Anyone here daily drives the Gt9 cam?
12-30-2012, 02:09 PM
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
Anyone here daily drives the Gt9 cam?
if so have you checked the rocker arm tips or valve tips? i here the lsk lobes should'nt be daily driven. Lingenfelter says you can daily drive them. thanks
12-30-2012, 02:13 PM
#2
can and should are two different things
01-01-2013, 06:01 PM
#3
Drifting
I'm interested in hearing reasons why you can't (shouldn't) DD a lsk lobe. I have them on the intake side of my cam and have only "heard" they are more "race" than "street"...whatever that technically means.
01-02-2013, 06:35 AM
#4
Safety Car
They also said that you can't run 8 rib set up on f2 pro charger at 30+psi. Well i have over 6k of pretty hard mile already with the same belt????????????????
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01-02-2013, 12:49 PM
#5
Racer
Thread Starter
most so called cam guru's say you can't dd drive the lsk lobes. they say the gt9 will eat up the rocker and valve stem tips.
01-02-2013, 12:51 PM
#6
Drifting
01-02-2013, 02:59 PM
#7
Former Vendor
with the right spring and install height, no issues.. if you plan to road race the car or do a lot of sustained high rpm, i suggest checking your springs once a year and possibly replacing them if need be. replacing springs on a c6 is quite easy anyway... cheap insurance
i forgot to mention earlier that we would highly recommend doing the solid stainless exhaust valves in the heads and checking the guides (replacing if need be) when doing the cam, we have simply seen too many fail on stock cammed cars. With the additional lift (including aggressive lobe ramp rate) and duration we feel it may aggravate and accelerate the issue.
i forgot to mention earlier that we would highly recommend doing the solid stainless exhaust valves in the heads and checking the guides (replacing if need be) when doing the cam, we have simply seen too many fail on stock cammed cars. With the additional lift (including aggressive lobe ramp rate) and duration we feel it may aggravate and accelerate the issue.
Last edited by Cunningham Motorsports; 01-02-2013 at 05:53 PM.
02-13-2013, 06:29 PM
#10
Le Mans Master
A better option might be to use the GT11 specs (215/231) and just use LSL lobes instead of the LSK lobes. That would be a little easier on the valvetrain. One of the better shops on the Camaro5 board swears by the GT11 cam. He claims blown Camaros will get down the track faster with the GT11 vs the GT9. The GT9 will peak a little higher on the dyno, but the GT11 will have more power everywhere except at peak.
An even better option would be to use LXL lobes (they were bred specifically to be easy on the valve train) and do something like a 218/230 118lsa. Similar overlap to the GT9 and 11. Much more valvetrain friendly.
An even better option would be to use LXL lobes (they were bred specifically to be easy on the valve train) and do something like a 218/230 118lsa. Similar overlap to the GT9 and 11. Much more valvetrain friendly.
02-13-2013, 07:11 PM
#12
Le Mans Master
Bump it up to a 222/234 118 with LXL lobes. That will have decent manners and give a nice bump over the GT9. Idle will be rougher, but should behave well with a good tune.