Daily Driver Turbo lq4 set up

[jonathan_tipton90]

I was gonna get a custom grind but the more i look into it most people are just running a comp cam. i def like a rough idle just nothing too dramatic. i've tried to find some of the cams guys are running here on the forum with no luck. One i have seen in a lot of gto's and ls1 camaros is the Comp 224/230 114lsa. Would this be a good cam for my aplication?? I do have a big farm and use my truck to haul cattle and hay. I need good torque numbers along wtih the hp. Ill def sacrafice some hp for tq.

[aj06bolt12r]

Sounds like your going to be hauling heavy and often. If that's the case, and I hate to say it... buy a duramax. Then you can have mutiple tunes so you can haul your cattle trailer around, then unhooking and turn a knob and unleash the beast! You said your willing to sacrifice HP for tq. How about 900 ftlbs with a stock Turbo and drive train? I think you will spend alot of time worried trying to tow heavy loads on hot days with the Turbo gasser. I'm no F I expert tho either.

[pl4yboy]

Just get a custom spec cam to meet your turbo needs. That cam you listed is not a turbo friendly cam at all.

[jonathan_tipton90]

I would love to have a duramax. I still owe a pretty good deal on my truck and right now I'm in the process of building a house. Can't really afford a $550 truck payment. I've looked around ALOT trying to find good deals on a dmax. Best I can find is a like 28k and that's with a ton of miles on it. The stock Allison can't handle a good efi live tune. Another 4k on a tranny. I can build my truck and only have about 23k (that's including the price of the truck) I just rolled over on 54k. I know it's one of those things that could go either way... Am I really gonna have problems keeping it cool while hauling??

[pl4yboy]

I would love to have a duramax. I still owe a pretty good deal on my truck and right now I'm in the process of building a house. Can't really afford a $550 truck payment. I've looked around ALOT trying to find good deals on a dmax. Best I can find is a like 28k and that's with a ton of miles on it. The stock Allison can't handle a good efi live tune. Another 4k on a tranny. I can build my truck and only have about 23k (that's including the price of the truck) I just rolled over on 54k. I know it's one of those things that could go either way... Am I really gonna have problems keeping it cool while hauling??

You wont have much issue keeping it cool with efans and a 34" radiator.

[kerrige]

throw in some other goodies like oil and trans coolers and you should b able to keep the temps down.

[jonathan_tipton90]

Shew had me worried for a sec. lol. Alright guys i've bout got everything figured out. For my fuel system im gonna use an aeromotive a1000 inline pump and a 100micron filter before the pump. im gonna use one of their regulators too. So what kind of fuel pressure am i looking for or is this something im gonna have to figure out once its all together?? Oh just got my local shop to quote me on a transmission build. Im gonna take it out and to them. $1800 bucks w/o converter and he gaurantees me it will withstand up to a 1000hp. That sound resonable?

[Frenchy]

I hope it's an 80e he's building, if thats a quote for a 60e he's full of. I think most guys are still running around 60 psi fuel pressure.

[jonathan_tipton90]

Yeah its a 4l80e. my truck is a 2500HD thats stock tranny. It also has a stock transmission cooler. How big are the stock radiators?

[Tarinitup1]

Build the trans when it fails. A stock 80e could last you a good while and good trans builders are few and far between.