350 vortec choppy cam

[Jake rogers]

Hey so I have a 1996 k1500 sierra that has the 5.7 vortec 350. By no means am I a mechanic but I’m not stupid. Looking for a choppy cam and can’t find anything about it on these motors. What cam, lifters, push rods, etc… would I need to get that chop I want. Would the old computers even support it? You type I’ll read, I’m here to learn.

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I’d be willing to do the necessary upgrades but not wanting to go balls to the wall

 

[Hipster]

Sound is the wrong way to pick a cam, and usually results in less performance/goes slower.

 

[Schurkey]

Sound is the wrong way to pick a cam, and usually results in less performance/goes slower.

ABSOLUTELY.

You'd be throwing-away low rpm torque. A small-block in a heavy vehicle needs all the torque it can get. The deep first gear of a 4L60E helps some.

The bigger problem is getting the computer to deal with the poor cylinder filling at very low RPM.

Not recommended for the faint-of-heart, or faint-of-wallet.

 

[Jake rogers]

ABSOLUTELY.

You'd be throwing-away low rpm torque. A small-block in a heavy vehicle needs all the torque it can get. The deep first gear of a 4L60E helps some.

The bigger problem is getting the computer to deal with the poor cylinder filling at very low RPM.

Not recommended for the faint-of-heart, or faint-of-wallet.

Thank you, this is what most people have been summarizing for me but like I said I’m no mechanic so this actually did clear up my confusion. Is there any option for me to keep things working well or is just a no go, I daily drive it and it’s not beaten on at all, i mean it barely goes over 3k rpm unless it’s a weekend lol.

 

[Erik the Awful]

I daily drive it

Chop = really bad gas mileage