I'm thinking about puting a cam out of a 2000 vette into my truck the cam specs are .500 lift intake and exhaust 198/209 duration. Is this worth my time. Will I notice much of a power increase.

 

What's your truck?

 

I ran that cam with full bolt-ons and picked up 2/10's and 3 mph

 

My trucks a 2003 silverado 2wd 5.3L cat back exhaust, shorty headers, high flow intake and ported throttle body.

 

This is also my daily driver and occasionally my work truck

 

if you are going to do a vette cam i would do the 2002 204/218 LS6. IMO that cam is pretty small as i have the 02 cam and am soon switching over to a 226. if you really want to keep this as a capable torquing work truck you could opt for a 210/216 but i dont think the cam you are talking about is worth your time and money unless the cam is free and you are doing the install yourself.

 

How big of a cam can i go before I need to change springs

 

Anything bigger than the vette cam you originally posted would require a spring change. IMO, that cam isn't worth the effort even if it is free.

 

NA the cam is a little better then what you have now.
Forced induction now that is a different story with the LSA on that cam being 115.5

 

i put a stock LS1 cam and heads on my 5.3 with full boltons and pushed 290 at the wheels but on spray is were it realy showed 412&456 on a 150