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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 06:58 PM
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Lightbulb help me choose a cam!!!!

well im just really starting to get into the performance part of my truck i already have a cold air intake and a corsa cat-back and im planning on putting long tubes and a stall and all that junk with out supercharging or putting her on the bottle so i have some money and im putting in the cam in a couple of weeks and i just need to choose one that will give me the best performance gain and all around driveablity since its my daily drive so if anyone could please give me some good cams to choose from thanks and by the way its a 5.3L thanks
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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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Check out comp cams website, they have a variety of cams and a description under each one.
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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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Do you have a Lifted Xcab Z71 with 35s and stock gears or do you have a 2x4 RCSB with 3.73s and what are your goals?What results are you looking for?
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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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Get a big one. It sux having to pull a cam to sell it then pull the factory one again to put the one you want in. Trust me
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by white1
Get a big one. It sux having to pull a cam to sell it then pull the factory one again to put the one you want in. Trust me
go big the first time. you wont like a small one.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:14 AM
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thanks guys any suggestions on sizes
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:20 AM
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im going with a tr227. its according to how big of a stall you want to go with. if you get a 3000 stall prob. go with a tr224.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 08:48 AM
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I got a 218/224, with a lot of lift But I think the TR224 would be a good choice too, or a 216/220 What are your goals.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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how much is a lot of lift? and what LSA is that one or are you keeping it top secret
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