2 weeks, .560 lift, stock springs.
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2 weeks, .560 lift, stock springs.
Yep, i'm still running my stock springs with the LPE cam. I havent had the extra cash for the 918s yet so i decieded to see how stock springs would hold up. Talking to one of the local chevy dealer mechanics he told me that the stock springs are good for .550 lift. I know i'm over and i do plan to get new springs, but i have been shifting 1-2 at 6500 rpms and 2-3 at 6300 with no hint of valve float of any other problems. I have put a little over 500 miles on it ragging on it hard too.
I dont recommend doing this, cuz i'm sure if i left them in i will break something.
I've had 2 races wit hthe new cam and the results were pretty fun. First was an 02' Trailblazer w/5.3 and the other was a black Lightning. I pulled on the Trailblazer bad. The lightning i didnt pull on till i got up in the rpms and into 2nd. By 75 i had almost 2 truck lengths on him.
More fun stuff to come, unless i get unlucky and blow this motor. Then comes the 6.0 project.
I dont recommend doing this, cuz i'm sure if i left them in i will break something.
I've had 2 races wit hthe new cam and the results were pretty fun. First was an 02' Trailblazer w/5.3 and the other was a black Lightning. I pulled on the Trailblazer bad. The lightning i didnt pull on till i got up in the rpms and into 2nd. By 75 i had almost 2 truck lengths on him.
More fun stuff to come, unless i get unlucky and blow this motor. Then comes the 6.0 project.
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.560 lift on STOCK springs ???......I was under the impression that the stockers will only do .515 !!!
Hell.....that means that the Comp 212/128 .522/.529 would work on STOCK SPRINGS ????? ...I'm really not sure I'd want to but DAMN, I didn't even know they'd work !!!!
If this is true I could see running stock springs with a non XE-R cam, I would be fairly comfortable using them on a low-lift mind cam
I'm gonna go measure a stocker....I'll get back to you guys in a while on this
Hell.....that means that the Comp 212/128 .522/.529 would work on STOCK SPRINGS ????? ...I'm really not sure I'd want to but DAMN, I didn't even know they'd work !!!!
If this is true I could see running stock springs with a non XE-R cam, I would be fairly comfortable using them on a low-lift mind cam
I'm gonna go measure a stocker....I'll get back to you guys in a while on this
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snake eater is a bad ***! stock springs with .560 lift cam.... 225 shot of nitrous....... .050 shaved heads
edit: oops, i thought your sig said somethin about shaved heads before.....
edit: oops, i thought your sig said somethin about shaved heads before.....
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I can almost guarantee you are floating those valves. Hit a dyno and look for some nice jagged lines towards 5800rpms and higher Get some good springs and you will probably see a nice gain in horsepower with things working correctly.
Be careful man. If a spring breaks, the probability of a valve dropping isn't to far off. ...But then you could get heads to go with your 6.0L
Be careful man. If a spring breaks, the probability of a valve dropping isn't to far off. ...But then you could get heads to go with your 6.0L
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Originally Posted by SportSide 5.3
snake eater is a bad ***! stock springs with .560 lift cam.... 225 shot of nitrous....... .050 shaved heads
edit: oops, i thought your sig said somethin about shaved heads before.....
edit: oops, i thought your sig said somethin about shaved heads before.....
The way it was explained to me is a 2000 LS1 has .500 lift. You can safely go to 1.85 rockers without having to swap springs, whick would be .544 . The trucks springs are suposed to be the same lift specs as the basic LS1.(as per that guy, i dont know for sure)
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Originally Posted by FirstGen
225 shot? Holy **** batman. If you get un-lucky and blow it? You mean if you get lucky and it survives more than a few bottles...
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