What did you do to your truck today?

[che22879]

When I hit the lotto I'll fly out to help you out!

 

[Bigredmariner]

Cool I could use the help.

 

[DV2000NJ]

I love my cam, the Tahoe still pulls hard even without the Maggie!

What cam did you say I should slap in my Tahoe???

In all honesty, I would go with the one I have in mine (I think you have the 5.3). It is as great DD cam, and will work fantastic if you go FI. It is a CompCam 206/212 115LSA.

I've been considering it! Thanks!

What else would I need to swap?

You need a MINIMUM of new lifters along with the cam. I'd do pushrods and new rockers if you want to do things right...

Even better... find a low mile 5.3 or 6.0 and do it!

On the LS based engines, neither of those are necessary, plus, you have to pull the heads to get to the lifters. The only guys I know of that have swapped out lifters are guys who were getting rid of AFM (on the GEN IV engines). I've never heard of anyone swapping replacing OEM rockers with OEM, and the aftermarket rockers are a waste of money for the amount of power you gain.

 

[Zembonez]

I love my cam, the Tahoe still pulls hard even without the Maggie!

What cam did you say I should slap in my Tahoe???

In all honesty, I would go with the one I have in mine (I think you have the 5.3). It is as great DD cam, and will work fantastic if you go FI. It is a CompCam 206/212 115LSA.

I've been considering it! Thanks!

What else would I need to swap?

You need a MINIMUM of new lifters along with the cam. I'd do pushrods and new rockers if you want to do things right...

Even better... find a low mile 5.3 or 6.0 and do it!

On the LS based engines, neither of those seem to be necessary. The only guys I know of that have swapped out lifters are guys who were getting rid of AFM (on the GEN IV engines), and I've never heard of anyone swapping replacing OEM rockers with OEM, and the aftermarket rockers are a waste of money for the amount of power you gain.

Lifters are always necessary when swapping our cams. Each lifter wears into a particular cam... Especially important when an engine has some miles. The rollers are less prone to wear though...

 

[Shanks12]

Did a lot for the truck today.... drove her around.. filled her up with gas.. well I guess thats just about it!

 

[DV2000NJ]

I love my cam, the Tahoe still pulls hard even without the Maggie!

What cam did you say I should slap in my Tahoe???

In all honesty, I would go with the one I have in mine (I think you have the 5.3). It is as great DD cam, and will work fantastic if you go FI. It is a CompCam 206/212 115LSA.

I've been considering it! Thanks!

What else would I need to swap?

You need a MINIMUM of new lifters along with the cam. I'd do pushrods and new rockers if you want to do things right...

Even better... find a low mile 5.3 or 6.0 and do it!

On the LS based engines, neither of those seem to be necessary. The only guys I know of that have swapped out lifters are guys who were getting rid of AFM (on the GEN IV engines), and I've never heard of anyone swapping replacing OEM rockers with OEM, and the aftermarket rockers are a waste of money for the amount of power you gain.

Lifters are always necessary when swapping our cams. Each lifter wears into a particular cam... Especially important when an engine has some miles.

I know that's the case with flat tappets, but these engines have hydraulic roller lifters. Unless you're getting rid of the AFM lifters, you don't need to swap them. Nobody does, unless there is an existing issue with the lifters/cam.

There are guys on PT.net who have done cam swaps on 150k+ motors, beat the piss out of them, and have absolutely zero issues related to the cam/lifters.

 

[Zembonez]

I've never known ANYBODY who swapped cams without replacing lifters. I would not do it. Not in an engine that had some miles. It's just a shortcut I would not take.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one Danno.

 

[vansdonk]

I've never know ANYBODY who swapped cams without replacing lifters. I would not do it. Not in an engine that had some miles.

Might be some more exciting pics for the exploded view of engines.

 

[Zembonez]

I've never know ANYBODY who swapped cams without replacing lifters. I would not do it. Not in an engine that had some miles.

Might be some more exciting pics for the exploded view of engines.

Nah. I'm looking for a better spread!

 

[DV2000NJ]

I've never known ANYBODY who swapped cams without replacing lifters. I would not do it. Not in an engine that had some miles. It's just a shortcut I would not take.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one Danno.

How many of those cam swaps were on LS based engines?

I just think it's weird that we've seen such different things...