I have a 99 Z71 with the 5.3 with cai,tbi spacer,dual exhaust with x-pipe into magnaflows and fixing 2 put on a 100 wet shot. what would be the best cam for me?

 

get rid of that TB spacer. its junk.

and what kind of driving are you going to be doing?

for stock idle/modest power gains/stock TQ converter, go with an '02 ls6 cam and yellow ls6 springs.

for a smooth idle, anything on a 114 LSA or up will be fine

If you want it to lope, do a 112 LSA

some good cams ive seen are 218/220, 220/220, 224/224, but you'd need about a 2600/3000/3200 stall contverter, which costs anywhere from $500 to $900. with an ls6 cam and springs, you can get for about $320. Any larger cam swap is going to cost you around $1500 between the cam, springs, rods, and converter. Not even counting install fees unless you do it yourself.

 

I hate threads like this because the posters just expect there to be one(and only one) cam that everybody agrees is the best. Not to mention most people never give enough information.

Like Scott said there are 10 million different variables that can contribute to picking the right cam

What kind of driving do you do?
Stock torque converter?
Aftermarket converter?
Future plans?
Forced induction?Thanksfully you answered this one
Mailorder tune, no tune, or live tune?
Daily Driver?
Gas mileage an issue?
Do you want it to lope?
Where do you want power?

etc,etc

 

we need a sticky of that haha.

THINGS TO EXPLAIN WHEN CONSIDERING A CAM

 

Read this cam guide

Like stated above there is no one best cam, there are too many variables but you will want to first decide how much bottom end you are willing to give up in exchange for increased top

 

Comps dyno sim states the 206/212 outperforms anything bigger on a stock 5.3. If I had to do it over again I think thats what I'd go with. Not sure of the best setup squeezing though.

 

id go with a comp 212/218 hi lift

 

its my daily driver, i want a mild lope,i would like to stay wit a stock converter but i dn't mind gettin a new one. im runnin a factory tune but going 2 get one soon, i dnt mind losin 2-3 mpg and my future plans are to get sum headers,tune,beef up the trans a bit and 2 keep my 100 shot

 

Do the trans mods first....really. The last two ca recommendations are pretty good.

 

thanks man u've really helped me alot