Cam selection

[Tberg725]

I did not see any other area on the forum to discuss camshafts im trying to decide right now between the ms3, tsp 233/239 and the btr stage 3 I want a cam thats not going to spin over 7k I see the ms3 peaks around 6500-6600 so that works for me and I can run it with a 3600 stall whats your guys opinion

[farmington]

what are your planned usage for the car. Other supporting mods?

[Tberg725]

My plans with the car to break into the 10s, currently I have 1 7/8 LT with 3" in xpipe dumped before the wheels and as soon as the sales guy gets his bulkhead fitting in my LS2D will be getting shipped, there is a guy on ls1tech running the MS3 on a 111LSA and his TQ curve looks awesom and completly different than quite a few graphs I have seen of the MS3

[Tberg725]

I have seen a couple graphs of the tick cams and they had some nice TQ as well

[farmington]

To get into the 10's you're going to need good heads, a FAST intake, a 4000 stall converter, a good drag pack wheel tire setup, and then when you break your 10 bolt, an aftermarket rear.
Getting as much weight out of the car as possible will help immensely

[Tberg725]

Well I knew that it was not going to be super easy to do, but I am not going to strip anything out of my car I wan a full interior and air conditioning eventually I will also be going to a LS2 and if I have to stroke that then so be it lol

[farmington]

Might as well do a LS3 striker.

[formula218]

I had a BTR stage 3 NA cam along with their springs and pushrods put in my 5.3 this spring and I love it. I've got a LM7 with LS6 intake and SLP lid, 1 3/4 long tubes, ORY with a 6" Magnaflow race muffler and a dump before the axle and shitty stock heads and my car made 390/410. It pulls until about 6k in my setup.

[Tberg725]

Might as well do a LS3 striker.

Well when the time comes it all about what I find a deal on first if I find a ls3 for a decent price I would go that route but I ive seen alot of ls2's for sale and priced pretty good

[Tberg725]

I had a BTR stage 3 NA cam along with their springs and pushrods put in my 5.3 this spring and I love it. I've got a LM7 with LS6 intake and SLP lid, 1 3/4 long tubes, ORY with a 6" Magnaflow race muffler and a dump before the axle and shitty stock heads and my car made 390/410. It pulls until about 6k in my setup.

Right on them headers are going to hold your setup back even stock the 1 7/8 make better power but with those numbers im not impressed by the btr cam when the MS3 and polluter are both making 400+ rwhp in cam only set ups

[farmington]

Rwhp numbers depend on the type of Dyno used. A Mustang Dyno reads about 10% less than others so don't go by Dyno numbers as gospel