i have an 05 4.8 and looking for a good cam. im having trouble finding the exact one i want. if i understand what i read when you get a cam that sounds choppy it is because the lsa is higher which usually means it is going to help your mid-high end range and hurt your low end. but if you get one that helps your low end it will idle smooth almost like a stock cam. overall i want the best of both worlds...meaning plenty of low end but still have that sweet choppy sound.

so if you have any suggestions/experience/corrections to what i said, or anything let me know. id appreciate it.

thanks

 

there are alot of threads on cams at the moment..


but I've been told you don't wanna go much bigger then say 224/224 for the little 4.8. Even that size is pushing it.

the best way to set up for "high end" is to get a high stall so your not really worried about hurting your low end... by the time you launch your arleady in the power curve and just get up and go anyway..

 

i sent u a pm

 

come on guys lets get this thread rollin. I want exactly the same thing
I also wanna get as much info and openion as possible before I start shoping

 

respawn thanks for the input. im actually leaning toward a 224/224. what stall would be best tho?

 

the lower the LSA number, the more lope

 

I was looking at (2) 224 Tsp Cams for my 4.8L myself...one has a lift of around 561 and the other has around 581 lift.

 

A word to the wise..
if you are leaning to the 224..
be aware of the major tuning that will have to be done to get it to run just right..

You can get a tune for it and it will run..
but in order to get Great results from it you will need to have it tuned correctly.

I also agree..
anything bigger that the 224 is to big for the 4.8L
if you had a list of cams that started off with mild and went to wild..
the 224 would be on the other side of wild.

 

Sweet, Well then with that said i'm going with a 224/224 .581/.581 Camshaft With a 112 lsa for my 4.8L

 

He was almost advising you NOT to buy that cam so how was that a deciding factor?

Who's going to tune this for you? Don't bother with a mail-order tune. It won't fly.

Why not just get a custom grind 220/220 on 110 lsa? That would lope just as hard and not be as big of a bitch to tune.