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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer111
The fly in the ointment is that the cam can not have a notice lope! California emission here.

And no head work and with stock manifolds.
Might want to look at a Livernois 1C or have Pat G spec you a cam.
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Originally Posted by Cherokee Nation


08/auto with 1 3/4" LT's,K&N,Borla Stringers and tune.448 rwhp,this cam has a hell of a lobe and low in power.
I used to have a 224 cam in my Corvette, and no issues, But I wanted a little more, so I bumped up to a 228R ( is not a large cam). I tell guys you can tend to lose some drivability with larger cams, so you can go a little smaller and make it up with a larger manifold and / or heads. Now that tends to cost a little more, but lose nothing on the low end.

On the other side of the coin, Your 4.11 gears will also make up for low end issues

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Originally Posted by phils C5 vette
I used to have a 224 cam in my Corvette, and no issues, But I wanted a little more, so I bumped up to a 228R ( is not a large cam). I tell guys you can tend to lose some drivability with larger cams, so you can go a little smaller and make it up with a larger manifold and / or heads. Now that tends to cost a little more, but lose nothing on the low end.

On the other side of the coin, Your 4.11 gears will also make up for low end issues
Everyone knows that I have a cam,like i said it has a nice rumber (Lobe) and I don't need a stall. Great street cam...
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Old Feb 7, 2016 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Wallacefl
Might want to look at a Livernois 1C or have Pat G spec you a cam.
...to avoid lope you need to keep intake duration under 220 and have an LSA that gives more negative overlap...
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Old Feb 10, 2016 | 09:49 AM
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ive read that the 224r has passed in CA so I'd look at the vrsp1 from vengeance racing. Even ask for a 115 lsa for slight lumpy idle. Don't forget to find some ls7 exhaust too
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Originally Posted by Suns_PSD
I have a 219/ 231 cam in an LS3 and here are the dyno results (with LS7 manifolds, CAI, and tune). It is small and has a very tiny amount of lope. Nothing that anyone would consider out of the ordinary. It was custom speced by PatG for the previous owner of my car. If you want the cam card just let me know.





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Originally Posted by phils C5 vette
I used to have a 224 cam in my Corvette, and no issues, But I wanted a little more, so I bumped up to a 228R ( is not a large cam). I tell guys you can tend to lose some drivability with larger cams, so you can go a little smaller and make it up with a larger manifold and / or heads. Now that tends to cost a little more, but lose nothing on the low end.

On the other side of the coin, Your 4.11 gears will also make up for low end issues
So are you saying you wish you did not go to the 228R? Just didnt see the conclusion to your swap.... what drivability issues specifically did you notice? I'm just curious if I would be able to live with them...

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