How many high (cammed) mileage cars out there?
04-08-2013, 02:56 PM
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How many high (cammed) mileage cars out there?
Looking at h/c/i set up longevity....so post up your mileages on your cammed set up's. Thanks.
04-08-2013, 05:58 PM
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St. Jude Donor '12
I was in the same boat, just got a cam for my C6 installed. So long as the cam is fairly mild and you use quality parts it should last no different than stock. I am sure a lot of big shops (LPE,etc) have hundreds of cars starting from the C5 days that got fairly mild set ups that the owners daily drive with out any issues and are still running strong. There was a guy on "tech, he had a LPE 383 Firebird, they installed the motor back in 95, up until 2009 it still had the original valve springs on it from LPE.
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04-08-2013, 08:27 PM
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I have a buddy with a Ms4 (good size cam) in a c5 and he has had the cam since 60k miles. He dailey drives the car and is now at 147k miles with no issues at all. He also has a super stiff clutch and a straight pipe. How he can stand to drive it every day still amazes me.
04-08-2013, 10:58 PM
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About to have mine worked over by EnglandGreen here in Houston.
Cam, intake, LT exhaust and associated goodies. Good parts, good shop and proper maintenance go a long way.
Cam, intake, LT exhaust and associated goodies. Good parts, good shop and proper maintenance go a long way.
04-09-2013, 11:31 AM
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04-09-2013, 02:28 PM
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High mileage on the LS's doesn't scare us - these motors are stout and will run for a long time when cared for properly! We baseline dyno everything before we get started, and as long as it's making appropriate power then we don't hesitate to continue modding. We've added h/c/i to cars with as little as 1k miles to well over 100k.
All of our personal vettes did fantastic as well on the longevity side - never any problems out of our h/c set ups even after 50k+ miles on those set ups.
All of our personal vettes did fantastic as well on the longevity side - never any problems out of our h/c set ups even after 50k+ miles on those set ups.
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