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10-08-2005, 05:04 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
Thanks Rob for all the input on this cam and how it performs. Are you running the stock 163 intake on your car? Would you recommend an aftermarket unit that might perform better. Thanks again.
wilma
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10-08-2005, 06:16 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
The stock hi-rise aluminum #163 is very hard to beat and just looks right on these cars. My '55 runs mid 11's with the #143 camshaft and a 1966 aluminum #069 factory intake. Basically the same as the #163 intake which is the long water pump version. The plenum is even still intact in mine. A fantastic reference book that goes over all of this is the "How to Hot Rod Big Block Chevys". It was published in the early seventies and was circulated for about 20-30 years making it fairly easy to find even today. A wise friend gave me a copy when I was 16 and it has always been my bible steering me in the right direction. It is a crime to not own this book if you love those Rat motors!
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10-08-2005, 06:28 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
Mark..I just got that book. Your'e right, its full of good reading.
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10-08-2005, 06:39 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
The book just stresses over and over again about how well designed the stock GM Hi-performance components really were. Most Supercars were built back in the sixties with mostly GM parts because the builders knew what worked and what didn't.
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1962 Biscayne O-21669 MKIV/M-22 1962 Bel Air Sport Coupe 409/1,000
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10-08-2005, 06:42 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
It is sitting next to my computer as I type this, grease stains and all. I have head this book for 30 years and the info is just as good today as back then. It is funny to see the prices they refer to for hi-perf Chevy parts. $25 for an L78 cam!!!! Man, those were the days.....
 wilma
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10-08-2005, 08:42 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
Wilma: our Y-Camaro races in Pure Stock, so the major hard parts have to be from the factory...so it's the run of the mill 780/163/840/427 combo...nothing fancy on my part...but as I tell folks all the time, the Chevrolet engineers have a gabillion hours into each and every part, so who am I to second guess them? This combo just plain works, and on a skinny tire it works better than my LS6 did as it will RPM better on the big end due to the stroke and the reciprocating weight.
A nice supplement to the "How To Hot Rod BBCs" book are the books by Ed Staffel (Max Performance BBC's and BBC Hi-Perf Interchange)...they take what you learn in the "How to Hot Rod" book and take it to another level...from ignition curves to compression mapping camshafts....pretty good stuff.
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10-10-2005, 04:24 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
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10-12-2005, 11:51 PM
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Re: ls6 cam
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[ QUOTE ] ...gabillion hours ..... [/ QUOTE ] Must be a Missouri way to tell time ... [/ QUOTE ] Must be Southern Missouri! 
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