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Old Jun 19, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Time for a cam. There is no way to know everything that was hypothetically done to this car; 20 something owners via carfax. Things done for sure.

things done before me:
Texas Racing Headers all the way back.
MGW short shifter
HPI rear differential brace

things I did:
new rear differential
new vette villians rebuilt transmission

looking for a cam that is still worthy of street use. I am not looking to overly stress the bottom half of the motor which has 130k miles.

looking for some recommendations…. Yes, I promise as soon as I hit send on this thread that I will search old threads and ask questions there too.
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Cam Motion LS1/2 Titan 4 227/232 113*+4* with a good tune is close to the largest "streetable" cam I
would suggest for a daily driver,... especially with 243s or better.
just my .02
not a cam guru.

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Originally Posted by V_3_T_T_3
Time for a cam. There is no way to know everything that was hypothetically done to this car; 20 something owners via carfax. Things done for sure.

things done before me:
Texas Racing Headers all the way back.
MGW short shifter
HPI rear differential brace

things I did:
new rear differential
new vette villians rebuilt transmission

looking for a cam that is still worthy of street use. I am not looking to overly stress the bottom half of the motor which has 130k miles.

looking for some recommendations…. Yes, I promise as soon as I hit send on this thread that I will search old threads and ask questions there too.
Just put a BTR stage 3 in my car last week. With a good tune, it has been pretty impressive on the street. I had to upgrade to dual coil springs with titanium retainers to get the .660 lift I needed, but it sounds amazing and increased my torque curve all the way up to 5000 rpm. My rev limit was raised to 6700, and it wants more, but I don't feel comfortable taking the stock bottom and accessory drive to 7k.

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