Ls6 Camshaft Swap

[NYAFACE86]

i just found a 6.0 camshaft off a 08 chevy truck, is this the same as a ls2 cam? and would this cam work with my 5.3l?

[RedHeartbeat]

gotta be careful not to buy a single bolt cam. Older trucks need a 3 bolt cam.

[beertestr]

i just found a 6.0 camshaft off a 08 chevy truck, is this the same as a ls2 cam? and would this cam work with my 5.3l?

Like RedHeartBeat said,

you also need a 3-bolt cam unless you change your front cover and use a 2X timing chain. You'd have to move the cam sensor connector to the front to make it work.. So there is more to it than the cam..

Also, the 6.0 camshaft is a VVT, so it's not ground straight up, and IIRC, it's also an AFM cam, so the lobes with the deac. lifters have a slightly smaller base circle. You need to run the deac lifters on those lobes, or you'd get a noisy valvetrain.

As for the LS6 cam, the full story. Stock pushrods are fine unless you are running overly stiff springs. 918 springs are overly stiff for the lobe profile of even the LS6. OEM ramps are very conservative compared to aftermarket ramps.

People overlook the LS6 hot cam. That cam can run on the OEM yellow springs, is a 218/224 cam, and has a very decent power vs torque balance. There are other cams out there with similar durations, but it's tough to beat the reliability of the OEM-based grinds.

What heads do you have now?