anyone here have an LS with cams...any experience with diff. brands, etc., please give decent responses, not "yeah got cams...theyre dope..." put some effort forward, some intelligent responses...ricers need not apply...

 

I have an LS with JG 301s and Skunk2 cam gears. These are the first pair i have put in my ls. THey do add a significant amount of power adn will have more of a potential if u also have I/H/E and a FPR. The idle on non-VTECs with cams sucks. I heard cams on VTEC cars dont have as bad idle as on an ls. I can live with the idle cuz i like the power. The power can be felt in the higher powerband, anywhere above 3000 rpm.

 

does the car stall on you, or is it just lumpy...also, if you got the ac on...will the car stall? thanks for your help...

 

hey there, i got a pair of GUDE street cams in my LS and its pretty nice i dont have them tuned yet, so i dont know the full potential of them. they make their power from 2500rpm on up to redline. the power from my untuned Gude cams is alot more then i got from my i/h/e. i think on http://www.gude.com they have some dyno charts and stats so you can see the gains. Also crower has dyno charts of their 403s and 404s. my idle is alright, it shakes alittle with the cams which isnt that bad. but if u dont care about your idle then people say get some crower 404s. no my car has stalled with the cams. good luck with your choice.

 

the only prob. on the crower charts is the big power gains on the 403's are with lotsa mods...they dont show just i/h/e with cams...

 

b4 turbo i had hole shot 405 racing cams,these cams pull hard but the idle suck and it eats up alot of gas.i sold my old motor to a friend and he has the jg 301 almost stock idle and pulls good enough for the street. i also have a set of jg special grind[called the 280] call jg and ask them for the spec but never ran thee on my car.Javier told me thats these are more wild then the 303. im sellin the 280 if you want them,message me

 

sounds too agressive for my needs...thanks though...

 

you guys running the cams on the LS...are you also using the stock ECU?? I have read that the power on cams is better found above the stock redline??/ anyones comments??

 

Yeah, I'd like to hear all of your experiences myself. I'd like to get some good street cams for my LS as well, but I want a stock (or near stock) idle.

Any of you with cams (and other mods) have any ET's for comparison?

 

also,
anyone using cams, are you using stock ECU.??

 

its true you need a retune ecu and it does pull past 6800rpm,you must get a good program though

 

well, weather its true or not is one thing. If anyone has bothered doing it is another. Besides, most of the LS owners for any owners for that matter that have the common bolt ons dont re inforce the bottom end or build the engine to accomidate high RPM's. Has anyone with cams in a LS with bolt ons reprogramed the ECU??

 

nope im still running my stock ECU with cams and i/h/e. dont know if i really want upgrade my ECU yeah raising the rev limit is cool i might have more power up there but i like my mpg im getting around 28-30mpg right now and im loving it. my friends that upgraded thier ECUs have given up around 5mpg. but yeah dumping in more fuel will make u go faster of course.

 

How much are you asking for the cams? Will I need new valve springs, retainers, and a P&P to utilize them?

 

i just felt like writing something...im bored...bla bla bla

 

pb_foot are you askin about the jg280 grind

 

Yes, I've never heard of that grind before, and would like to know a little more as well as how much you are asking. THanks!