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Old 04-01-2010, 09:33 AM
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Bigger cam in 5.0l with SD

I have a 5.0l an im putting a comp cams .456 lift an gt40 heads as well an im just wondering if i should put bigger injectors. possibly 24lb?
 
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Is the cam SD friendly? What is the grind number.
Bigger injectors are not needed nor can the SD EFI system handle them.
 
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use the cam in pauls sig it is the best one for a sd setup
 
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What year is your truck ?? Is it a roller motor ??.....Lew
 
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you can get a chip for SD so it can work with what you do to it
 
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ewww i hate chips you can get good performance out of your truck just by changing the cam to the one in pauls sig and putting on a freer flowing exhaust
 
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A custom burned chip will do any thing you want it to do , the over the shelf chips don't do much of anything . I think Paul would have another cam choice other than the one he has in his 5.0 ......Lew
 
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yeah but those custom burned chips are HIGH DOLLAR
 
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Yeah you get what you pay for , if you want your truck to do what you want it to do it costs $$$$$......like around 600 for a EFI auto set up on a dyno .....Lew
 
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Honestly i would much rather get a programmable MAF setup for the amount you would spend on the custom chip. I have been thinking of even converting my truck to OBD-II just because i like doing stuff like that
 
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You can use the PRO M mass air meters set to your injector size with out a tune , but with a good tune there that much better , i would stay OBD I
 
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just to clarify i was talking about a custom chip

i was just saying that you could go to a bigger cam if you wanted but you would need a custom burned chip
 
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What year is your truck ?? Is it a roller motor ??.....Lew






mine is a 1987 f150 but it has a 90 motor. its not a roller.
 
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Originally Posted by capn kirk
just to clarify i was talking about a custom chip

i was just saying that you could go to a bigger cam if you wanted but you would need a custom burned chip



i know a better place to get a custom chip Blueovalchips.com
 
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Originally Posted by Conanski
Is the cam SD friendly? What is the grind number.
Bigger injectors are not needed nor can the SD EFI system handle them.



well according to jegs it is lol. What if i got bigger injectors an tuned it? would the SD work then?
 


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