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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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My truck is in the shop right now getting worked on because I suspect there is an issue with my valvetrain. In case my lifters are crap and messed up the cam and I have to get a new one, I wanted to put a bigger cam in like a 224/224 or something like that. But because my truck is tuned for a 220/220 cam, do I need a re-tune any time soon if I put in a slightly bigger cam? How much of a difference would there be between my current cam and a 224/224 cam powerband wise, would it be more "peaky"? And the reason why I don't want to get a re-tune yet is because I have other mods planned and don't want a re-tune untill I get them.
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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it's always a good idea to tune for any cam swap to get the most out of the cam. I'm no expert but I'd guess you could swap between those 2 cams and not have much driveability issues but you still won't be getting the most out of the swap if you don't do a tune.
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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You'll be fine. Just won't get the absolute max power out of it.
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by viciousknid
it's always a good idea to tune for any cam swap to get the most out of the cam. I'm no expert but I'd guess you could swap between those 2 cams and not have much driveability issues but you still won't be getting the most out of the swap if you don't do a tune.

^^^^^^^^-This
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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Thanks for the replys.
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