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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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Has anyone tried a Zo6 Cam, are you happy with it? Would you recommend it to others?
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 10:22 AM
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welcome to the boards do a search there is alot of info on that cam on here
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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Havent tried one, but Id recomend going bigger.


BTW welcome. There is a lot to be learned here.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Sorry to 'jack the thread, but...

DAMN, Custom 68 (Dave), that is a SWEET '68!
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Just finished puting one in my turboed 4.8. Will have to drive it for a few days to see how its going to be. Got to get the tune dialed back in now.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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What year Z06 cam I,ve heard the base circle is smaller .Did you have to change pushrods?Thanks i just bought one and i want to get it right
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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hey av04 u can use your stock pushrods with no problem
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 10:28 PM
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I've bot an 01' Z06 cam in my 4.8 and did not have to change anything and like the outcome of the new cam. Bout the same on the low end but on the top end you can really feel the difference, with other bolt-ons like headers, intake, tune, rtc you will get more out of it.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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I used a 02+ cam. It does have a smaller base circle. I measured it and it was .050 smaller, but that's only .025 diff to the lifter, which is in it range to compensate for. Its running well but I'm having some random miss firing problems right now, but I think they are spark plug related. Going to through some new TR6's in it tomorrow and see if that fixes it.
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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thanks Tarheelz it is a blast to drive.
It was a fun project too
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