Cam upgrade feed back.

[Cth0225]

I have a 2010 SS manual with 60k miles. All the basic bolt ons.. longtube, intake, exhaust and tune. Looking for a camshaft upgrade now. I'm looking for some feedback on which cam brand and stage to get the most hp gains.

[Roader]

Go with a stage 7 cam by Brenspeed

[ZOOK]

I have a 2010 with 80k on it and have the jannetty rough idle cam and blower and love it ,,, give Ted a call

https://jannettyracing.com/

[weSS1LEy]

Originally Posted by Roader

Go with a stage 7 cam by Brenspeed

Do they work on camaros? I looked at their site, all Ford, few dodge, no chev

[Roader]

Originally Posted by weSS1LEy

Do they work on camaros? I looked at their site, all Ford, few dodge, no chev

No lo

[Juiced1]

We carry and deal with Texas Speed and Brian Tooley cams. If you need help selecting one give us a call and we can go over the options. Being a manual car we can go pretty aggressive while maintaining good street manners.

[Chris49066SS]

Originally Posted by Roader

Go with a stage 7 cam by Brenspeed

I've been asking about their Stage 9.5 cam for a Camaro

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by Chris49066SS

I've been asking about their Stage 9.5 cam for a Camaro

The 9.5 is a great cam. If you go this route, I'd upgrade to the coyote heads and put 4 of them in there. I heard it is a simple swap on the LS3.

OP - If you're serious, take a look at the cam packages offered by the big guys like TSP, BTR, and GPI. Also, understand what your goals are with the car and how you plan to use it. If it is a DD and you're looking for the highest HP only, you may be sacrificing some low end driveability. For most of us, a Stage 1 or 2 cam is plenty as our cars rarely see track time. The difference in HP with the bigger cams usually only becomes apparent when you do the other supporting mods (trunion upgrade, intake manifold, 102mm TB, etc) to allow you to raise the redline to the mid 7k range.

[sixty9fordkiller]

Originally Posted by Cth0225

I have a 2010 SS manual with 60k miles. All the basic bolt ons.. longtube, intake, exhaust and tune. Looking for a camshaft upgrade now. I'm looking for some feedback on which cam brand and stage to get the most hp gains.

call an experienced custom cam designer like Cam Motion, GPI, BTR, TSP, Tick Performance, and tell them about what you wanna do. if you can have your raceweight on hand, it would be a big plus

A lot of them use cam motion 8620 cores spec'd to their relentless hours of trial and error development and will be able to get you the best package for what YOU want the car to do.

Thats the advice i got many years ago in the gen ii sbc days. Never failed then, doesnt fail now

[Roader]

Originally Posted by PepeLePew

The 9.5 is a great cam. If you go this route, I'd upgrade to the coyote heads and put 4 of them in there. I heard it is a simple swap on the LS3.

OP - If you're serious, take a look at the cam packages offered by the big guys like TSP, BTR, and GPI. Also, understand what your goals are with the car and how you plan to use it. If it is a DD and you're looking for the highest HP only, you may be sacrificing some low end driveability. For most of us, a Stage 1 or 2 cam is plenty as our cars rarely see track time. The difference in HP with the bigger cams usually only becomes apparent when you do the other supporting mods (trunion upgrade, intake manifold, 102mm TB, etc) to allow you to raise the redline to the mid 7k range.

This is best info you’ll get but I’d argue stage 2 minimum with a manual since you don’t have to worry about converters and all that. If a DD is just go with stg 3 although I did daily my gpi ss4

[Benman]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris49066SS
I've been asking about their Stage 9.5 cam for a Camaro



The 9.5 is a great cam. If you go this route, I'd upgrade to the coyote heads and put 4 of them in there. I heard it is a simple swap on the LS3.

But wouldn't this require upgrading the hydrocolator valve to version 10.2.4?

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by Roader

This is best info you’ll get but I’d argue stage 2 minimum with a manual since you don’t have to worry about converters and all that. If a DD is just go with stg 3 although I did daily my gpi ss4

I agree with Roader... I didnt see you were manual!!! (thanks for pointing that out) No need to go stage 1 unless you were auto staying with stock converter. Stage 2 or 3 are definitely streetable with a solid tune.

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by Benman

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris49066SS
I've been asking about their Stage 9.5 cam for a Camaro



The 9.5 is a great cam. If you go this route, I'd upgrade to the coyote heads and put 4 of them in there. I heard it is a simple swap on the LS3.

But wouldn't this require upgrading the hydrocolator valve to version 10.2.4?

You are correct... definitely need to upgrade the hydrocolator valve. I found a good telescoping basin wrench makes this an easy swap for any shade tree mechanic though.

[LsxDoctor]

Cth0225
This is a very hard question to answer. You need to address your goals driving style, is it going to be a dd, weekend warrior, race car etc etc, future mods...
Your best bet is for YOU to do some research and find what best suits YOU. We all have our favorites and can give you all these cool names but in the end only YOU know what you want/expect.

I have a stage 4 TSP cam. It works great for how I use the car and how I like to drive. Bigger isn't always better. Look at some dyno sheets and study the power under the curve. If you're cruising around town with a big @$$ cam, don't expect to have any power down low.