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Starting to get tired of this Cam/Converter combo

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Old 05-03-2012, 12:38 AM
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Dear oakley6575, what are you trying to bring up I'm driving a 5.3 on a 228/232 and 3700 TC as a daily, drivibilty? I dont mind. Gas consumption, I don't mind. Enjoy it.
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I want something a little more tame for my daily driver. Thats all.
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My yank 3200 drives a little less tame then stock. From all I have read, exp and seen yanks are a very tight vert compared to others. I think you should just look into swapping to a smaller cam. It has alot of duration in turn making you run the truck harder to get moving( power higher up in the band). A cam on the lines of 220-224 would be a HUGE difference over your current one, even using the same converter.
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
My yank 3200 drives a little less tame then stock. From all I have read, exp and seen yanks are a very tight vert compared to others. I think you should just look into swapping to a smaller cam. It has alot of duration in turn making you run the truck harder to get moving( power higher up in the band). A cam on the lines of 220-224 would be a HUGE difference over your current one, even using the same converter.

What size converter are you running?
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Yank 3200, 410's, 224 cam, this is my DD. It is not radical IMO
Old 05-03-2012, 01:59 AM
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I'm talking about diameter. What size is the converter?
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Keep the converter, get a 220's duration cam, and gas the hell out of it when you want a little extra. Just my .02.
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9.5''
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Originally Posted by CC05
Keep the converter, get a 220's duration cam, and gas the hell out of it when you want a little extra. Just my .02.
Thats probably what I'll do. After the cam swap, I'll see how I like the converter.

I'd probably like the converter better with lower gears in it. I took 4.10's out of it for the freeway, but with the long *** gears in the 4l80e, it feels like i'm riding on the converter forever.
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Originally Posted by oakley6575
When I was doing this build last summer, the ******** on the LS1 forum tried telling me my cam would drive like stock with the bigger cubes. But I guess you live and learn. You guys don't like the idea of an LS9 cam?
If someone tells me a vehicle "drives like stock" after a modification, they're either a moron or the modification wasn't a modification at all. Think about it.


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