97 5.9 cam suggestions?
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hey guys !
quick run down first time on here I have some questions im not an advanced tech but I can break down the motor pretty well.
I can hear a tick sound coming from back cylinder which i believe is #8 now i said **** it time for some new heads called a shop they want around $600 to do everything that's just putting in stock oem everything I was looking up camshaft kits you know since im already there, now I'm not trying to go fast I just want it to sounds really good so more for show. im not a camshaft expert and i don't really know sizes but i know my stock i just want something to beef up the sound without having to change every part right and left to make it fit something in budget preferably
stock:
intake duration:249
Exhaust duration : 269
intake lift : .410
exhaust duration : .417
questions ..... do i already have the 1.7 rockers? what sizes camshaft could i put in that will still fit the rockers and what kind of push rods? just steel or something better? i was looking at summit racing and the kit i was looking at is called a comp cam? model # k20--223-2 xtreme energy cam and lifter kits ( hydraulic flat tappet lifters)
intake duration:268
exhaust duration:280
intake lift:.477
exhaust duration:.480
its a kit that comes with camshaft, valve seals, flat tappet lifters springs bolts timing chain and gears
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...-size/5-9l-360
i already installed edelbrock exhaust headers and a super 44 muffler also already fuel injectors and i was looking at high volume oil pumps and water pumps along with a better thermostat
any suggestions would be awesome and if you have a kit that has everything a link would be awesome i don't want to go super expensive so my budget on a camshaft kit is about $500-$600
also my truck is a 98 dodge ram 1500 ss/t 5.9 360
it has 187,000 miles and needs some love its a work in progress
quick run down first time on here I have some questions im not an advanced tech but I can break down the motor pretty well.
I can hear a tick sound coming from back cylinder which i believe is #8 now i said **** it time for some new heads called a shop they want around $600 to do everything that's just putting in stock oem everything I was looking up camshaft kits you know since im already there, now I'm not trying to go fast I just want it to sounds really good so more for show. im not a camshaft expert and i don't really know sizes but i know my stock i just want something to beef up the sound without having to change every part right and left to make it fit something in budget preferably
stock:
intake duration:249
Exhaust duration : 269
intake lift : .410
exhaust duration : .417
questions ..... do i already have the 1.7 rockers? what sizes camshaft could i put in that will still fit the rockers and what kind of push rods? just steel or something better? i was looking at summit racing and the kit i was looking at is called a comp cam? model # k20--223-2 xtreme energy cam and lifter kits ( hydraulic flat tappet lifters)
intake duration:268
exhaust duration:280
intake lift:.477
exhaust duration:.480
its a kit that comes with camshaft, valve seals, flat tappet lifters springs bolts timing chain and gears
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...-size/5-9l-360
i already installed edelbrock exhaust headers and a super 44 muffler also already fuel injectors and i was looking at high volume oil pumps and water pumps along with a better thermostat
any suggestions would be awesome and if you have a kit that has everything a link would be awesome i don't want to go super expensive so my budget on a camshaft kit is about $500-$600
also my truck is a 98 dodge ram 1500 ss/t 5.9 360
it has 187,000 miles and needs some love its a work in progress
Last edited by moorejoseph42; Oct 23, 2017 at 10:41 AM. Reason: n/a
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Stock rockers are 1.6 ratio. max lift on stock springs is .480.
Biggest problem with changing the cam, is clueing in the PCM that things are different...... which means a custom tune... so, 500 to 600 dollars JUST for the tune, and the tuner.
Also, if you want that 'lumpy' idle, that will require a cam that just sucks for use in a truck....... the power band moves up the RPM range a good distance, and the stock intake just doesn't support it, so you are likely to actually LOSE power/driveability. It's a truck, it was never designed to go fast.... you want low end grunt, not top end power. (which is what the lumpy cams are designed for.....)
If you want a bump in power, going to full roller 1.7 ratio rockers will give you around 10hp/tq across the board. (for around 400 bucks or so.) Those are a direct bolt in.
Biggest problem with changing the cam, is clueing in the PCM that things are different...... which means a custom tune... so, 500 to 600 dollars JUST for the tune, and the tuner.
Also, if you want that 'lumpy' idle, that will require a cam that just sucks for use in a truck....... the power band moves up the RPM range a good distance, and the stock intake just doesn't support it, so you are likely to actually LOSE power/driveability. It's a truck, it was never designed to go fast.... you want low end grunt, not top end power. (which is what the lumpy cams are designed for.....)
If you want a bump in power, going to full roller 1.7 ratio rockers will give you around 10hp/tq across the board. (for around 400 bucks or so.) Those are a direct bolt in.