93civEJ1

I have an 01 Z06 with about 139k miles on it. Car runs great.

To my knowledge, the internals are stock. Since the car has been in my posession I have added an all aluminum radiator, GM motorsport wires, new plugs, zip tie mod.

The car already had SLP loudmouth exhaust on it and some pfadt suspension. Not sure that it has anything else. Though I could be wrong. I dont know the previous owner as I got it from a dealer in another state.

With that said, I am looking at wanting to do a cam. I love BIG cams, and am use to driving cammed cars from my past two. Had surgey idles, etc...They are not my daily drivers, so street manners isnt too big of a concern for me. I love the lope. I want a cam that will produce decent power, but support future mods. At first will probably just be bolt on NA power stuff....but one day in the future id like to go full build forced induction, but that will be a while and I would probably be changing the cam at that time anyway.

With that said, what is something that would work for my needs?
Also, any recommendations on supporting springs and rods, etc?

C5 Pete

Don't worry about the mileage. I had 157,xxx when I did heads cam and full exhaust on my Z.

Certainly, if you do a cam, you should do springs. But, I think you already know this based on your post.

Stock bottom ends hold up just fine on a heads and cam car.

Good luck with your project.

PEETYZ

Most NA cams will work well with a centri blower.

Texas Speed Torquer V2 cam (232/234 .595"/.598") on a 112lsa worked just fine NA and with a blower.

Thread here:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-f...ts-inside.html

justin_kenney68

My 01 Z has Texas speed 2.5 CNC heads and a Texas speed torquer 3 cam (231/234 111+2, .644/.598 lift) and i love it. My car has 123,000 miles. Runs great and sounds even better!

93civEJ1

dont plan on doing heads...just staying with the 243 and doing the springs / retainers etc.

Sigforty

My first internal mod was a Futral F14 cam. The car was killer with it. Worked very well, and left room additional mods later.

93civEJ1

Looked that one up on facebook..sounded lovely. Seems a little pricey compared to some of the other brands.

dr_whigham

Can't go wrong with a HellRaiser from Ed Curtis (Flowtech Induction)

Sigforty

Probably because their cams come from CamMotion and not CompCams. Additionally, they have their own lobe design as well.

93civEJ1

what are thoughts on the ms4 cam?

Black 02

Pull the heads and do new lifters and lifter trays at the same time. It's a lot more work, but highly recommended. LS7 lifters are fine for the job.

dr_whigham

Great cam, but it'll kill springs quick. LSK lobes if I remember correctly.

racebum

check compression and leakdown before you up the power. provided they are good, mod away.

if you have a low cylinder or some other issue, it's really going to show up when you cam the car