Hello I have a daily driven 2001 RCSB Silverado 137k miles 5.3/4l60 current mods are as follows;
1 3/4 longtubes-no cats, egr/AIR pump delete
Fast 102 with 102 tb
cai
borla catback
Wheatley tuned
auburn posi 3.73s
I know it is not relevant but caltracs and hotchkis sway bars. Gran Turismo brembo rotors and pads all around.

I have an 02 Ls1 out of a vette with 22k miles that i will drop in my truck soon enough. I will use the bolt-ons I have on my 5.3 with the ls1.

My question is what is a well rounded cam for the Ls1 that will not be too much of a dog down low dont mind losing some low end but i dont want a cam that starts making power too high in the rpms. I have read the TR220 and TR224 are solid proven cams. wondering if i can go a bigger (228 duration as an example) keeping good street manners. I dont care how the cam sounds, not going to choose cam on sound. As far as a stall i was thinking an FTI 3600 because my buddy has a ls2 gto with one and it drives good for my taste. dont know if thats too big of a stall for 22x duration cam

I also have 243 heads that i would like to use instead of the 241s. I will pnp either set of heads which ever one is better for the suggested cams.

Thank you....

 

If you are gonna run a ton of converter then why stress over low end tq?

 

The converter will take up what the cam loses down low and with a 3600 stall I would do a tsp 224/228. Should do good in that truck of yours

 

EPS 222/226 has made great power in ls1.LS1tech has some good dyno charts on them! Very stout for a smaller cam

 

Thanks for the answers gentlemen,
The reason I am stressing over low end because I don't know if that is too big of a converter for a truck, I was trying to go big on the converter because I always read "I wish I would have gone bigger. So just get a big right off the bat.

I will consider those cams gentlemen.

Anyone else?

 

I agree with the 224/228 cam. That would be a well rounded cam for what you're looking for. What diameter converter are you looking at?

Good to see another Vegas member on here!

 

Haven't looked into diameter yet. The smaller the tighter it is correct?
How are the tsp 224/228 street manners?

 

Opposite. The smaller, the looser.

 

Oh ok. Learning has just occurred. Lol..

 

There are a lot of people that run a 3600 stall and dd their trucks with it. I have a tr224 in my 5.3 with a 3000 stall converter, and I wish I would have gone with a looser stall, but already had this one for my z71. I would run at least a 3600 stall. If you're not worried about manners, go with a higher one.