Moddoo

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Yes, you can go bigger, a lot of guys do.
Just remember the stock cam is a 190/191 .466/.457 114+2
So my cam is 16 degrees in and 21 degrees ex more than stock.
That is a big difference, even though many people call anything under 220 a "mild" cam.

My cam is not the biggest I could go with.
But my truck is heavy, and I wanted good performance off idle.
I shift at 6200, and scans show a nice curve to that point.
It sounds like you are looking for the same thing.
I am still waiting to see someone to try a 210/210 high lift cam in a 5.3

You really need to ask yourself what you want from the truck, and how much $ are you going to put into it.
If you are going to do a decent stall in the future and want to take it to the track, just get a 220 now and deal with it until you get more $.

Anyway, whatever you get will be much more fun than stock.

ramdaspadhye

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I think I'm going to go with a 210/216 wiht the TB stall. That should show a nice gain in the lower/midrange area.

onebadrubi

I really have to disagree with you. 212/218 with a 2800 converter, in a RCSB 2wd truck is very streetable, and a good cam. WIll provide great low end and top end. Now when he goes from the 212 and if he went to 206/212. He will drop power maybe 100-150rpms shorter and maybe peak 3whp less. BUT his torque will come on close to 300-500 rpms quicker and be about 5rwtq more. NOW in a tahoe that is WHAT HE WILL WANT!!!!

210/216 with the TB converter is the most I would go. Im not sure what that TB converter will flash to, maybe 2500. I will be willing to bet tho you will be looking for low end in about 3 months. And then you will be told that a Yank tt3000 and 4.10's will be good for your truck. I still think you should look into the tt3000 besides the TB converter. Its tight, streetable, towing is stock, but will flash in the upper 2800-2900.

dirt track racer 81

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go to the link in my sig..i have some sounds clips of my 5.3 with the comp 212 218 and 4.8 with the same cam..they sound good

Mark Johnson

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I've seen that cam. I really don't wanna go with a converter, happy with what I got. MPG and torque is what I'm lookin' for...........

ramdaspadhye

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I think I've decided. I'm going to go with the smallest, high-lift combo from CompCams. It's gonna be as follows...

208/214 .554/.559 110lsa

That's in the high-lift category of the comp cams with the XR lobes. What do you think about that? It's not MUCH different from the 210/216 that I origionally came up with. The torque should be really nice with it and the midrange should be, too. It should be much more noticable over stock with bolt ons and a computer tune.

Opinions?

UnrthdxDream

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im very interested to see you get the 208/214 .554.559 on 110 installed! i think that will be a good cam for you and a cam that i would personally look into as well.. it shouldn't be too heavy sipping on the gas and the lower duration and lsa will bring the power in earlier... just out of curiosity though what do people think the peak number differences would be between this and say the ever popular tr224?

Moddoo

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I thought we were talking about ramdaspadhye's cam choice?

Anyway, I encourage anyone to try something different.

If I told you how good my mileage was with the stock manifolds, you wouldn't believe me.
Nowadays, with LTs, I can get 23 on a good day. (I'm sure there's more in the tune) Torque is very nice also.

There was another guy on here that has some dynos from a low 20x/20x cam...

ramdaspadhye, that cam sounds good. Is it an off the shelf grind? What advance will you go with?

onebadrubi

that cam and peak diff in a full bolt on 224/224 is probably gonna be close to 10-15 rwhp, depending on tune, but the power will only be more in the 5000 up ranger. And the 224 can make power close to 6500, as long as its getting the required air flow.

ramdaspadhye

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I have no idea, maybe 4 degrees? What would you guys recommend?