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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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I am trying to decide what to do with whats left of my Mod money. I am planning on getting engaged in a couple of months and I have enough left in my mod fund to do either a cam swap or torque convertor swap. which ever one I don't do now will get done by ~August....
BTW I don't want to do a engine swap cause I will be selling the truck in <2 years, so basically everything I am buying will be transfered to a CrewCab easily.

I have my 4.10s and TrueTrac on the way and should be installed in a few weeks. So my choices are:

1. Yank TT3000

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2. Comp Cams 212/218 114

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BTW how does a TT3000 do on a 4.8? I have read it will only flash stall up to ~2600-2800, is that true?
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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do the cam, u dont NEED a converter but what Im told it just makes the cam feel better. IMO. Im gonna have to split my cam install up between the converter and cam itself and it might take about a week or so in between before I get to the trans portion and tune
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Converter first imo. Yes, with less bottom end torque the converter will flash lower.
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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Converter first imo. Yes, with less bottom end torque the converter will flash lower.
So the TC will help me more at the track, better 60ft? I know I need to do both, but I can't and I don't want to break out the CC. So will my truck run worse with a higher TC with the stock cam?
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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Yes, the higher stall will drop your 60' time if you can keep traction. Doing the cam first would cause you to lose a little bottom end until you had a converter which is why i'd say do the converter first.
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
Converter first imo. Yes, with less bottom end torque the converter will flash lower.
I agree. I have my converter in the box outside but i wish i would have done my converter first. Why are you picking that cam?
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by gao8302
Why are you picking that cam?
I picked that cam cause it is a proven performer. It is not tooo big or tooo small.. I have never read anything bad about that cam. Everyone I have ever read that ran that cam was happy with it...

What would you suggest for a 4.8?
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Im no cam expert but why are you going with the split. Do you plan on spraying it or adding some kind of FI?
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gao8302
Im no cam expert but why are you going with the split. Do you plan on spraying it or adding some kind of FI?
I am no expert either, just going off what other people have said is a good performer... I don't ever plan on spraying it or FI...
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Have you looked at the 220 or 224 cams.
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