LS3 CAM 224/228 OR 224/232 CHOICE

[VFSSVfan]

Thanks for your replies,much appreciated.SS Flo Rida please tell me how your 224/232 cam affected fuel consumption &
idling before you fitted the hi stall.Thank you

 

[HotdogNo1]

It’s time to Cam my Daily I have the W375 now.
What’s included in my cam package for $3600
All labor involved with fitting required components.
VCM Camshaft of my choice. Keeping stock Stall

Manley or pac dual row valve spring with upgraded fitting hardware (pending availability at time of order)

Rollmaster Single row timing chain kit.

Genuine (GM) Gaskets

Custom tune to suit.


Not included replacing lifters It requires removing the cylinder heads from the motor which was not normally done when changing the camshaft unless when they pulled the cam they found that the car had lifter damage or something like that.

Car has 54000km on the clock. My question is should I replace the lifters for $2000 (LS7 Lifters) extra????

Also extra $ New spark plugs $130 (NGK TR6)

 

[Milo 6.0]

I just had a small crow cam fitted in my vf ssv s1,220-225deg,550-560 lift 114lsa,made 41 hp over the stock cam and was a waste of money tbh,didnt make enough difference over stock to justify it,not by a long stretch,mine had a more stall fitted too. I removed the stall and cam and got the stock stall and cam refitted,car drives so much better with the stock cam.I say either get a decent sized cam and stall or you may be totally wasting your time and $$$$$$
Its will tick and the motor will be noisy with hd valve springs,i wasnt prepared for it,just saying.
Makes a new car feel old and crappy.

 

[HotdogNo1]

Thanks milo for your reply. That’s no good at all about your cam experience and I have never heard about the valve springs being super noisy. I was going to go with Manley dual row valve spring. Also probably going with VCM532 cam. The way I understand it’s 50 /50 50% cam and 50% quality tune. Anyway my turn shop I do trust.

My question is should I replace the lifters for $2000 (LS7 Lifters) extra???? When installing a new cam

 

[426Cuda]

It’s time to Cam my Daily I have the W375 now.
What’s included in my cam package for $3600
All labor involved with fitting required components.
VCM Camshaft of my choice. Keeping stock converter

Manley or pac dual row valve spring with upgraded fitting hardware (pending availability at time of order)

Rollmaster Single row timing chain kit.

Genuine (GM) Gaskets

Custom tune to suit.


Not included replacing lifters It requires removing the cylinder heads from the motor which was not normally done when changing the camshaft unless when they pulled the cam they found that the car had lifter damage or something like that.

Car has 54000km on the clock. My question is should I replace the lifters for $2000 (LS7 Lifters) extraView attachment 209215

Also extra $ New spark plugs $130 (NGK TR6)

It's a big cost. I'd be guided by the mechanic to some degree. Perosnally I'd keep the cash. But, I'd definitely upgrade the strock trunions.

 

[HotdogNo1]

Yes it's a huge cost. I was thinking the same thing and just trust my mechanics judgement.
I'll certainly look into replacing the stock trunnions. Thank you that's handy info 426Cuda
https://vcmstore.com.au/products/ls-rocker-trunnion-upgrade-kit

 

[lmoengnr]

How many kms have the current lifters done?

 

[HotdogNo1]

54000 km

 

[Hq King]

I just had a small crow cam fitted in my vf ssv s1,220-225deg,550-560 lift 114lsa,made 41 hp over the stock cam and was a waste of money tbh,didnt make enough difference over stock to justify it,not by a long stretch,mine had a more stall fitted too. I removed the stall and cam and got the stock stall and cam refitted,car drives so much better with the stock cam.I say either get a decent sized cam and stall or you may be totally wasting your time and $$$$$$
Its will tick and the motor will be noisy with hd valve springs,i wasnt prepared for it,just saying.
Makes a new car feel old and crappy.

Hey Milo I find this very interesting that you went back to stock the cam and stall must of peed you off a lot to go back to stock ?what stall and other mods did you have ?did you have a good tune ? was fuel consumption affected badly . I ask this because I was wanting to go small cam and stall in the hope of flying under the radar sort of thing whilst going a bit better than stock but not wanting a gas guzzling pig to drive ( I already have one of them )

 

[ls3 304]

It’s time to Cam my Daily I have the W375 now.
What’s included in my cam package for $3600
All labor involved with fitting required components.
VCM Camshaft of my choice. Keeping stock Stall

Manley or pac dual row valve spring with upgraded fitting hardware (pending availability at time of order)

Rollmaster Single row timing chain kit.

Genuine (GM) Gaskets

Custom tune to suit.


Not included replacing lifters It requires removing the cylinder heads from the motor which was not normally done when changing the camshaft unless when they pulled the cam they found that the car had lifter damage or something like that.

Car has 54000km on the clock. My question is should I replace the lifters for $2000 (LS7 Lifters) extra????View attachment 209215

Also extra $ New spark plugs $130 (NGK TR6)

Mate without doubt update the lifters, yeah its 2k more buts its insurance. Mine had the W375 fitted when i picked it up and updated to W407 car only had 22k on the clock, but they made me do lifters.. Cars done 88k now and no dramas, touch wood