Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+

***What?*** · 07-30-2006, 08:10 PM

http://www.ny-jbodies.org/library/en...0camsecret.htm

bladehines · 08-26-2006, 09:59 AM

well if you look at a sealed power camshaft, there used to be 2 different numbers for 94-97 and 98-02 but now the cam number is cs1579 for the cam, and kc1567 for the cam kit with lifters and such.

Zq-8_dawg · 08-26-2006, 04:00 PM

94 and 95 cams are not notched for sequential fuel injection.

chevyDime98 · 10-18-2007, 02:17 AM

does this mean that a 96,97 cam in a 98+ motor is better than the cam it comes with?

Chris0nllyn · 10-18-2007, 06:57 PM

omg, way to bring up an old post

heres the deal,
94-97 motors had a big cam with small lifters
98+ had a smaller cam with bigger lifter for "low-end tourque"

slideAdime · 11-29-2007, 04:19 AM

so... can you use the newer lifters in the older motors? or should i just crawl back into the dark and keep whittling my custom blower cam module....

Chris0nllyn · 11-29-2007, 07:51 PM

use the same year lifters, you dont need 98+ lifters

corkyw123 · 01-04-2009, 02:21 PM

I know this is an old thread but I still don't SEE the answer here. Are you guys putting the older cams in the 98+ trucks or putting the newer into older?

I'm trying to find a better cam for my 2000 so I'd like to know what's happening here.

s10noob · 01-04-2009, 09:37 PM

man it is a old thread back from the dead

. i don't think they are inerchangeable beacause the notches on the crank are in different places, and your timing will be off or sumthin' like that. from what i've seen and read the only thing u can do is have a regrind done on ur factory cam.

corkyw123 · 01-05-2009, 12:26 AM

ok thanks, was just checking to see if there was something I wasn't seeing.

Chris0nllyn · 01-05-2009, 04:49 PM

no, 96-97 cams are notched in the same place as 98+ cams

the cam specs are what different

s10noob · 01-05-2009, 07:48 PM

oh, ok. i wasn't sure, but i knew sumthin' was different between them

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NevurMind85 · 01-05-2009, 08:17 PM

wow this is an old thread. but man thats cool ill have to watch and find a cam out of a 94-97 engine.

Chris0nllyn · 01-05-2009, 09:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by NevurMind85

wow this is an old thread. but man thats cool ill have to watch and find a cam out of a 94-97 engine.

has to be 96-97

94-95 werent notched

Buddha.. · 01-05-2009, 11:08 PM

I still haven't seen anyone say "96-97 cam will give you power". How much power?

NevurMind85 · 01-05-2009, 11:09 PM

ah, ok ill have to look for that then, that could have potentialy cost me money, thanks man.

Chris0nllyn · 01-05-2009, 11:53 PM

id assume id be like a small cam....maybe 5hp

corkyw123 · 01-06-2009, 01:36 AM

OK, so that's the mod, a 96-97 cam in my 2000 correct?

Chris0nllyn · 01-06-2009, 10:12 AM

colbye32 · 01-06-2009, 03:48 PM

may have already been covered... but - would the 96-97 cam add more power than getting a regrind done?

Jonny_00 · 01-06-2009, 04:41 PM

it depends on what you had done to your stock cam

Gutling · 01-06-2009, 04:41 PM

it wont make more power than a regrind. its basically a very small hp increase. its not worth it unless your engine was taken apart and you happened to have a 96-97 cam sitting in your lap. otherwise the cost/labor involved makes it not worth it at all.

***What?*** · 01-07-2009, 12:07 PM

its been done but I don't recall the member that did it and said it was well worth the difference. Best to do when you have motor out than to do this mod ONLY

corkyw123 · 01-07-2009, 12:53 PM

Well my motor is completely apart and a stock GM cam for the 96-97 is easy to come by so I may be going ahead and ordering one.

Thanks for clearing this up for me guys.

cormackracing · 01-07-2009, 04:17 PM

so what cam will give a 95 more power?

