Just currious, what do you mean by saying that it is not a great daily driver. What would the truck do in order for me not to like driving it everyday. Other than shity gas milage what would it do. I still have the great 91 toyota mr2 that gets me around town. Ohh yeah what all would I need for this cam to work. Ok i know everybody reading this is saying why do you want to go big. Well im new to this whole performance side and i'm just hard headed. I'm gonna do all this and end up doing something totaly diff in a couple of months.

 

Its just a big cam. Wont seem quite as big in a 6.0 as it does in a smaller cubed 5.7. But its just a loper with not a lot of low end and it makes really high RPM power. Gonna need a high stall verter. Which IMO comes down to not having great drivability. Your gonna need to kick up the RPM that the verter locks up. When cruising on the highway at 70 or so its gonna take some pedal effort to try and pass somebody. Where the converter is locked and the engine is at a low RPM where it doesnt make power. I would not run Comp 918's with that cam. M<y choice would be Comp 921 duals or Crane duals. Get some good pushrods and titanium retainers. Cause your gonna need/want to rev that thing high!!

Id just hate to see you go to big and be upset, thats all man.

 

on top of having to drive around at over 3500 rpms to move anywhere. Its gonna be a pain to try and get it too idle you will be sitting at a light idleing at around 1500 rpms. Plus there are issues with vaccuum which effects brakes and power steering you will try and turn around in a parking lot and notice the brake pedal is all the way down and its not really stopping and with the steering wheel all the way over it will try and die. Unless your experienced with tuning and big cams I wouldnt attempt it you wont be happy with the results.

 

what do you guys thinkd about XE-R from LGMotorsports 240/244 .609/.612 114 . Im just being curious as what the cams will do and how they will affect driving performance. I sure as hell dont want smashing on the pedal just to get going. I guess the only other thing is to ask for a cam that has a good all-round performance. . Something that sounds good as well as it performes. Oh and with what ever cam i go with, it's all gonna be tuned at MTI in Houston. So im hoping tuning want be a problem. Thanks guys all of your replys have been very helpful.

 

I was looking at running this in my 5.3 (230/236 .590/.598 112 LSA) just to see what kind of power it would make. My buddy dynoed it in his camaro and only made 10 less ft-lbs. of torque then his HP.

 

IMO, these cams are too big for a 6.0 in a truck. With the exception of the 230/236 one just mentioned or the Ron Jeremy, I wouldn't even consider putting those cams in a 400 + cube stroker.

I'd stick with the MTI cam in your first post.

 

With that big of a cam you have to watch out for valve to piston clearance Richard at WCCH told me to go no bigger than a 224/228 .570.580 for my app in a 6L.

 

Your talking about wasting a lot of gas to drive this thing around with a cam like that. One other thing that hasn't been mentioned is the lack of low end power with a huge cam. Duration moves the power band up, so like these guys are saying go with something a little smaller like 224 or 228 at the high end. You'll get most of the benefits that a cam can deliver but still have some streetability.

 

All in all. Keep it simple. Stay with a fair amount of lift and duration. Keep it low enough that all you would need is a 3000-3200 stall and I think youd be happy. Shoot for the C2, get some good springs, rods, tit retainers if you want and a TCI, Yank or VIg 3000 whatever converter. Maybe add a set of nice long tubes and then get a good smooth tune. I think youd be pretty pleased. That C2 will lope if thats what your wondering.