To get 500 you'd need good heads, full bolt ons, and a good cam, preferably custom ground. A 3000 stall torque converter, 224 ish cam, and a good tune would make a major difference for you though.

 

I think I'll start with the cam and tune. You guys seem to know your stuff. A friend today told me to try the Thunder Racing 224 cam and a tune. What would that put me at, at the crank? If it's not fast enough, I can always buy the heads, but I'd like to try one thing at a time and see how it goes. Thanks again guys!

 

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In that heavy truck, that cam will be rather sluggish off the line without a converter. Any cam out of the 212/218 range will be sluggish in that thing with no converter. You need cam, converter and tune. That 224 with a good tune and converter will probably give you around 35 or 40 more horses at the wheels.

 

Okay. I don't have a problem doing a torque converter. I would just like to get the maximum performance from a cam swap and tune.

 

Does the STS turbo kit fit a current generation Suburban or are there other options?

 

Kb or Trick front mount turbo kit.

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Not sure if the 6.0 in the Burb has DOD and/or VVT but I suspect that it does, which will bring up an entire different set of choices and recommendations regarding camshaft changes.

 

No DOD, just VVT like the 6.2 in the trucks.....

RPO code L96.

 

I didn't even think about VVT. That opens up a whole other can of worms......