changing cams

[red ss ute]

how hard is it to change your cams in a v6 eco tech?
how big can u go befor u need to start more mods?
and a ruff price and place to get them.
cheers matt

[chargedvx6]

Stock Ecotec heads are good for about 0.520 max valve lift so any more then that will mean the valve spring retainers may contact the stem seals. Modded retainers are avilable to give a little more lift but without supporting mods it may be pointless.

[sircruisealotVS]

Originally Posted by red ss ute

how hard is it to change your cams in a v6 eco tech?
how big can u go befor u need to start more mods?
and a ruff price and place to get them.
cheers matt

its not neccessarily hard, its just time consuming.
as for how big you can go without mods - you'd want a good full exhaust already, thats pretty much a given. with that you'd be looking at probably 200 degrees duration or so as being the biggest you should go without needing other mods like some head work, more compression, stallie if its an auto...
but then thats almost pointless because the small gain you'd get from a cam that size wouldnt be worth the coin it costs you to buy, fit and then tune.

as for cost you can pay anywhere from a couple of hundred for a cam grind or re-grind, to around a grand for a cam package with a generic performance tune to suit the cam. you can get cams from alot of places, some of the more well known are places like crow cams, c.o.m.e. racing and wade cams.

[REV-231]

Its one HUGE pain in the backside to do yourself mate! My back was hating me for the next week or so haha.

Do some reasearch before putting in ur coin!

well worth it in the end!

[Muzz-VS]

yeah i was jsut about to post sumthing like this to cuz i want to buy a cam for my 6 but have no idea wat to get =S

[johnvtls1]

spekaing from experice.....
dont bother changing the cam in a v6. spend the extra bit of money and get a supercharger. ull get much better results!!

[scrabet]

um isnt his a 5ltr being an ss?




lol my bad didnt read it proply

[Classifi3d Calais]

^ lol its a 5.7.. previously he had a 3.8 ecotec with a cam. he knows his stuff

[johnvtls1]

Originally Posted by Classifi3d Calais

^ lol its a 5.7.. previously he had a 3.8 ecotec with a cam. he knows his stuff

yeh had the old ecotec. i know bits and pieces just the stuff i picked up from going down the cam route. lernt a lot from sircruisealot. has a lot of knowledge on the matter. but yeh SUPERCHARGER FTW