yes, i stayed with the stock timing chain and tensioner on mine. no problems yet and have probably 5k miles since the cam.

 

Thanks, ordered mine this morning and some 3:73's
I got my Kooks 1 7/8 headers with Kooks catless y on and an airaid Jr and it pulls alot stronger now, gear and this cam is gonna be nasty! 260$ for everything shipped for cam swap, then another 653$ for Yukon gears and install kit maybe this weekend I'll be camming!

 

If you are doing gears, I suggest doing 4.10s. 3.73s aren't enough of a jump from 3.42s to justify the cost, IMHO. I've got 3.73s in my 6.2 CCSB and I wish I had 4.30s with my 33s; 4.10s would be perfect on the factory 32s. Also, the LS9 cam takes away from your low-end powereband, so you'll want the extra torque.

 

+1 on this

 

I street race a lot 3.73's will do just fine and leave me room to grow when I throw a maggie on it

 

put a 3200 stall in it. you'll need it in first gear.

 

Hows the ls9 cam supposed to work with the maggie? im guessing pretty amazing coming from a blown car...

 

Bringing the LS9 Cam back to life....any updates

 

2011 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ LS9 Camshaft Swap - GM High-Tech Performance Magazine

 

2011 Chevrolet Silverado Ltz Ls9 Camshaft Swap Dyno Photo 20

Notice how the graph starts at almost 4000 rpm and at that point the LS9 cam is making less power than the factory cam. I wish they plotted the graph from 2000 rpm and up as I have read on this forum and others that the LS9 cam offers substantial increases up top but down low it is soft.