buddy with a cam

[TxStVanWilder]

ok been lookin for a cam here recently and talked with Allen through PM's and what not and knew kinda general area of what i was lookin for..... WELL now i have a buddy with a nasty fast TA thats a heads/cam and many other bolt ons car... his idles mean and is wanting to go out and get him a T-Rex or Magic Stick cam.... well hes sellin his old cam and im thinking about biting the bullet and buyin it from him

its a Reverse Split cam
230/224 575/563 111 lsa

here it is on thunder racing its the TENTH CAM down on the page

i LOVE the way it idles.... but i wanna hear the downsides to getting this cam... i know ill need lots more mods to help this thing run liek it should, but i wanna know what are the bad things that cams can do to a motor

thanks fellas

Alan

[RedHeartbeat]

You'll need some 918s to handle the large lift. I'd do it but I'd also put an LS1 on my riding lawnmower if I had one laying around doing nothing!

[TxStVanWilder]

ah roger the friend who is gonna help me out put it in may have a set of 918's in his garage... so he said he would GIVE me those thank goodnes.... what else would i need

what about pushrods??

[SCIV]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TxStVanWilder &#064; Aug 12 2006, 09&#58;10 PM) [snapback]60967[/snapback]</div>

ah roger the friend who is gonna help me out put it in may have a set of 918&#39;s in his garage... so he said he would GIVE me those thank goodnes.... what else would i need

what about pushrods??
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Yeah, buy a set of TR&#39;s rods. They are only about &#036;100

[RedHeartbeat]

Yeah, buy some pushrods. If you bend a stock pushrod it screws up the guide hole in the head and then you start having problems.

[NITROUS]

While you&#39;re that far into the valve train, go ahead an put some stock height roller rockers on it. If you turn RPM&#39;s over 6000, you&#39;ll be needing a set pretty quick. My friend with the Porsche went through 3 sets and he finally put a good set of rockers on the other day. The damn needle bearings kept coming apart even with the new factory rockers. Rockers are a cheap investment, they&#39;re next on my list.

[farmtruc]

Does anyone think that&#39;s borderline too big?

[DamnYankee]

For a 5.3? I would think that&#39;s too big. Everyone was telling me anything over a 220 was pushing it.

[Defunct SO]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(farmtruc &#064; Aug 13 2006, 09&#58;04 PM) [snapback]61105[/snapback]</div>

Does anyone think that&#39;s borderline too big?
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I think w/o the supporting mods, he wont like it. He needs a stall, p-rods, good springs, tune, exhaust.

[TxStVanWilder]

yep ive actually decided not to buy his used cam and go with a texas racing cam .... 224/224 253/253 112 like you suggested allen.... it gonna comes with p-rods and .918 springs... kinda a package deal from texas speed... at the same time im gonna buy my LT&#39;s and ORY..... then gonna have a 3000 stall with a rebuild thrown in before the end of the year

yeah i talked myself outta gettin that cam and goin with what you originally explained to me Allen... i decided to go with the 224, because its a little stout but in the future when i add more to the motor it will already be there and be able to handle other supporting mods.....

ill post up pics and sound clips when i get all my stuff in and let yall knwo how the install goes.....

thanks again and im sorry i knew i shoudla listened to you in the 1st place, but the cheap price got me thinkin the wrong ideas