2000 chevy 4.8 cam swap

[Bo brown]

Hi, im new to the site, i have been reading plenty of threads on the cam swaps but im still uncertain on what i want, i have a 2000 chevy swb 4.8 with cold air intake, flowmaster, tb spacer,vette servo, i have a line on a cam from a 2000 vette, stock cam... It is my dd truck so i dont want to lose much low end.
I also dont plan on a tune until i can afford to buy long tubes and such..
If anyone has ran this cam i would like to know how it was, and what kind of gains and losses to expect...

[J Industries]

Tune first.

Read around on here, there is much to learn.

IMO the cam is too small for the work needed.

[96/chevy/pu]

+1 on both, tune has free updates when you add new parts.

[Bo brown]

Im really looking to go cheap, i want to buy the parts i want a little at a time then when im done bolting on i want to go to the dyno, as far as cam i dont really want anything larger than the z06 cam, and i also heard that i would need the longer push rods.. Is this true, if so what else will i need, as i have found plenty of z06 cams for sale for around $100, would i be able to run this setup without a tune until i could afford it..

[J Industries]

Im really looking to go cheap, i want to buy the parts i want a little at a time then when im done bolting on i want to go to the dyno, as far as cam i dont really want anything larger than the z06 cam, and i also heard that i would need the longer push rods.. Is this true, if so what else will i need, as i have found plenty of z06 cams for sale for around $100, would i be able to run this setup without a tune until i could afford it..

Cheap? stop now.......This place will spend your $$$
Dyno is not the end all be all. quarter times, and happiness is more important than numbers. push rod length depends on lifter preload.
There is a reason Z06 cams and 1986 toyota camry's are cheap.

1. get a tune, and be happy
2. get a converter and be happier
3. get gears and be even happier
4. do a cam swap with a real cam and shit your pants with excitement.
5. get board with it and sell a kidney on the black market to buy a TT setup, and still not go fast enough.

[Bo brown]

I think that is the perfect route.. I will have a few hundred i can spend in a couple weeks, sould i go somewhere and get it dyno tunend, or would i be better with a pcm tune by blackbear or nelson?

[J Industries]

Being the internet, people complain more than praise. That being said I have not found a complaint about nelson.

[Frenchy]

Stock truck don't need dyno tuned. All the big 3 mail order tuners (Nelson, Blackbear, Wheatley) have done thousands of trucks like yours and have it perfected

[1slo4.8]

Jess gave the best reply by far lol with a little insight and exsperience

[Bo brown]

I have decided to buy this 2000 vette cam for 30$, i dont really have the money to spend on a tune and all that yet, but i have to change a waterpump gasket on my truck so i thats where i got the idea on the cam swap, also i dont plan on pulling the heads ever. so i really just want to do a very mild cam that doesnt require a spring change.. i will let you guys know what kind of difference it makes, from what i have read i can actually gain some good hp without losing too much low end, and i cant afford to lose any or have to drop my tranny just so i can pull my boat... But you guys have me set on a nelson tune once i get the extra money..