what's a good cam for my car?

[Nin]

any suggestions?

[89vert]

any suggestions?

you'll want to get one with lobes ;D

[Dizzle]

any suggestions?

you'll want to get one with lobes ;D

BIG ones.. ones that make your car sound old school!

[formula mark]

Seems to me most LT1 guys get a LT4 hotcam.

[93formula]

depends if you want to pass emmisions or not. emmision legal cams are the lt4 hot cam, the cc 305, the xe 224/230, the xe 220/224 and with tuning the xe 224/236. the last one is a good blower/nitrous cam which is what i was gonna run but im going to turbo now so i sold it.

i highly suggest the cc305 or the lt4 hot cam, the hot cam is a 112 lsa so it may be a tad bit more harder to pass emissions, but it will. the cc305 on a 114 lsa will give you stock drivability, stock mileage with about 330 rwhp on stock heads and full exhaust with headers. the lt4 hot cam is capable of that as well. but it has a tad bit more cam surge.

bang for the buck is the hotcam kit available from jegs, you get the roller rockers and everything.

[Nin]

how hard is it to install a cam? can it be done at home?

[89vert]

remove rad, water pump, intake, posiblely harmonic balacer and distributor, don't know for sure I've never done a cam on an LT1 but intakes got to come off for sure, can be intiminating on an injected car

[Nin]

ill just ask my friends at a shop how much they'll charge me...i dont want to be messing with anything

[89vert]

ill just ask my friends at a shop how much they'll charge me...i dont want to be messing with anything

its not a job for a rookie, workin on 4th gens is a fuckin pian in the ass to

[Nin]

its not a job for a rookie, workin on 4th gens is a fuckin pian in the ass to


optispark licks my nuts

[89vert]

its not a job for a rookie, workin on 4th gens is a fuckin pian in the ass to


optispark licks my nuts

fuckin garbage opti spark, I know of a couple people with LT1's who got moisture inside it and fucked it

[Nin]

ME BEING ONE OF THEM

fucking gay...1200$ repair bill...and i got a fucking deal too

new sparkplug wires
new sparkplugs
new waterpump
new optispark

[93formula]

you paid too much.

if your water pump goes, get a electric, its like 200 bucks.

opti can be had for 200 usd new if you know where to look for it.

wires, well you dont have to change your wires all the time, especially aurora wires-lifetime gaurantee.


to do the cam, you have to disconnect fuel lines, pull the intake, you have to take off your valve covers, remove the rockers, remove the push rods, remove the lifters, accesory belt, fans, rad, move the ac condensor slightly, crank hub and pulley,water pump, opti, timing cover, timing chain, cam. im sure theres a few things i left out.

hope you know theres more to a cam swap then a cam, youll need springs, retainers, i recomend new pushrods, highly recomend roller rockers, recomend new lifters, intake gaskets, rtv, timing cover gasket, waterpump gasket, and again im sure i left out a few things.

let me know how much your shop will charge, my chief installer from canadian high performance may do the job for a reasonable amount, you pay for all parts or bring in your own, and you just pay labour.

[Nin]

thanks for the info formula..i'll keep your shop in mind for sure

i think im gonna slowly buy all the parts and then throw it in all at once..i dont have the money to just buy it all together :( haha

[WS6isnotathome]

Doesnt a coil pack swap come in under 1200 on an LT1 ???

[93formula]

i paid 500 usd for my ltcc, 100 usd for 8 ls1 coils, some wires and your done. well worth it, you wont ever need msd or any after market ignition system