Truck Norris cammed 6.0 Lq4 fuel mileage report, tech tip and firebird is almost ready to rip

[@WellOiledGarage]

That tool you made is genius, im really glad I didn't switch videos after you talked about the MPG, thank you!

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Glad you found it useful, works perfect on the aluminum charge pipes!

[@teagreen2220]

I’ve got a 6.0 in a 3500, tuned up and lead foot, 12 mph normally and highway. Heavy trucks equal bad gas mileage. Nice rolling tool!

[@tommys2979]

Thats crazy my old ls6 cammed l33 truck on 35s and 4.56s averaged 13.5 mpg too. Not too bad for a 6 liter. The tool you made up seemed to work pretty good too man good stuff

[@floridaman1776]

Thanks for the update.i was curious about this. I do a lot of towing and long distance driving.

[@donrives136]

Great information Sir!

[@chrishansen7004]

Wow that's kind of crazy for a 6.0 three quarter, my stock 4.8 Z71 gets 18-20L/100K on the highway so your doing pretty good 👍

[@kountryquads9475]

Ok somethings up why the hell does my 6.0 with a stage two comp cam get 10.5 empty driving easy... do you think it’s cause it’s not tuned yet?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Wow, not being tuned will make a HUGE difference once cammed .

[@charlesbaranski1860]

I built your same engine. Rebuilt LQ4 short block with the Truck Norris cam with 862 heads and have the heads ported, plus I’m putting it in a 06 1500 with 4.56 gears and 35’s. I might see the same maybe.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Should be very similar but with a little more compression. Still running the 4l60e?

[@charlesbaranski1860]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 4l65e, but it’s been built with all the updates.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@charlesbaranski1860 Hope it holds up, I guess it will depend on how you drive. Should be a good runner for sure!

[@utahcountypicazospage5412]

I would like to see a dyno I’m gonna guess 350hp 350tq to the wheels

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Your probably very close, with stock tires and perfect tune I’m positive it would do 350 maybe even a little more

[@tommys2979]

350 seems high to the wheels for such a low lift cam. This truck has 33s 4.10 gears and im not sure what hes running for a stall but 350 seems a tad high for that cam.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@tommys2979 Should be over 300 for sure

[@evanwaller2612]

Do you coast or get pulled by something ? I’ve had 7-8 6.0 2500s and I’ve never gotten 14 period unless on a trip . LQ4 truck 11-12 L96 truck 11.5-13

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

I think I mention the roads I travel are mostly county roads. So I have 3 stop signs on my route to and from work, the rest is 50-60mph with a few small hills, so defiantly not like city driving.

[@jacobvanhalteren7452]

I'm currently getting like 8 - 10 city and 12 highway. hopefully my built motor we be a bit more efficient considering it will make a bit more all through cruising speed. 13.5 is amazing for a 2500HD 6.0

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

If I drive city it will be closer to 10mpg and if I cruise at 80 it will be around 12. The 13-14mpg is mostly 50-60mph backroad driving with the occasional stop sign.

[@thejunkshop5022]

4 door stepside you don't see that every day

[@kipbarksdale1758]

You don’t just cam your truck and not punch that shit every chance you get

[@sxs4l245]

It's a pickup hoss....and still weird with 8 bolts and a step side..... 268 divided by 20.17 equals 13.145678927461518393 Thanks for checking back in! That's why the mileage is better than usual.

[@ChanceColwell]

Are all the truck Norris cams the same

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Last time I looked there was the high lift and low lift version. The low lift makes almost exactly the same power from the dynos I have seen and supposedly doesn't require a valvesprings change. Although I would at personaly replace the springs anyways.

[@MarkyMark2003]

I own a 2004 gmc Sierra 2500 with a lq4 and I want to get that cam but my dad doesn’t think it is reliable. How is it?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

It’s running good

[@cruiseortega745]

The rims look sweet on that truck. Are they factory?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Thanks, there factory rims off a 2019 2500 Silverado

[@brendanbroo299]

What pushrod length did you end up using with the 706 heads? Are they milled at all or fully stock?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

All factory LS heads will measure for the same pushrod length in my experience unless like you said you mill them which I haven’t. I’m running 799/243 heads NOT milled and using the stock pushrods.

[@brendanbroo299]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 thank you

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@brendanbroo299 No problem, I corrected my wording I think it spell checked or something and it made it sound like the heads I was running was milled lol.

[@erik120719]

Lq4, milled 243s, ss2 cam and 1 7/8 long tubes get 14.7 with my winter tires (265/70r17s) when I drive like I got sum sense. It's in an 08 Silverado 1500, when I drive like a kook I get just about 8 lol

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Lol

[@rustyburleigh9993]

I have the same set up as you and i cant get anyone to help me out with a tune or bin file can or will anyone help

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Still on stock injectors? I used a tune from sloppy mechanics bin file and adjusted from that. It was one from a cam only 6.0, gave a decent baseline anyways.

[@rubensalais1502]

I'm running a stage2 on my ly6 1/2 ton 08 silverado headers and air intake I'm getting 10 maybe 11 per gallon I'm very surprised that you getting 13.5 out of this cam , I'm thinking on swap cam.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

What are the specs on your cam? Also one thing I should have mentioned is most of my miles are not in stop and go traffic.

