How would the little comp 54-408-11 act in my 00
5.3? Will it affect the idle to much and what springs would anyone recommend?

 

what are the specs on it? i lost my comp cam part number book so list the specs. unless it is like a tr224 or a hammer cam or something it should act fine. as long as the lift isn't huge. and i would run comp 918 springs with anything. but the 01 ls6 springs are good to i think and don't quote me on this .525"

Matt

 

that cam would be pretty tame (idle) in a 5.3L. be a nice torquey cam im sure. for springs you could just get a set of ls6 valvesprings with the low lift of that cam

btw, its their 206/212 .515/.522 112lsa


Bryan

 

yeah, that would be very tame. if you need some ls6 springs i have a set. i also have an 01 ls6 cam for sale. 200 for the set

 

Hey thanks for the input. I already have the cam I just need some springs.

 

With a 112 lsa, that cam will sound great at idle. LS6 springs will be fine, but you may consider some stronger pushrods.


Greg

 

I'm also looking at that specific cam in my 4.8. Would it be less torquey in a 4.8 and help out more in the midrange? What would idle sound like also?

<small>[ April 03, 2003, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: OneFastSilverado ]</small>

 

I called Comp and talked with them about this cam the guy I talked to said that stock springs and pushrods would work O.K. He told me that the stock springs were good up to 550. I am a little confused. Is he just feeding me a line of BS?

 

stock 5.3L springs are only good up 'til .500 lift. I haven't had them measured for coil bind or enything though...

 

I've always heard that stock springs were good to .500 as well but I haven't measured them either. I think that the truck valve springs and the car valve springs are the same part number. No car guys run the stock springs with even slightly higher lift cams.

One interesting note- that guy who posted about installing the 02 LS6 cam in a truck did it on stock springs. That cam has .550 lift.