Don't have pics, took some video but doesn't feel like enough content to make a post it to youtube yet.
I fixed a few spots that I just never got around too.
Had a rust hole the size of a dime in the driver door jamb where it met the rear quarter and rocker panel. Fixed my fuck up slice on the floor pan with a small patch. Made a new patch and welded in on the rear seat pan that covers the leaf pocket bolts. Then did some small touch up welds to close up some pinholes. Still have a few little patches to finish on the front fenders along with making patches to fill the front side markers. Once that is all done it's just going over the car and doing some hammer dolly work and then rescuffing and cleaning the base metal for primer prep.
I also sent out a few cam recommendation forms to various manufacturers, got a few replies but several who must not want my business. The ones that did reply seemed to just recommend a cam with no real thought put into it.
WS6Store or RPMSpeed was probably the best from a recommendation standpoint because they at least said why they thought this was a good. After looking around and doing research this cam has been around since 2017. While this cam works it's still using older tech.
https://rpmspeed.com/product_info.php?products_id=23454853{4243}103122&osCsid=bh5l6j1a0p5549h1qj4pendi01
Cam Motion has recommended their Titan Stage 3 cam. I like what the recommendation is as it's not too big or small of a cam for what this car will be. The only downside is there doesn't look to be any overlap in the cam profile. So it would just idle like stock but yet still need a converter? Can't wrap my head around that. Cam specs are 224/228 113+4 LSA Lift is .603 .595
Superior high performance LS & Gen 5 LT camshafts for GM cars and trucks equipped with LS1, LS2, LS3, L99 & new LT engines.
cammotion.com
browsing Cam Motions page I happened upon their "HotRod" cam which is a little larger cam than the Titan 3, has 11 degrees of overlap from what I can math together and has that old muscle car idle sound. Seems to be a decent performer too. 227-237 111+4 Lift is .595 .587 So this cam would be a little nicer on the valvetrain and not need a dual spring to run it.
Superior high performance LS & Gen 5 LT camshafts for GM cars and trucks equipped with LS1, LS2, LS3, L99 & new LT engines.
cammotion.com
Both of those cams require a higher stall converter, although I would wager the Titan 3 I could get away with a stock converter for a while.
Last cam was a Texas Speed recommendation. 228/232 112 .600 .600 . Looks like it's 6 degrees of overlap which should make it pretty streetable. They didn't tell me what springs they recommended with it but going through their cam package page you can get the pac1219 paired with it.
I've done a lot of research the last few weeks and still torn on which route to go. I don't need or want a custom grind and I know going to too large of a cam will actually be a detriment. I also don't want some baby dick cam that is just slightly better than a stock cam. I am also dead set against any of the torque type truck cams. With a car that will only be around 3200-3400 pds I don't need stump pullers. Out of the research I've done with the cam specs I do have the Hotrod seems to be the one that ticks all the boxes yet wasn't recommended to me based on the car's goals. I'm also worried about 11 degrees of overlap being too rough of an idle and can't make decent vacuum
LS guys please chime in here!