Chris0nllyn · 01-08-2009, 12:04 AM

a custom one

turbos10ct · 02-26-2009, 08:11 PM

so basically another useless thread take it off the performance sticky jeeezus

07-30-2006, 08:10 PM	#1
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08-26-2006, 09:59 AM	#2
bladehines ASASN8 Age: 27 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,616 Location: Bowling Green, KY User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 95-97 Cam in 98+ well if you look at a sealed power camshaft, there used to be 2 different numbers for 94-97 and 98-02 but now the cam number is cs1579 for the cam, and kc1567 for the cam kit with lifters and such.
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08-26-2006, 04:00 PM	#3
Zq-8_dawg Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,574 Location: Terre Haute, IN / Fort Wayne, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 95-97 Cam in 98+ 94 and 95 cams are not notched for sequential fuel injection. Last edited by What? : 09-12-2006 at 10:11 AM.
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10-18-2007, 02:17 AM	#4
chevyDime98 Sik-98 Age: 23 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,653 Location: King Rd. SJC User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ does this mean that a 96,97 cam in a 98+ motor is better than the cam it comes with?
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10-18-2007, 06:57 PM	#5
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ omg, way to bring up an old post heres the deal, 94-97 motors had a big cam with small lifters 98+ had a smaller cam with bigger lifter for "low-end tourque"
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11-29-2007, 04:19 AM	#6
slideAdime insane asphalt ballet Age: 23 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,026 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ so... can you use the newer lifters in the older motors? or should i just crawl back into the dark and keep whittling my custom blower cam module....
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11-29-2007, 07:51 PM	#7
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ use the same year lifters, you dont need 98+ lifters
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01-04-2009, 02:21 PM	#8
corkyw123 HAND MADE Age: 31 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,408 Location: Livingston, La. User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ I know this is an old thread but I still don't SEE the answer here. Are you guys putting the older cams in the 98+ trucks or putting the newer into older? I'm trying to find a better cam for my 2000 so I'd like to know what's happening here.
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01-04-2009, 09:37 PM	#9
s10noob Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 187 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ man it is a old thread back from the dead . i don't think they are inerchangeable beacause the notches on the crank are in different places, and your timing will be off or sumthin' like that. from what i've seen and read the only thing u can do is have a regrind done on ur factory cam.
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01-05-2009, 12:26 AM	#10
corkyw123 HAND MADE Age: 31 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,408 Location: Livingston, La. User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ ok thanks, was just checking to see if there was something I wasn't seeing.
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01-05-2009, 04:49 PM	#11
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ no, 96-97 cams are notched in the same place as 98+ cams the cam specs are what different
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01-05-2009, 07:48 PM	#12
s10noob Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 187 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ oh, ok. i wasn't sure, but i knew sumthin' was different between them .
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01-05-2009, 08:17 PM	#13
NevurMind85 ados egnaro Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,222 Location: Floyds Knobs/Clarksville, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ wow this is an old thread. but man thats cool ill have to watch and find a cam out of a 94-97 engine.
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01-05-2009, 09:49 PM	#14
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ Quote: Originally Posted by NevurMind85 wow this is an old thread. but man thats cool ill have to watch and find a cam out of a 94-97 engine. has to be 96-97 94-95 werent notched
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01-05-2009, 11:08 PM	#15
Buddha.. Happy with ugly truck Age: 24 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 441 Location: Hugo, MN User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ I still haven't seen anyone say "96-97 cam will give you power". How much power?
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01-05-2009, 11:09 PM	#16
NevurMind85 ados egnaro Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,222 Location: Floyds Knobs/Clarksville, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ ah, ok ill have to look for that then, that could have potentialy cost me money, thanks man.
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01-05-2009, 11:53 PM	#17
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ id assume id be like a small cam....maybe 5hp
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01-06-2009, 01:36 AM	#18
corkyw123 HAND MADE Age: 31 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,408 Location: Livingston, La. User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ OK, so that's the mod, a 96-97 cam in my 2000 correct?
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01-06-2009, 10:12 AM	#19
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ yep
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01-06-2009, 03:48 PM	#20
colbye32 Laying hard on zq8s! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,699 Location: Conyers Ga User is: Online	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ may have already been covered... but - would the 96-97 cam add more power than getting a regrind done?
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01-06-2009, 04:41 PM	#21
Jonny_00 Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 224 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ it depends on what you had done to your stock cam
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01-06-2009, 04:41 PM	#22
Gutling Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 839 Location: Claxton, GA User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ it wont make more power than a regrind. its basically a very small hp increase. its not worth it unless your engine was taken apart and you happened to have a 96-97 cam sitting in your lap. otherwise the cost/labor involved makes it not worth it at all.
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01-07-2009, 12:07 PM	#23
*What?* Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,376 Location: AZ User is: Online	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ its been done but I don't recall the member that did it and said it was well worth the difference. Best to do when you have motor out than to do this mod ONLY
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01-07-2009, 12:53 PM	#24
corkyw123 HAND MADE Age: 31 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,408 Location: Livingston, La. User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ Well my motor is completely apart and a stock GM cam for the 96-97 is easy to come by so I may be going ahead and ordering one. Thanks for clearing this up for me guys.
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01-07-2009, 04:17 PM	#25
cormackracing Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 338 Location: central Wisconsin User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ so what cam will give a 95 more power?
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01-08-2009, 12:04 AM	#26
Chris0nllyn tu-tu guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,715 Location: Southern MD User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ a custom one
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02-26-2009, 08:11 PM	#27
turbos10ct Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 67 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Swapping 96-97 Cam in 98+ so basically another useless thread take it off the performance sticky jeeezus
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