LS1 ideas/parts

[badinfluence]

looking for some ideas on these parts (aftermarket or upgraded GM) to start looking out for and piece together for a future build. Will be a DD (possibly even in the winters) but I dont mind a nice lope or rumble.

so yea tell me which ones will work nice together so i can keep my eyes out for deals

• camshaft
• lifters
• pushrods
• springs
• rockers
• timing chain

[JoeliusZ28]

Jon's (phenomic's) VSP torquer V3 is my favorite LS1 cam

[badinfluence]

Jon's (phenomic's) VSP torquer V3 is my favorite LS1 cam

cool, i'll go look into that one

keep'em coming

what about a GMMG hotcam? theres one local for sale

[badinfluence]

and what about a LS6 cam is that a beneficial stock part upgrade?

[Nasty Z]

I have heard to stay away from the hot cam. If you want a out of the box cam try a torquer V2, or v3. Pretty good low end torque but still daily drivable. TR 224. MS3. Or you could just get a custom grind.

http://ls1tech.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showth...=500+recipe+hp

[badinfluence]

thanks for the links

[c0ncEpT]

You say the car is a DD?

TR224 cam (224/224 .563/.563)
Stock lifters (maybe comp R)
Hardened pushrods
Comp 918 springs
Stock rockers
LS2 timing set

I plan on running something a little more radical
Vengeance Racing vindicator cam(24x/24x .60x .59x)
But than again the car wont be my DD by than

[9T8W66]

For DD duty a TR224 is a proven winner
Alot of people shy away from the Hotcam but it is still a good DD friendly cam. I've been looking at DD cams aswell but I'm looking for good power lots of torque and valvespring friendly (meaning I don't want to havbe to swap springs every 20K miles) The GMPP ASA Cam does all the above. It specs out at 226/236 .525/.525 110 LSA and all it requires is the later Blue stripe LS6 valvesprings.

[Superman09]

stock rocker arms are fine, reg hardened pushrods, ls2 timing set will do unless you get a huge cam, pick springs based on lift of cam, or just get patriot dual gold springs..cant go wrong, stock lifters are fine, if you need new the ls7 lifters are a good choice. might also want to do a ported ls6 oil pump while your in there. Cam.... pick your poison, on the street i've seen many videos of smaller cam cars taking out bigger cam'd cars. I wouldnt go too big, but you gotta make it worthwhile right

[1BADAIR]

comp r's are junk.
stock or cadilac, ls7
stock rockers. pushrods depend on cam

[OIF1VET]

I put Yella terra Rollers on mine, I could tell a diff over stock.. Depends on if you want to spend the dough.. I think when I bought them they were $500( 1 1/2 years ago), I believe they are cheaper now..

[1BADAIR]

the newer yella ultra lites are nice. You have to watch most aftermarkets cause the added weight over the valve tip can and will cause float. With harland sharps on my car it would float the valves at 5300. With stockers on it it hits the 6800limit easy

[OIF1VET]

the newer yella ultra lites are nice. You have to watch most aftermarkets cause the added weight over the valve tip can and will cause float. With harland sharps on my car it would float the valves at 5300. With stockers on it it hits the 6800limit easy

Hmmm, I've never noticed any.. I don't take mine over 6 grand though(ok maybe 6200)..

[badinfluence]

lots of good ideas here, thanks

I dont care if its lopey as hell but I put 4,000-7,000 miles a month (I drive ALOT in the summer) so reliability is the most important thing I would need as far as daily driving goes, "comfort" isn't a big deal

[badinfluence]

and I was looking, the most cost appealing route would be to get a LS6 cam/pushrods/springs

would kind of gains would be noticed with that cam/valvetrain?