Couple of questions cam related and suspension

[wood81]

If I intend to swap out my cam, do I need to buy the DOD delete kit as well? I am new to the internals of the DOD engines, I know my F body stuff but this is a whole new experience for me.

Also which cam would give me the best daily drivability on my car but also make decent power? Should I worry about swapping the intake manifold or just get a ported stock one from formato? I would like a little lope but nothing crazy like my Z06 for the cam. The car is going to be a daily driver for now but it will most likely get a supercharger in the future.

Any suspension modifications that are a must?

Thank you in advance.

[WhatNext]

Any suspension modifications that are a must?

The original front strut top mounts were toast a long time ago. I replaced mine at ~8K miles as the gap became noticeable and the top of the struts started shifting sideways..

The Fe2 struts/shocks were just OK when new and got worse as the miles accumulated. So they never really matched the G8's inherent handling. I swapped mine out at 25K for better stuff.

I purposely don't mention what to replace them with as that's a whole other discussion. There are a ton of other suspension mods but aren't "musts" for a DD and each come with compromises to the NVH so you need to pick and choose if you go there.

[TooManyHobbies]

If I intend to swap out my cam, do I need to buy the DOD delete kit as well? I am new to the internals of the DOD engines, I know my F body stuff but this is a whole new experience for me.

Also which cam would give me the best daily drivability on my car but also make decent power? Should I worry about swapping the intake manifold or just get a ported stock one from formato? I would like a little lope but nothing crazy like my Z06 for the cam. The car is going to be a daily driver for now but it will most likely get a supercharger in the future.

You can get an DOD cam, but the vast majority choose to go to a regular cam and do the DOD delete because of all the problems with the original DOD lifters.

Talk to Rick Crawford or Pat G about that you want for a cam. They will steer you in the right direction.

[travis gore]

If I intend to swap out my cam, do I need to buy the DOD delete kit as well?

Should I worry about swapping the intake manifold or just get a ported stock one from formato?

Thank you in advance.

yes DOD delete kit
cam I would get with Rick Crawford. the little Lunati might be what you are looking for
just have the intake ported.
if you have the $ switch the intake valves to LS3 hollow stem.

cam
http://g8nation.com/showthread.php?t=17241
http://g8nation.com/showthread.php?t=40460
http://g8nation.com/showthread.php?t=36490

[wood81]

Thanks guys. And yeah I'm definitely doing dod delete asap.