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Old 06-05-2008, 09:43 PM
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I love the real lopey sound on a cam, and was wondering what the biggest duration and lowest lobe seperation angle I could go with on a 5.3L 4x4 to get a real mean lope but not sacrifice too much drivability? Its an everyday driver!

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pull a spark plug. That will give it "lope"
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Is it stock heigth? what gears do you have, do you plan on getting a higher stall, do you have any boltons

oh and the big question for any that are looking for cams HAVE YOU SEARCHED THE SITE?
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pick you true rpm range or you'll be wanting to change everything else to match a mismatched cam
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THIS AND EXHAUST, all the threads have been like this lately!

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Wait, didn't you just post this 2 days ago?? --->"I am planning on doing a comp cam 220/220 on a 112 lsa, and was wondering which valve spring kit is going to last and perform well?"

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=419163

Sounds like you already picked your cam, but FYI that cam isn't going to sound "lopey" at all...
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You should just check different cam specs. If you don't see one you like have one custom made. Comp Cams website has a cam guide. If you don't want to lose TOO much low end go with an XR273HR 220/224 530/534.
They give you the RPM range of each cam so all you gotta do is get one that's in your range and has a good LSA and desired duration.
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-212/212, .530", 108*
-215/215, .568'', 108*

Both those should have a good lope, and still have good low end. They are both ISKY lobes.
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Originally Posted by stock48
-212/212, .530", 108*
-215/215, .568'', 108*

Both those should have a good lope, and still have good low end. They are both ISKY lobes.
although I would be seriously worried about vacuum issues with a 108* lsa cam.


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