[@rubensalais1502]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 212intake 218 exaust is a stage2 btr truck cam I'm on the process of swap the ly6 to a l92 6.2 I'm trying to decide what cam I need to get or use the same stage 2 since I'm not replacing the stall yet I'm waiting for the transmission to fail to rebuild and then get a bigger stall to match the cam

[@texasstreettunes1310]

@@rubensalais1502 why are you swapping the ly6 for a l92 there pretty much the same motor l92 has a little more compression and its aluminum. You can mill the heads for more compression and if you ever decide to go boost the iron block wont lift heads. The extra .2 in displacement is negligible.

[@rubensalais1502]

@@texasstreettunes1310 we boosted two pistons on two different occasions, I got on the way of this 6.2 to keep using the truck while I rebuild the ly6, I was thinking on better parts, ones I get the block checked by the machine shop Probably I'm going to get the truck norris cam for the ly6 I only paid 2000 for the 6.2 with 84k miles I'm like you don't really want the aluminum block, we installing the engine right now should be running by the end of the day

[@joshwilliams2117]

This is amazing.!!

[@hendren244]

Are you using the stock factory 4l80 torque converter ?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Yes

[@moyrodriguez4376]

hey can you put a muffler on a chevy silverado 5.3L that has cam swap, so it doesn't sound hoarse??

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

You can put any muffler you want on there.

[@moyrodriguez4376]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 ok thanks, I want to remove that hoarse sound from my truck

[@BiGGBLUNT1]

How much did the cam swap cost

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

I’d have to add it up again since prices have changed so much, but I did it for less than $1000

[@cemetery76]

My truck is thristy

[@HioSSilver1999]

What octane fuel are you running with the added compression of that l4q? I would love to bump the compression in mine but i still want to run 87 octane. Have you ever put a draggy on the truck?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Dont have a draggy, I am running 87. But I have been keeping my computer on and scanning for knock when towing. I havent had any yet other than false knock from an exhaust leak. I am also going to check for knock again once it warms up this summer and the air temps get much higher.

[@HioSSilver1999]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 ok cool. I draggy mine as mods go. It's a great tuning tool, very accurate. It went 15.2 at almost 94mph with just efans, full SE exhaust, homemade intake tube and very mild tuning. That was on 285/70 17 hummer wheels and the oe 4.10s I went to 305/70 17 tires on it now so idk what it will run yet with those. Needs a gear change now really. I have been working on the tune a bit more. Need to get my wide band in it now. Be cool to see the threshold of compression pushed on 87 a bit since it adds tq everywhere.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@HioSSilver1999 I just got a wideband also but haven’t hooked it in yet, should be able to fine tune much better now. I looked at the draggy but it seemed a little complicated I might check them out again.

[@HioSSilver1999]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 they're not complicated at all. Just download a app to your phone to control it. Very straightforward. I tested mine at the track vs the timers in my mustang. Only a couple hundreths difference. There's a vid on my channel showing the differences.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@HioSSilver1999 Gotcha, I might have to get one once I get everything else lined out. $$$$

[@jonathanquell4760]

I recall watching a Richard Holdener live chat about LSA and cam events probably a year or two ago, you were asking about a truck cam with a 210 duration on a 108 LSA. I have a similar 2500hd that I am re-doing because I didn’t want to spend the money on one that already runs and drives. I do have a truck Norris on the way. Can you hit me up on Facebook messenger? I have a question for you that I don’t want to drop here. Thank you, Jonathan Quell

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Yes he was on a live chat with Brian Tooley, this was months before the turck norris cam even came out so im wondering if my question sparked interest in Brian Tooley's mind or if it was already being talked about lol. Thats pretty much what I did with this truck although it did run and drive, it has about 300,000 miles on it and the body and interior were trashed when I got it. But I had to work with my budget and use my "skills" to make it nice and this is the best truck I have ever owned now. I dont have facebook but you can Email me [e-mail]

[@ZBrink11]

How has fuel mileage been since swapping to the Truck Norris Cam?

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

Did you watch the video ? Lol Getting basically the same mileage

[@ryanharris018]

My truck gets 10.5 and there ain't a damn thing done to it

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

hopefully thats alot of city driving

[@n8vjefe]

What the heck man. I'm getting 10.5 mpg 🤦‍♂️😡🤣 with my build

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

In more city type driving thats about what mine gets. And towing im usually in the 9-10mpg range.

[@n8vjefe]

@@JohnnyAnderson1 😅 ok, I was like damn, my tuner ripped me off and I'm bleeding out gasoline. Have you had an issues with a leaking EVAP solenoid or loose Fuel Cap code? I replaced 2 new solenoids that went bad and a fuel cap.

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

@@n8vjefe No issues with the evap system.

[@cristian8471]

Ephesians 2:9-10

[@72gunslinger]

107 lsa cant help the gas mileage,,nothing personal I respect the time and effort into any cam swap but these truck cams in my opinion fall into the same category as the thumper cams ymmv

[@JohnnyAnderson1]

I would pay more attention to the valve events and not base assumptions straight of the LSA. There is very little overlap even with the tight LSA.