I have an LS7 thump cam on my 2001 C5 Z06. My question is what is a good take off RPM for such a big cam. I have never found the sweetspot on this manual transmission yet. I try to take off at 1500RPM normally to conserve gas, but it seems to not like that. I find that in parking lots and coming off of speedbumps at about 1100-1400 RPM it wants to jump. Is 1500 RPM to low of an initial RPM from takeoff with a big LS7 cam installed for everyday driving around the city and in traffic?

Also I wanted to know. Is this really conserving gas or eating more fuel by me having to push down more on the pedal even at low RPM's to accelerate.

I use the following shift points for daily driving. My typical shift occurs at 2000 RPM's-2500 RPM's. I rarely go about 3000 RPM's to conserve fuel. Keep in mind the car has a LS7 cam installed.
Since it has this LS7 cam installed I am wondering if there is a better shift point for this car given the LS7 cam installed is keeping the RPM so low causing me to burn more fuel?
1st to 2nd shift 15 MPH
2nd to 3rd shift 25 MPH
3rd to 4th shift 40 MPH
4th to 5th shift 45 MPH
5th to 6th shift 50 MPH

I searched, but couldn't find shift points to use for daily driving when having this specific ls7 cam installed. If I slowly let out on the clutch with the ls7 the car will stall.
I have to typically rev to about 1500 RPM's just to get going while I am initially coming off of the clutch. I have heard of people releasing to the bite point then letting the car pull forward, but this doesn't seem to work with a ls7 cam installed.

According to the actual corvette manual the following should be your shift points for fuel economy. This is for the stock cam though, what I would like to know is how I should adjust this fuel economy chart since my car has a LS7 cam installed. What speeds should I be shifting at with an LS7 cam?

 

tuning tuning tuning.... and then some more tuning.
You should be able to get the car moving with 0 gas. If not, it's not tuned properly. It is hard to do well, so most cammed cars not not tuned well.
My car was 'driveable' ie you could 'drive around' the poor tune. I invested a few $$ and time into HP tuners and while not perfect, it is 90% of the way there. Either DIY it or expect to spend $500-1k to get a pro to do it right.
Once tuned properly, the engine will let you know where it likes to shift.

 

Any other supporting mods? You might want to increase those shift points to above 3000 RPM to get the cam up into its power band and keep from lugging the engine after the shift is completed. I have the LS7 engine in my '15 Z/28 and I shift it between 3500 and 4 grand when doing late night city driving. Never in 5th gear unless I'm out on the freeway. I'll put it in 6th gear above 75 mph just for a function check. Realistically that cam range is probably 2500 to 6500 but the 427 has a few more cubes so the comparison is not exactly apples to apples. If your priority is fuel economy a cammed LS might not be the perfect candidate. If you constantly spend time below the cams power band you're probably WASTING fuel so TACH IT UP and enjoy.

 

I would just trade it for a prius