Seriously considering a cam. Work would be done by LSXperts in the ATL area.

I like the sound of their "Shake and Bake" cam. The question is for those with direct experience with the LSXperts cams.

Which one do you have? Stage 2/3/Shake and Bake etc.

Does the car sound like you have a cam in it?

What exhaust set up? LTs, cat back, xpipe?

What transmission do you have?

How are the manners in a parking lot or stop n go traffic?

Would your wife be comfortable driving it?

Reliability/longevity?

Change in fuel economy?

Please also feel free to add any other relevant comments.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.

 

TTT looking for info...

 

Wow..naming cams after fried chicken coatings ive seen it all

Op no clue on this but expect to have to do supporting mods, mpg taking a dive + your woman probaby complaining it isnt quiet and smooth

 

Fried Chicken! Love it!!


It's a full package with new timing set, springs, pushrods, oil pump etc. Loud not a problem!

 

post the value meals specs i've never herd of them so dont know what the cams are about

shake and bake meal #2 specs? #3? upgrade to a large fry?

 

I don't understand why so many people install cams JUST for the sound, I would never go to that expense and work just for a "sound", I installed my cam for power, not to impress people in a parking lot with the sound.
just my .02 cents

 

Without knowing the specs, couldn't answer half the questions you're looking for.

I have a 236/240 .630/.630 111lsa cam in mine(with Trickflows and a FAST). Smaller, mellower cams can have different/better results...

1. Fuel economy is worse than stock. Lost 3-4 MPG approx.

2. Valve springs need to be replaced every 30k miles or so. Maintenance goes up with any camshaft. I check under valve covers occasionally, run better oil etc etc, however, I've done nothing but drive the hell out of it for 2+ years.

3. Gotta drive around parking lot manners(i.e. little more/less clutch and throttle). Low speed, turning and braking with no throttle can get the car to hiccup and want to stall. Can probably tune it out but its really not a big deal. Took a few drives to figure out what the new set up liked.

4. Wife hates the car cause it blows the tires off at 80mph, which is why I love it and I couldn't care less about the above. Its an animal 3-7k RPM.

5. Sounds absolutely filthy at idle. Car shakes. People pop their phones out the windows and take videos pretty damn often.

Hope that sort of helps

 

how much HP you got? i have 474/415 n/a and 599/600 on spray and cant blow the tires at 80mph!

i can brake them loose under 60mph and get one hell of a dance when i shift at 95mph but just to nail it and brake them loose at 80mph never happen so really man how much HP is your car putting out?

 

488/430 NA.... 620/600 on a button.

Not running a drag radial.. car is lowered on 4 yr old Michelin PS2's. Desert highways are probably slick compared to areas close to the coast or that get more than an inch of rain per year haha

Higher RPM roll in 3rd(70-80mph) it'll haze the tires, especially when weather is cold. Nitrous on the street with street tires? 3rd is worthless...it'll spin as long and as fast as your willing to go.

Anyway I totally understand none of that is indicative on how fast or slow my car is. Its more a **** set up than anything, my point wasn't comparing weiner size...only the upside of building the motor, outweighs the negatives

 

yes cold weather its useless to try my car to, wasn't calling you out just shocked to hear 80mph blowing the tires off. i havent hit the button with street tires since with DR's 1st is useless & 2nd is sketchy my car is not a monster but its pretty healthy for a mild heads cam car i was waiting to hear 700+ hp thinking i need to find out what you have done to yours lol

 

So I had the work done. TSP LTs with catted Xpipe and the Shake n Bake cam. Car is better than what I was looking for. Made 407 HP to the wheels and 387 TQ with original heads. The springs and pushrods were upgraded as were the seals, keepers, etc., along with timing chain and oil pump.

As someone stated above, the 3K-7K RPM is a lot of fun..... although the rev limiter kicks in at about 6800....

 

my rev limiter is set to 7k my shift light is set to 6700 and i shift about 6800ish

should be well into the 11's with that power

 

nice dyno numbers.

Is your car a Z06? 243 heads? what are the cam specs ?

 

Not Z06, stock 241 heads with bigger springs.

Cam is 235/242 621/592 111+3 or thereabout

 

That's a big cam. Hows the drivability? Do you have any low end?

 

If ya don't mind sharing (pm me if you'd prefer), what was the total cost with parts and labor? I bet that cam has a gnarly idle and great sound

 

It has taken some time to get used to as far a slow speed driving. The low end torque does lack a little. Not a lot different than stock however. When the RPMs start heading up towards 3K, she really becomes a beast.

I ran an autocross on Saturday. I ran the whole thing in first gear to take advantage of the torque, one thing I did have to learn is management of said torque. It was pretty easy in some circumstances to spin the tires while at speed.

 

She's definitely got the devil inside idle and at start up!

As for cost, it was $4k for the catted LTs and the cam work including all parts necessary to do it right.

The cam was $2550 and the LTs $1450.