As of right now I have a 216/220 .525 .532 114Lsa comp cam and have pretty good results with it at the track. It sounds pretty good and pulls good in my truck. But after I put in my stall, it seems to have ate up alot of my top end pull and is leading me to think that I need a larger cam.

So I am thinking about trying the Patriot Performance 226/226 .585 .585 112+2
(https://www.patriot-performance.com/...&cat=49&page=1)

The only thing I am worried about is the lift on this cam. I am running stock 862 heads, and will most likely be keeping them stock for awhile. Will having this high of lift on stock heads actually hurt my performance?


Also, will I gain a noticeable amount of power switching to this bigger cam? Would it be worth it?

 

give it a try. if it dont perform well, it shouldnt be hard to get rid of. if all else fails, atleast it would sound bad ***

 

the 5.3s flow more at 600 than 550, so no problems there

What are the lobes on that cam? $280 is damn cheap for a new cam

 

I read somewhere that they buy their cams from Comp.

 

what's your full list of mods?

Personally i'd go even bigger on the cam because i recall you have like a 3800-4000 stall.

 

like he said though, stock heads.

looks like a good choice to me, 224-226 will be big, but you have the right setup for it

 

cam,4.10s,full bolt ons, built tranny, 4k stall

It's my DD so I don't know if i want to go too much bigger than that cam unless it's not going to hurt my MPG that much more than it already is.

 

he's already got a 216/220....im not sure going to a 224 even warrants a cam swap. Dozer dan is running a 232/237 or someting like that in his 5.3. He'd probably be the best one to ask about which cam to go with.

 

it may be a 216/220 but the lift isnt very high at all. talk to corey (blackgmc) he just went larger in his 4.8. if im not mistaken its bigger than the cam you have now in your 5.3.

 

Me and Corey talk all the time, he's in Colorado right now.