Gotta friend asking about putting a cam in his 99' Z-28. What all's involved? Just pull the radiator, valve covers, and intake right? Let me know what you all "experts" think. Also what would you recomend for a car that is mostly stock but may go forced inuction later along the line? Thanx for all the responses I know I will get in advance

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1996' Vortech S-Trimmed Mystic Cobra

 

I was talking to my friend about this who's a mechanic, next week he's helpting me select a CAm for my car and we will look at install. You might have to kinda drop the engine out of the car because 1/3 rd of it is in the dashboard

 

You do not have to drop the engine to do a cam swap. Typically you need to change the springs to which was harder then the cam itself, for us. We did it in my garage and we had to take just about everything off the front of the engine, radiator, water pump, etc, to put a Z06 cam in his 98 TA but we did not have to pull the engine. Good luck.

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98 TA
some mods....

 

Where can I get a zo6 cam and how much will it cost? Is it any better than comp cams mild performance cam?

 

With the proper tools a cam swap is a snap. Even with the motor still in the car. Just remember to use the proper valve springs and upgrade the rest of the valvetrain accordingly to the specs of the cam. In a forced induction motor I would use a split pattern cam wich is heavier on the exhaust side both in duration and lift to help scavenge the exhaust gases quicker out of the motor.
The Z06 cam is a good upgrade but honestly for someone that is willing to go through the trouble of doing a cam swap you should really look at other cams out there with the same streetability of a Z06 cam which make more power even with stock heads. I would definately call someone such as thunder racing for a stock heads application since they seem to have the best of luck with this.
Rick

 

No need to pull the intake....FYI

 

Thanks for the reply's guys. Anyother cam companies that offer reasonably priced kits?

 

Take a peek over here at Ryoga's cam swap nightmare!

http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread...0&pagenumber=1

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2002 Camaro Z/28 LS1 A4 (2.73's)
Sunset Orange Metallic
Fernco, SLP Airlid, K&N Filter
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1995 Ford Aspire M5
!Torque & !Power

 

www.phatss.com has a good set of instructions on how to do an LS1 cam swap. Click on Mods FAQ and you'll find the link. Hope it helps.

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01 Onyx Black Z28 A4
fully loaded, t-tops
SLP LM, SLP quad exhaust kit, SLP lid, SLP 85mm MAF, K&N, FTRA, BMR STB, HPP3, 3.73's, 160 degree powerstat