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Juice2SS · 01-03-2015, 07:09 PM

My old craptastic LT1 with optispark didn't mind the CC306. Tuned that one myself. 4L60E was easier to tune it seems. This 6 speed is interesting. I might convert to a 4L80E at some point. Depends on how the 6L80E likes the torque.

Rhino79 · 01-04-2015, 01:11 AM

4l for boost for sure! Don't need all that gear!

Juice2SS · 01-04-2015, 02:18 AM

I've found some really nice built ones for less than I can sell my 6L for. LoL

Rhino79 · 01-04-2015, 02:43 AM

Yeah. Just get the opti shift or pcs controller and you'd be set.

VADER SS L99 · 01-04-2015, 02:52 AM

This just goes to show you how the term driveability means very different things to many different people. That's not to say the cam of the OP couldn't be made to be more drive able but it just reminds me how one persons "drives like stock" is another persons nightmare. Reminds me of a old friend with a built 6.0 4th gen with heads, intake, stall, drag shocks, bigs and littles and a big nasty cam. He asked me to take a spin and I asked him how does it drive on the street? His reply was one of those drives like stock. Well, for me it couldn't be further from the truth. He drove that car daily and I would have found it annoying to just drive to the track. It was a mid 10's car and faster than anything I had ever driven but man did it suck in day to day street driving.

Bo White · 01-04-2015, 11:44 AM

Agreed. I love DD a spool in the rear end but others would hate it.

Pro Stock John · 01-04-2015, 12:33 PM

The driveability tuning for L99s is for sure tricky. Personally speaking, I had to drive my car a bit to get a feel for it.

Juiced what did you make before/after?

If you are not driving it already, I think you'll like the near stock idle of the LS9, check out this video a guy did (LS3 vs LS9)...

Juice2SS · 01-04-2015, 04:29 PM

I've been driving the hell out of it. Put about 400 miles on it so far. Car is missing some of the mid range power from before and after. The top end doesn't seem too far off. Running well if you ask me. I like sticking with GM parts. lol

smokum · 01-04-2015, 06:59 PM

You will have plenty of midrange with the lsa blower. Traction is more of a problem. You will love it. Adm will make it work and it will run hard and drive like stock.

2011WhiteSS · 01-04-2015, 10:00 PM

The video of the LS9 cam sounds awesome. If it's the only change made was the cam Id be all over it. But it almost sounds like the cats or headers were changed.

But either way it has a nice tight deep idle and I'd be stoked if mine sounded like that.

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Tampa Tuning · 01-04-2015, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juice2SS

Cam was tuned by the creator.

Id use a different calibrator. that should have been an easy package to get right.

Are you selling the GMPP heads?

Rhino79 · 01-05-2015, 08:27 AM

Phil, I've tuned that same setup about 40 times lol. I wanted to log the car in person to see/ feel what it was doing because I never once saw it die or even close to dying on a log. We did battle some cam surge. But when he put the ls9 cam in, it doesn't have the vararam now either.

Quite possibly it was still a calibration concern, who knows at this point. But it's a common combo I deal with daily.

Juice2SS · 01-05-2015, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tampa Tuning

Id use a different calibrator. that should have been an easy package to get right.

Are you selling the GMPP heads?

GMPP heads and LS9 cam are staying on the car with the LSA blower.

ADM PERFORMANCE · 01-06-2015, 07:58 AM

"We did battle some cam surge. But when he put the ls9 cam in, it doesn't have the vararam now either."

The Vararam stayed with the ls9 cam.

It leaves when the new LSA blower goes on.

01-04-2015, 02:52 AM	#33
VADER SS L99 Drives: 2013 A6 GT 5.0 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 2,909	This just goes to show you how the term driveability means very different things to many different people. That's not to say the cam of the OP couldn't be made to be more drive able but it just reminds me how one persons "drives like stock" is another persons nightmare. Reminds me of a old friend with a built 6.0 4th gen with heads, intake, stall, drag shocks, bigs and littles and a big nasty cam. He asked me to take a spin and I asked him how does it drive on the street? His reply was one of those drives like stock. Well, for me it couldn't be further from the truth. He drove that car daily and I would have found it annoying to just drive to the track. It was a mid 10's car and faster than anything I had ever driven but man did it suck in day to day street driving. __________________ BLK/BLK 1SS/RS Ordered 11-01-2009 Took delivery 12-22-2009. Heads/cam/converter/bolt ons. SOLD Feb 2015 to fund 6th gen LT1 SS with 8L90E.

01-04-2015, 11:44 AM	#34
Bo White Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vance Alabama Posts: 8,090	Agreed. I love DD a spool in the rear end but others would hate it. __________________ Retired wanna be cylinder head porter 2015 2SS 1LE Clutch reservoir, Vararam DRX, ported TB, TSP 2" headers, MGW shifter, stage 4 cam and Wilkes 11° 65cc heads Totalled: 2010 1SS Wilkes Performance/Eagle 416 shortblock, TSP custom valvetrain, PRC 260 heads, Edelbrock Pro Flo 102, th400 swap, 8" PTC 5500 stall= 535/435 at the wheels tuned Gen 3 Performance and Dyno 10.97 @ 124 full weight in 3100 DA CamaroFest X

01-03-2015, 07:09 PM	#29
Juice2SS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 931	My old craptastic LT1 with optispark didn't mind the CC306. Tuned that one myself. 4L60E was easier to tune it seems. This 6 speed is interesting. I might convert to a 4L80E at some point. Depends on how the 6L80E likes the torque.

01-04-2015, 01:11 AM	#30
Rhino79 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS L99/Auto Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 2,827 View My Garage	4l for boost for sure! Don't need all that gear!

01-04-2015, 02:18 AM	#31
Juice2SS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 931	I've found some really nice built ones for less than I can sell my 6L for. LoL

01-04-2015, 02:43 AM	#32
Rhino79 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS L99/Auto Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 2,827 View My Garage	Yeah. Just get the opti shift or pcs controller and you'd be set.

01-04-2015, 04:29 PM	#36
Juice2SS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 931	I've been driving the hell out of it. Put about 400 miles on it so far. Car is missing some of the mid range power from before and after. The top end doesn't seem too far off. Running well if you ask me. I like sticking with GM parts. lol

01-04-2015, 06:59 PM	#37
smokum Drives: 2010 2ssrs Join Date: May 2013 Location: DFW Posts: 827 View My Garage	You will have plenty of midrange with the lsa blower. Traction is more of a problem. You will love it. Adm will make it work and it will run hard and drive like stock.

01-04-2015, 10:00 PM	#38
2011WhiteSS Drives: 2011 White 2SS Join Date: May 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 408	The video of the LS9 cam sounds awesome. If it's the only change made was the cam Id be all over it. But it almost sounds like the cats or headers were changed. But either way it has a nice tight deep idle and I'd be stoked if mine sounded like that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-05-2015, 08:27 AM	#40
Rhino79 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS L99/Auto Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 2,827 View My Garage	Phil, I've tuned that same setup about 40 times lol. I wanted to log the car in person to see/ feel what it was doing because I never once saw it die or even close to dying on a log. We did battle some cam surge. But when he put the ls9 cam in, it doesn't have the vararam now either. Quite possibly it was still a calibration concern, who knows at this point. But it's a common combo I deal with daily.

01-06-2015, 07:58 AM	#42
ADM PERFORMANCE Drives: Anything I want Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: DfW - Texas Posts: 5,407	"We did battle some cam surge. But when he put the ls9 cam in, it doesn't have the vararam now either." The Vararam stayed with the ls9 cam. It leaves when the new LSA blower goes on.