Cammed LT1 with "roots" true duals

95 LT1 226/234 cam with longtube headers, and full 3" duals with an H-pipe and delta 40 flowmasters.

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[SuRihtanil]

@arnoni11 Same here why I am selling my LT1 to buy something more fresh and less used up.

[arnoni11]

how much did you pay for it like 5 6 grand? after i get a SUV i might get another camaro down the roadl the one i have now is decent but beat to hell and back.

[JoeliusZ28]

@willymywonka its stock cubes, no stroker. Yea I still have the car, Ive put about 10k miles on since the swap id say.

[willymywonka]

@JoeliusZ28 That's big cubes for you. Old school hot rodding still works for these things. Bump up the compression a little and throw in a lopey cam and you're over 370 to the wheels.

Do you still have this car? How many miles l do you think you put on the cam?

[JoeliusZ28]

@willymywonka I guess the point I was trying to make there is it amazes me how many people invest hundreds of dollars in headwork or intake porting on these things only to put it all behind a restrictive intake elbow. Simple things go a long way on LT1 builds.

[JoeliusZ28]

@willymywonka Well AI recommends some extra compression, which is what i did and it worked well. I'd have probably hit 380 if i raised my limiter. My numbers are above average, but I guarantee thats because of the duals and LS1 lid. They both made a huge difference. I know it would not have dyno'd that well with the single 3" and SLP CAI i had before. LT1 heads are really not as bad as people make them out to be. Its amazing the performance gains you see just using the right bolt-ons.

[willymywonka]

@JoeliusZ28 Thanks alot for that link.

I think i'm going to go with this cam, because with some ported heads i'll see 400+ down the road.

wow 373 to the wheels that's very impressive. I love how my buddy has a fully built 2v mustang and he puts down 293 lol, and he spent 4x the money i'm going to spend on a cam only set up lol.

Your car is straight gorgeous I can't wait to get my z painted. i'm blakez28 on ls1tech

Is there anything else I need to know before pulling the trigger on this cam?

[JoeliusZ28]

@willymywonka if youre on a budget, cam-only is the way to go. I did deck the heads for extra compression though. The car made 373rwhp as it hit the stock 5850 rev-limiter. I have the dyno video with the graph uploaded here. The power curve is awesome, torque peaks very early and holds flat as a table all the way to the limiter!

cam-kits are at:

advancedinduction[dot]com[slas­h]AiProductsCK[dot]html

[willymywonka]

@JoeliusZ28 I didn't know AI sold complete cam only kits. I know they port heads like lloyd. Where did you get the kit from? AI's site? do you happen to have a link?

I think a cam only set up is the way to go for me, and will be plenty enough to beat the full bolt on mustangs running around here. Currently i run a 125 zex wet shot, with longtubes and other bolt on's. That's plenty enough but I want the sound of a cam at idle.

[JoeliusZ28]

@willymywonka Yea I got the complete AI kit plus a few other things like a timing set and electric water pump. I spent around $2k on the whole build but i did everything the right way including a fresh valve job ($400) and I upgraded the oil pump pressure spring which has probably been a saving grace for the original bottom end!