Hotcam question
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
You can use just the cam depending on the present milage of the current valve train... but you are much better off getting the kit with the 1:6 rockers and correct valve springs. As for just the cam swap... I'm partial to TPIS, but it seems others on this forum have had alot of bad luck with them
What other mods have you done? and are you considering headers as well?
If you are doing the hot cam, buck up and get the whole kit... and read the FAQ tech questions and note the "Nathan Plemmons dyno page". It will detail the expected HP gains and what to do and what not to do.
What other mods have you done? and are you considering headers as well?
If you are doing the hot cam, buck up and get the whole kit... and read the FAQ tech questions and note the "Nathan Plemmons dyno page". It will detail the expected HP gains and what to do and what not to do.
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only mods i have so far are the hypertech programmer, 160 stat, magnaflow exhaust. 77 k on the car. the kit does sound a bit better, about how long is the install on the who thing? id probable have to have someone do it for me, local garage usually charges 50 bucks an hour
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Originally Posted by BDVETTE96
only mods i have so far are the hypertech programmer, 160 stat, magnaflow exhaust. 77 k on the car. the kit does sound a bit better, about how long is the install on the who thing? id probable have to have someone do it for me, local garage usually charges 50 bucks an hour
If you can't wrench on your own car, be prepared to take it in the shorts to have someone else do it for you - it's a pretty big job.
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Originally Posted by STL94LT1
The heads don't have to come off to install a hot cam kit.
I stick by my statement about the "package" concept however...
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Thanks for the info guys, i could do it all myself but getting it back together right, lol i dunno if i trust myself, but taking a weekend project beats paying out 15 hours of labor. The kit concept does make sense they must make them for a reason.
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Originally Posted by BDVETTE96
Thanks for the info guys, i could do it all myself but getting it back together right, lol i dunno if i trust myself, but taking a weekend project beats paying out 15 hours of labor. The kit concept does make sense they must make them for a reason.
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Sweet, only good thing ive heard about using the hypertech programmer is the rear axle change and spedo calibration, most people say the tuning doesnt do too much for you, i havnt put the car on the dyno yet to see any improvments