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I have spoken to the guys at Thunder in person since i am local to em about the old man cam and from what i was told it is exactly that. A cam that would be suitable for a old man. You will get a bit more power throughout the stock powerband and thats it. For the most part it's a good cam but not for someone who wants to go fast so to speak. Two guys from Thunder with the same mods and same reg cab trucks did a old man cam and a comp 212/218 High Rise and the high rise truck would pull away from the old man cam truck every time. I was told this by both of the guys who owned the trucks so i would say it's a nice cam but not a good power jump so to speak if you want to really get moving.
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so one thing im tryin to consider which is probably different from alot of you guys is not how well it pulls top end (old man vs the comp hi lift 212/218) but i wanna know how it does down low for offroadin purposes. ive got some 285/75/r16's on my truck right now and i wanna get 315's on when i do a body lift... i know im gonna get some 4.56 gears but i wanna do a camshaft that will do well down low too... thats why im curious aobut the cheater camshaft...
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I personally had that cam in my old RCSB 2wd 5.3 its a great cam, however I wish I would have installed the 220 112* instead. The 220 has alot more torque at mid range. My old truck was a full bolt on with the old man truck cam and it made 306rwhp and 320 tq at the wheels. The power wasnt apparent until 3400rpm with the old man truck cam. BTW new springs and pushrods are need it is .600 lift!
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Your crazy if you think the old man truck cam doesnt make power. I gained alone 36rwhp just from the cam swap and thunder gained 40rwhp. The lower duration of the 212 218 (more torquey of a cam) probley what set the 2 apart. Now install a 2800 stall in the 2 trucks and the old man would probley pull away. Its not how much power it makes it matters were the power is made. Especially talking with cam swaps without stall converters.
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Originally Posted by onequick5.3
Your crazy if you think the old man truck cam doesnt make power. I gained alone 36rwhp just from the cam swap and thunder gained 40rwhp. The lower duration of the 212 218 (more torquey of a cam) probley what set the 2 apart. Now install a 2800 stall in the 2 trucks and the old man would probley pull away. Its not how much power it makes it matters were the power is made. Especially talking with cam swaps without stall converters.
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Originally Posted by UnrthdxDream
so one thing im tryin to consider which is probably different from alot of you guys is not how well it pulls top end (old man vs the comp hi lift 212/218) but i wanna know how it does down low for offroadin purposes. ive got some 285/75/r16's on my truck right now and i wanna get 315's on when i do a body lift... i know im gonna get some 4.56 gears but i wanna do a camshaft that will do well down low too... thats why im curious aobut the cheater camshaft...