Looking for some cam input for a 5.3 I just bought guy said its a 05 its got 706 heads dish pistons and its going in a 1955 bel air with a 4 speed 3.73 gears 3500ish pounds. I plan to port the heads a little and mainly just cruise the car with a little drag racing now and then.

 

Texas speed 228r cam with either 112 or 114 lsa depending on what intake you go with

 

How much stall you gonna run?
Tsp 220r would be a good cam for your cruise/race style but it will need a stall

 

^^ depends on what stall you want to run like grey said, if you don't want to run one, get the comp xr259hr baby cam its real torquey, sounds great, and you don't need a converter.

 

212/218 is a excellent cam I preferred that over the 220

 

If that reads 4speed manual, I don't think he'll need stall

 

I think that the 220 is probably a good choice. I assume you want a lot of that classic muscle car sound. If not then the 212/218 would be a good choice. Definitely noticeable at idle, but not as noticeable. What exhaust will you have on there? If you will have stock manifolds then the cam choice will have to change.

 

4 speed manual with 3/4 length headers ,flowmaster 40's, 44's or someother free flowing muffler and a big lope is fine with me

 

You want lope and good power, check out the Tick Performance SNS torqueMAX Stage 1 Camshaft.

Tick Performance SNS torqueMAX Stage 1 Camshaft for LS1 & LS6 Engines - Tick Performance

 

how bout this?

Part # 54-000-11
Grind # LS1 13045R/13045R HR115+4
Lift .598/.598
Advertised duration 285/285
Duration @ .050 231/231
Lobe seperation 115