help me pick a 5.3 cam

I'm building a 5.3 for a s10, all the work is done besides the cooling system and engine mods. I have a built 4l60e and 2500 stall, stock internals with 9000 on the clock. I have a set of stage 1 prc 243 heads, and a set of 1.8 ratio roller rockers. I was originally going to put a z06 cam in it but it wont be completly a daily but will be driven 3-5 days a week still. I will be adding a ls6 intake and long tube headers when they come out in a few more months. and I will be adding spray sometime around christmas. I'm looking to have a streetable engine that can go 12s motor and 11 with spray. keep in mind I'm looking for those numbers with a shortbed st cab s10.

a buddy of mine has a 99 camaro ss that puts down 355 to the rear wheels, I want to kill him with this truck if possible.

the cams that I have in mind so far are the comp 216-220 with 525 531 lift, with my 1.8s the lift is .556 .561

also have been hearing alot of good things about tr220's for the 5.3s so i'm looking into them. and have seen up to tr224's in these with good numbers.

if anyone has 5.3 with heads and or more let me know what you have and what power and or times it makes. I'm still learning cam theory and what not I know that the comp i listed and the tr220 are proven 5.3 cams, but I will have more done to my motor then most i've seen with those cams.

thanks
Greg

Greg, with your lightweight truck and 2200 stall, a TR220 would be a good choice. A TR224 would put the power band pretty high up there, so the use of a higher stall may be required. Your truck would run great with a TR224 cam because it is lighter weight than our fullsize trucks. You don't wanna do all of the work putting them cam in and then wishing you went bigger. I would go with the TR224. :thumb:

224/230 .581/.588 112 lsa and a 3600 yank, then look at the headlights in the rear view.

thanks, i really don't want much bigger of a stall then the 2500 I already have though, will the tr224 work with that?

Yeah, the TR224 will be good. The thing you have working for you is the low mass of the S-10. The stall is a little small, but it should be fine.

any other opinions or experiance with these cams?

I realised I forgot to mention something else important with cam choice is I will be running 3.42-3.55 gears, and 245/60 r16 tires.

TR224 FTW!!!

Go with 3.73 gears and a Detriot TrueTrac.

i love my 216/224 551/551 115lsa imo...

TR220 if you keep those high gears and smaller stall... Even with you having less weight than a fullsize... The powerband of the TR224 is alil higher. Just my .02

LPE GT2-3 and SMOKE every cam mentioned all day everyday......

GT2-3 207 / 220 .571" / .578" 1.7 ratio 118.5

and it love the hose.....one of these took an otherwise bone stock motor in a TBSS to a 11.59.....with a 125 shot