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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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I know alot of you guys have a maggie and cam. What is the best cam for a magnacharger in a 5.3 besides a custom grind cam?
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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The LS6 cam in popular with the FI guys, I would think the Vinci "trucker" cam would be great as well, it is ground with FI in mind. however im no FI guru
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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A lot of people with Maggie run the lpe gt2-3 cam.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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LEP has a Maggie grind that is supposed to be killer
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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LPE sells a kit GT2-3 cam, LS6 srings and recommends 7.400 pushrods?
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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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Yeah. I ran patriot golds with mine and ended up using 7.350 push rods.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Mike - on stock heads, you should have used a longer pushrod. 7.4" minimum I'd think. If thats with the AFRs, forget I posted this.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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how about the gt7 on a 6.0 ?
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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i made 585rwhp and 592tq @12psi with a 228-232 114lsa on my 370, and made 625-646tq on a 76mm on the same cam and motor at 14psi. luv it so much im using it im my 408 with the 88mm...will have the numbers up next week or so..
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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who makes that cam
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