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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:30 PM
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Cool Shoud i swap the cam or not

Well i got a stock 6`0 lq9 with stock 243 heads and a 236/242 580/590 112lsa cam and circle d 3800 stall with a 4l80e trans.A friend of mine said that the cam is to bigg for my motor shoud i swap to a smaller one or shoud i leave it on .I ran the truck at the rgv vs htp shoot out and ran a 13.8 on street tire and i fully flored it at 40 or 45 cause of traction what do u guys think i shoud do.I want the truck to hit at least 12s all motor the truck is a 2001 ex cab stepside what yall think.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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What rear gears? 2wd or 4wd?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:41 PM
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get some tires on it that are worth a damn
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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IT HAS 373s and posi but i still need d lt headers pullry and the wideband tune.I been wanting to buy some slicks but dont have enough cash right now il probably put some 15inch slicks i can get the pair for 80 bucks used but more than 50% of thread on them.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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IT HAS 373s and posi but i still need d lt headers pullry and the wideband tune.I been wanting to buy some slicks but dont have enough cash right now il probably put some 15inch slicks i can get the pair for 80 bucks used but more than 50% of thread on them.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:48 PM
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its 2wd sorry the computer froze.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Ouch you need longtubes bad
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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With those mods you're still running the stock exhaust??? That's probably costing you 50 rwhp just due to that. Also, how are you fitting 15" wheels on the rear?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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so this is untuned?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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The exhaust is dual 2.5 all the way to the back with 18 in case magnaflow i have the lt ceramic headers pc thanks to tootall but i need to get them installed.no cats.
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