is a cam worth it? if so, which one?
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Well I did a TC on a GM for my old man like 5 yrs ago... made it hook-up and haul ***... Nice set of tire marks were made effortless....
Down side was snow driving and wet driving when the tires started to wear out... it didn't like to limit the torque output... and sometimes taking off from a stop when it's slippery was tricky b/c it had a higher stall point...
Down side was snow driving and wet driving when the tires started to wear out... it didn't like to limit the torque output... and sometimes taking off from a stop when it's slippery was tricky b/c it had a higher stall point...
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I had my choices down to Circle D 2800 or Edge 2800...Circle D won because I got a helluva discount. Both recommended no more than 2800 stall for me because I still use my truck as a truck, hauling and towing. Big difference. Feels like more power is getting to the back end. Complements the 4.56's nicely and will do well with the 260 I'll eventually get around to putting in.
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I had my choices down to Circle D 2800 or Edge 2800...Circle D won because I got a helluva discount. Both recommended no more than 2800 stall for me because I still use my truck as a truck, hauling and towing. Big difference. Feels like more power is getting to the back end. Complements the 4.56's nicely and will do well with the 260 I'll eventually get around to putting in.
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Read this:
http://www.jegs.com/s/tech-articles/...rque+Converter
It's more suited to racing but it will give you the basics to understand the system.
I think a 280* Cam might be better for Street Use... specially if you're gonna do gears too....
http://www.jegs.com/s/tech-articles/...rque+Converter
It's more suited to racing but it will give you the basics to understand the system.
I think a 280* Cam might be better for Street Use... specially if you're gonna do gears too....
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Read this:
http://www.jegs.com/s/tech-articles/...rque+Converter
It's more suited to racing but it will give you the basics to understand the system.
I think a 280* Cam might be better for Street Use... specially if you're gonna do gears too....
http://www.jegs.com/s/tech-articles/...rque+Converter
It's more suited to racing but it will give you the basics to understand the system.
I think a 280* Cam might be better for Street Use... specially if you're gonna do gears too....
Not actually all that high. If I had a 2005, could custom tune to my hearts content and didn't tow or anything, I could really throw a cam in like a 273 or something custom with a 3000-3200 rpm stall.
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There are ways around the "tuning" problem.... the only issues he'll run into is the idle control... which really isn't that hard if you have a tuner that allows you to rewrite fuel, timing (A MUST WITH CAMS), and idle tables... downside to a 280* cam is that he'll have to increase the idle a bit so that the minimum lope will be a little higher than the lowest idle speed that would cause a stall.
I'd have to dig into the tables on these trucks to really see what's possible, but I've messed with some pretty difficult cars and trucks before to work around OEM limitations.
I'd have to dig into the tables on these trucks to really see what's possible, but I've messed with some pretty difficult cars and trucks before to work around OEM limitations.
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273 is retarded so much you can prob' run it on a canned tune. Actually a member on DT ran a 273 on a sc 91 tune. I think it was a hefty 4x4 qc night runner 
He won't be able to tune it properly...260 is a better all around torque cam.
Not actually all that high. If I had a 2005, could custom tune to my hearts content and didn't tow or anything, I could really throw a cam in like a 273 or something custom with a 3000-3200 rpm stall.
Not actually all that high. If I had a 2005, could custom tune to my hearts content and didn't tow or anything, I could really throw a cam in like a 273 or something custom with a 3000-3200 rpm stall.
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Probably didn't run well...or wasn't a 2003