either be a petted 243 or an “as cast” 220cc. Possibly the TFS, but maybe a PRC. I plan on using an LS6 intake. However, I don’t really want long tube headers. I realize how big of a restriction that they are but I’d rather not have them. That being said, how worthwhile would a custom cam be in that situation? Are we talking a 5-10 hp gain with a custom cam that was ground to help exhaust flow vs the typical off the shelf cam? More than that? Less than that? This is a “budget build” and the horsepower expectations are fairly low. If it made 400 at the motor I’d be pleased.
Truck Cam
This is going to be a low horsepower build and parking lot manners take precedence over max hp. I have a 4l60e, 3,200 stall, and a 3.23 rear end. Improved low to mid-range power is what I’m looking for. You know, merging onto the hwy faster type of situation. Would a “truck cam” be decent in that area? I’m still shopping heads, but they’ll either be a petted 243 or an “as cast” 220cc. Possibly the TFS, but maybe a PRC. I plan on using an LS6 intake. However, I don’t really want long tube headers. I realize how big of a restriction that they are but I’d rather not have them. That being said, how worthwhile would a custom cam be in that situation? Are we talking a 5-10 hp gain with a custom cam that was ground to help exhaust flow vs the typical off the shelf cam? More than that? Less than that? This is a “budget build” and the horsepower expectations are fairly low. If it made 400 at the motor I’d be pleased.
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Can someone move this to internal?
Also finding an LS6 intake that doesn’t have something broken on it looks like it might be harder than I thought. That’s to be expected I guess since it’s a 25 year old piece of plastic.
Also finding an LS6 intake that doesn’t have something broken on it looks like it might be harder than I thought. That’s to be expected I guess since it’s a 25 year old piece of plastic.
