VVT and OE cams

[kghawg]

Hey folks,
I have a 2012 Escalade ESV im trying to get back on the road as a daily driver for family. I've removed the 6.2 and have procured a 6.0 engine (LFA) from a 2012 Escalade hybrid. It came with 243 heads.

I'm going to do a DoD delete and freshen up the 6.0 before installing it. I would like to keep VVT but I do not want to pay $400 for the .500 lift GM L94/6.2 camshaft that is non-DOD.

Can I run the .480 lift (6.0, 5.3) VVT non-DoD GM camshaft for $99 but with 1.8 rockers to get me to .500 lift? And start with the OE 6.2/L94 tune/ECM with just DoD disabled?

I was thinking of putting headers on so that it may slightly counter the .2 litre smaller displacement.

Again, I need simple/quick/cheap as much as possible due to it being a daily driver for the wife.

The 1.8 rockers I have are the shaft system from speedmaster I got on black friday. They are adjustable.

I don't want to be debugging a complicated VVT custom tune if I can help it. Not on the old ladies ride anyways!

[kghawg]

Hey folks,
I have a 2012 Escalade ESV im trying to get back on the road as a daily driver for family. I've removed the 6.2 and have procured a 6.0 engine (LFA) from a 2012 Escalade hybrid. It came with 243 heads.

I'm going to do a DoD delete and freshen up the 6.0 before installing it. I would like to keep VVT but I do not want to pay $400 for the .500 lift GM L94/6.2 camshaft that is non-DOD.

Can I run the .480 lift (6.0, 5.3) VVT non-DoD GM camshaft for $99 but with 1.8 rockers to get me to .500 lift? And start with the OE 6.2/L94 tune/ECM with just DoD disabled?

I was thinking of putting headers on so that it may slightly counter the .2 litre smaller displacement.

Again, I need simple/quick/cheap as much as possible due to it being a daily driver for the wife.

The 1.8 rockers I have are the shaft system from speedmaster I got on black friday. They are adjustable.

I don't want to be debugging a complicated VVT custom tune if I can help it. Not on the old ladies ride anyways!

[chadtunes]

Hey,

I'm not exactly sure, you'll have to put the cam in the engine and setup the valve train to see if everything spins good. I was in a similar situation and used a similar duration cam from an L83 in an L86 I recently put together. I kept the VVT as well. I didn't change the rockers.

I have a gen V engine; this is the cam I used because it was cheap, it runs surprisingly well, it won't pull as hard up top but it has a lot of low end. WHile in dynamic air mode there is a lot of torque management kicking in and closing the throttle. I changed to MAF only; and just as an observation, that has taken the tq management out of the equations. I'm confident I can dial this in now in dynamic air mode. I just have to get my wife to stop driving it for a min.

This is the cam I used:
28-12672469 - OEM Non-DOD 5.3 L83 Cam w/ VVT:

193/199 .502"/.494" 113+6

[2xLS1]

Gen 4 to delete DOD and keep VVT use the GM 07-13 4.8L cam. They are cheap relative to A/M cams. Gen 4 4.8s never had DOD and GM added VVT to them in 2010 and continued using the same cam as the non VVT versions.