Do both radiator and front grill need to be removed for the cam swap or just radiator?

 

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small cam/stall setup... and a bottle... 13's and still as driveable as you want

 

Just the radiator.

Check out LS1Howto .com for a guide on cam swaps.

 

just the radiator has to come out... i would look into a cam kit and maybe a lil higher stall, like a 3000-3200.... that an some longtubes should get ya right where u wanna be..

 

Swap in a 6L...done deal!

 

13s in a RCSB is cake.

Hell, my 04' ran a 14.6 with just a tune.

Id say tune, cut the bottom out of your airbox (CAI kits are the biggest ripoff in the world) and a mild stall. Should hit 13s all day long.

 

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Although I'm kinda settled on going the cam,headers(already in the garage),tune, small stall route because I can use the 5.3 sitting in the engine bay, the other options are so tempting.

6.0 swap brings nice torque, add a cam and seems to bring nice numbers to it as well, and on top of it I contacted a site sponsor and they are letting a NEW magnacharger kit go for $4500 as opposed to the $6000 they used to be. I know it is a lot of $$ and definitely my limit but will I see the kind of rear wheel numbers these kits reliably put out spending less on other mods elsewhere(NO nitrous!)?

 

CAI and nitrous got me a 13.7 on 20in wheel, everything else was stock. 13.3 with lt's and a tune. Putting a circle d 278mm and built trans in this weekend and switched to a 125 wet shot, I expect 12.7-12.8.