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Howards GEN III 226/236 .525/.525 110lsa in a 5.3L

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Old Jun 29, 2018 | 06:06 AM
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I have done a ton of these and agree right around 220@.050 is the sweet spot for a LM7 5.3L. Might see a little higher pk hp number up around 230 but tq and power under the curve will suffer. Also that head likes the higher lifts. You can run a shorter duration on a tighter lsa and get that BIG cam sound without the BIG cam soggy tq curve. A tight lsa will generally help power everywhere on the lm7. I do a lot of custom 218/221, .58X, 108 lsa and 221/224, 108 lsa and the guys love them. A few have been deep to lower 12's on a well set up truck. We even have one turbocharged lol...
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Old Jul 3, 2018 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by stock48
I have done a ton of these and agree right around 220@.050 is the sweet spot for a LM7 5.3L. Might see a little higher pk hp number up around 230 but tq and power under the curve will suffer. Also that head likes the higher lifts. You can run a shorter duration on a tighter lsa and get that BIG cam sound without the BIG cam soggy tq curve. A tight lsa will generally help power everywhere on the lm7. I do a lot of custom 218/221, .58X, 108 lsa and 221/224, 108 lsa and the guys love them. A few have been deep to lower 12's on a well set up truck. We even have one turbocharged lol...
I'd follow that advice above if I were the OP


By the way, the setups in your sig sound bad ***.

And lol at having a turbo truck on a 108 LSA cam
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Old Jul 4, 2018 | 05:42 AM
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i have tested 231/239 cam on 5.3 it was like what stock48 says , loses everwhere but great top end power ,

with tbss intake 90tb 799 heads it made around 362hp 34xtq but that cam was slugish af
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