Originally posted by Sneakin Deacon
with a larger cam you run the chance of putting the stock springs into coil bind if there is alot of lift, wearing down pushrods quicker, and its just a harder upkeep. you will probably want to upgrade the entire valvetrain to accomodate if you go with a somewhat aggressive cam. jeremy would be the person to talk to as i believe he has software to design a cam to a certain goal. for driveability, id say go no lower then 112lsa, at the MOST, 114 would be more appropriate. if you were gunna spray, id say 226/230 .575/.575 114lsa off the top of my head.
Kenny...stock spring wont take ANY kind of aftermarket cam. Hell...they wont even hold up to the stock cam past 6500 rpm most of the time.
I was thinking along the lines of a 224/228 comp cam on XE lobes with a 114 at most for dialy driver.
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