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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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anyone had any experience with this cam? anyone got an idle clip/vid?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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i wouldnt recommend it unless your an old geezer ala budhayes
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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Have had this cam in for a while. No video clip. The lope is tiny with the 114+2 lsa I went with. Power gains were good over stock. I went with this cam being told by T/R that tune wasent needed to use it. Felt much better after tune but I also did converter at the same time which made things better. If I had the chance to do it again I would go with the 220/220 with the 112 lsa the cam is bad *** and proven.I lie tune was needed the the truck did stall backing up a few times and the p0300 (misfire) code did get set off a few times with the oldman cam.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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I've seen a few dyno charts with this cam in 5.3 trucks. The cam makes really good tq with the relatively low duration and high lift that it has. It won't lope much at idle if that is what you are looking for. Like phasemaster1 said the 220 or 224 duration cams are very proven cams in our trucks. You wouldn't need a converter with the old man cam, however with the 220 or 224 a converter would be needed.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GMCtrk
i wouldnt recommend it unless your an old geezer ala budhayes
LOL, I'm not even 40 yet ya whipper-snapper (39 )
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lukesdad04
I've seen a few dyno charts with this cam in 5.3 trucks. The cam makes really good tq with the relatively low duration and high lift that it has. It won't lope much at idle if that is what you are looking for. Like phasemaster1 said the 220 or 224 duration cams are very proven cams in our trucks. You wouldn't need a converter with the old man cam, however with the 220 or 224 a converter would be needed.
Im runnin the TR220/112 and my low end improved...no verter "needed"!!!!
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Originally Posted by sonoma43
Im runnin the TR220/112 and my low end improved...no verter "needed"!!!!
low end improved???
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I went from a dead hook on the street to spinning 30 feet.....
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These trucks are absolute pigs on the bottom end with stock camshafts. I can't imagine low end improvement with a 220 duration camshaft???
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this is in a ECSB Z71! so everyone that says you HAVE to run a stall with a cam.....your wrong! sure a 3k stall would help at the track...but not needed....
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