knightarooni

o.k., i can search so I wont go through the whole 20 questions. But the few that I do have are cam related.
in the next week I am going to be ordering: LT's, lid, sfc's, clutch, pulleys, and a cam.
I have pretty much decided on a milder cam( thinking in the 224/224 range) since it is going on stock heads(for now). the car is daily driven but I dont want it to be real tame.
my questions are:
1. do I need 1.8 roller rockers?
2. do i need new springs?
3. what lifters to use?
4. what size/ type push rods?
I found the cam from comp cams, but if yall could suggest another that would be cool too.
any help would be appreciated

SSpdDmon

If you're going to be freeing up the exhaust, check into the 228/224 or 230/224 grinds. They work really well with little to no backpressure. You will need springs and hardened pushrods are suggested. Stock rockers should be fine as well as lifters (assuming there's not too many miles on them).

teke184

1.8 rockers will not work with most cams, due to the high ramp rate. so stock is fine

some comp cam 918 springs should do for most mild cams.

knightarooni

will that size cam be O.K. with stock heads? the lifters have 80,XXX miles on them, so they probably need to be replaced. what are good lifters?
I thought when you changed a cam you were automatically supposed to replace the lifters???? i dunno
thanks for the replies

SSpdDmon

Stock lifters will be fine. You can go with the Comp lifters if you want...but, it's up to you. That cam duration is considered fairly mild when going with a .57x~.58x lift. People run mid to high 230's with ~.600 lift on stock heads....so you wouldn't have any problems with clearance.

knightarooni

thanks i will look into that

teke184

if the lifters are still functioning fine you should be ok.

not to mention...on the LS1...you have to pull the heads to change the lifters...which makes it much bigger of a project

knightarooni

they seem to be working fine(no ticking, ect) plus I am not pulling those heads just yet.
thanks alot

redzsmoked212

Well blow me silly and stroke me hard if i never saw a question like this before,
jus joking, make sure you get a heavy duty oil pump and double roller timming chain, and i think that a lot of people understimate the 224/224cam i think it is a great strretable/strip cam makes great power, when adding heads that cam easily walks over 400hp.