Hey Guys,
I've been watching these forums for a while and finally able to play with my 96 SC stepside. This is now my hotrod truck, and its in great shape: has relatively new 4L60e Goodwrench rebuilt tranny; with stock 3:73, I just put a new L31R crate longblock in with stock intake. I believe the TC is stock stall, which I have read to be about 1800rpm. I don't plan on changing the TC. I did upgrade the MPFI injection unit to the new Delphi spider. Other add ons: Summit billet Vortec distributor, Thorley long tube tri y's, 2.25" exhaust with high flow cats, xpipe, and 2 magnaflows. I've removed the lip from the stock TB blade. I've currently repinned for the 0411 pcm, and am waiting for my flash/tune from Blackbear.
So now I'm looking at taking advantage of the 0411 and its tuning capabilities, and would like to change the cam. While I'm in there, I might as well upgrade ignition to 24x which allows for coil per cyl ignition.
This will be a hotrod cruiser that will need to still have high reliability, I don't plan on towing. Being this engine is new, I'd rather not take the heads off to accommodate a cam. I plan on upgrading the intake from stock, but I don't know when, as that will be a costly upgrade; so stock intake for now.
OK, given all of the above - I like the '395 and the LT4 Hotcam. Something tells me the sweetspot is somewhere inbetween. I also believe I'm limited due to minimum of 112 LSA to allow 0411 tuning. What say the experts that have already been doing this for 15yrs ???
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Mike
I've been watching these forums for a while and finally able to play with my 96 SC stepside. This is now my hotrod truck, and its in great shape: has relatively new 4L60e Goodwrench rebuilt tranny; with stock 3:73, I just put a new L31R crate longblock in with stock intake. I believe the TC is stock stall, which I have read to be about 1800rpm. I don't plan on changing the TC. I did upgrade the MPFI injection unit to the new Delphi spider. Other add ons: Summit billet Vortec distributor, Thorley long tube tri y's, 2.25" exhaust with high flow cats, xpipe, and 2 magnaflows. I've removed the lip from the stock TB blade. I've currently repinned for the 0411 pcm, and am waiting for my flash/tune from Blackbear.
So now I'm looking at taking advantage of the 0411 and its tuning capabilities, and would like to change the cam. While I'm in there, I might as well upgrade ignition to 24x which allows for coil per cyl ignition.
This will be a hotrod cruiser that will need to still have high reliability, I don't plan on towing. Being this engine is new, I'd rather not take the heads off to accommodate a cam. I plan on upgrading the intake from stock, but I don't know when, as that will be a costly upgrade; so stock intake for now.
OK, given all of the above - I like the '395 and the LT4 Hotcam. Something tells me the sweetspot is somewhere inbetween. I also believe I'm limited due to minimum of 112 LSA to allow 0411 tuning. What say the experts that have already been doing this for 15yrs ???
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Mike