I have been thinking about going down the cam route for more power. I was thinking something in the middle of the road, not to crazy but enough to wake the car up. What I wanted to know is whether a cam will effect the cars reliability.

When doing a cam swap, is it a good idea to upgrade the pushrods, lifters and so forth? Or will the stock internal components hold up?

I have been thinking about going down the cam route for more power. I was thinking something in the middle of the road, not to crazy but enough to wake the car up. What I wanted to know is whether a cam will effect the cars reliability.

When doing a cam swap, is it a good idea to upgrade the pushrods, lifters and so forth? Or will the stock internal components hold up?

If you drive your car gently after making a camshaft change, your engine will be just as reliable as before. But since the object of changing the cam is to produce more power at a higher rpm, then the more you "visit" the higher rpm range, the less life the engine has. And no, changing the lifters and pushrods isn't at all necessary. Unless you really dig on sticking the decals (that come with them) all over your car.

When going with the 228/232 .588/.585 113 cam in the LS2 I had the hardened pushrods and the comp 918 springs installed.

Very reliable, make sure you get a good tuner to make it so

We have had great results with our STINGER cam. It is a 224/232 113. We normally change the pushrods and springs when installing our cams. This cam drives very nice with giving very nice HP and TQ gains. Most LS2's dyno 430-440 with it. Give me a call and I'll be happy to answer questions you may have about adding a camshaft to your vette.:burnout: