5.3L LS1 cam

[r.barn]

LS series head and cam specs
LS1 Info and Specifications - SMOKEmUP.com

[Fastime09]

In Mitchell software the cam spec's show lobe lift and on the 2001 is 274 in / 281 ex. when figuring lobe lift x 1.7 rocker ratio it comes up 465 / 477, all the info i have found on 98-2001 stock cams showed a 118-119 LSA, it seems everyone has different spec's..

[ma.racing]

go bigger if you can but if you plan on goin boost ls6 is the way to go the ls1 cam is not really a big jump imo its not worth the work but some guys love it

[Jonce]

In Mitchell software the cam spec's show lobe lift and on the 2001 is 274 in / 281 ex. when figuring lobe lift x 1.7 rocker ratio it comes up 465 / 477, all the info i have found on 98-2001 stock cams showed a 118-119 LSA, it seems everyone has different spec's..

I think that's what is confusing me, various spec's on these cams. Thanks for the info man, I appreciate the leg work. I'm going to try and run the stock push rods.

[BlueZee28]

I'm selling the stock cam out of my 6.0 if you want something a little bigger.

Edit: nevermind, I think it's actually a tad smaller than an LS1 cam?

[randomhero]

I'm selling the stock cam out of my 6.0 if you want something a little bigger.

Edit: nevermind, I think it's actually a tad smaller than an LS1 cam?

Depending what year you and he has they may be the exact same cam specs.

As far as the original topic at hand. I take a different approach than most who posted in here. Will you see a difference with a the ls1 vette cam? Yes, I'm sure you will probably see a bit. You can get one for cheap and can still use the stock valve springs.

Here's my gripe:
Doing a cam swap isn't a walk in the park unless you've already done one before. It's not hard, but it's still time consuming. With that said, there's also a fair amount that can go wrong with swapping a cam. When I swapping in my 224/224 cam we did everything right, took our time, and torqued everything to spec. By some weird coincidence my oil pump ended up failing somehow. It turned into a much more time consuming swap and ended up costing me another $200 dollars.

I guess I'm just being the devil's advocate, but you can at least pick up a z06 cam and springs for under $100 if you look around which is about the best factory cam you can buy(especially for FI).

I picked up my used 224/224 cam, valve springs, titanium retainers, and hardened pushrods for $350 to my door.

[Beatdown Z]

but you can at least pick up a z06 cam and springs for under $100 if you look around

I haven't seen a z06 cam alone for less than 100 dollars in a long time, seems like everyone wants them nowadays

[GasGuzzler]

$100 gets you the cam by itself in most semi-retail situations.

[Beatdown Z]

$100 gets you the cam by itself in most semi-retail situations.

Probably a little more but he said cam AND springs so i was like no way.

[GasGuzzler]

My point exactly.