LS9 CAM SWAP FOR 6.2L

[Bo White]

I remember watching an interview with a GM engineer on the performance division were he said they deal with emissions, effeciency, warranty, sound suppression and drive ability. No car is perfect off the showroom floor for most of us. That's were sema come in lol.

[Cpanthers85]

Originally Posted by litle88

525/495 are you aware Cam only guys are putting down 500hp+?

You spent $8000 plus all your boltons and FP, I'm sorry you still believe GM engineers are good enough to maximize your potential.

I'm well aware... But a lot of things came into play... Like not forging the bottom end and/or not wanting to run more boost. I wanted something "safe", that didn't require a torque converter change or having to fall into the snowball effect of replacing every other part of the drive train.

The potential is there to up the boost, swap out the cam, and make some other small changes. It's a good base start.

[thahemp]

Well, hopefully you're just taking it slow and responsible. I wouldn't buy a blower and expect less than 600. I would, however, creep up to that level of power just to satisfy my ocd.

[litle88]

Originally Posted by Cpanthers85

I'm well aware... But a lot of things came into play... Like not forging the bottom end and/or not wanting to run more boost. I wanted something "safe", that didn't require a torque converter change or having to fall into the snowball effect of replacing every other part of the drive train.

The potential is there to up the boost, swap out the cam, and make some other small changes. It's a good base start.

There's nothing safe in this hobby sir, no such thing.

[thahemp]

Haha. Excellent point. I was arguing with another guy at work about stangkilr's blown tranny. He thought it was dumb to go from 12psi to 20+ psi all at once. I said what difference does it make? The tranny is purchased and installed. It'll either hold the power or not. Why *****foot around?

[thahemp]

*****

[thahemp]

Haha. Found one!

[thahemp]

Nice. I'll have to remember that.

[Vash1087]

Originally Posted by strokerls1

LS9 cam is in. I did not get to the dyno yesterday but will be going soon to compare to stock. The car definitely pulls harder from about 4000rpm and keeps pulling until the limiter. I would guess anywhere from 25-35whp up top with my CAI. For anyone that can do their own labor and do not want to go through the trouble of springs,harden pushrods, big lopy idle,cost of a tune and sacrifice driveability I would suggest this cam. It cost $100 plus a few parts and about 5 hours labor. The car does sound little different but would go unnoticed at a dealer. Again, I am all for a big cam and big power but this is my DD and I wanted stock sound and stock drivability. My goal for the whole project was to make the same power as a full bolt on car i.e. headers,tb,full exhaust,cai, and tune but without the cost. I have $500 so far in mods. My labor is free so I think my goal was reached for now.

What were ur gains on the Dyno after tune?