seanjuan
Senior Member
I have about 500 mi on my sir2 b16 now and I'm thinking that cams might be my next upgrade for the engine.
in the next few weeks it will be getting a CAI and new custom exhaust, will be retaining stock header though. The suspension is aslo getting a makeover with Tokico ill's and eibach prokits.
this is currently a daily car with future track, autoX, and maybe a little drag in the plans. Eventually (a year or two) I want to run a turbo set up and at that point will probably build up the engine so it can handle 10lbs or so with no prob.
for the time being I'm thinking cams with a remote possibility of going on the bottle. I would prefer a cam that has decent low/mid gains and breaths well all through the vtec range. I'm running a JDM P30 ecu.
what do you guys think about buying used cams? How badly can cams get F'd up? I'm thinking maybe crower or skunk2 for aftermarket possibilities because they have good names and aren't too expensive. are ctr or itr cams going to give a significant improvement by themselves?
it is also recomended to replace the valvetrain with some of the cams, I will probably retain the stock revlimit so is a valvetrain upgrade really required? are there going to be further performance gains with a valvetrain upgrade? sorry if i'm being a dumbass
next is camgears... will I get more horsepower if they are red or blue? :unsure:
sorry, had to ask that
seriously though, unless going to an adjustable gear what is the diff between aftermarket gears and stock gears?
if I put in cams should my next trip be to a dyno to get the car tuned? or is that not going to be very necessary?
I know I asked some stuff that has been answered somewhere else I'm sure and I know I forgot something as well.
any advice you guys might have, or experience with cams you might have I'd love you hear it and learn from it.
thanks
Sean
ps if I get new cams with colored cam gears can I still use the stock wire cover or do I need to get one that is the same color? also, could I pant the cams to match the cam gears? sorry for being so wordy
in the next few weeks it will be getting a CAI and new custom exhaust, will be retaining stock header though. The suspension is aslo getting a makeover with Tokico ill's and eibach prokits.
this is currently a daily car with future track, autoX, and maybe a little drag in the plans. Eventually (a year or two) I want to run a turbo set up and at that point will probably build up the engine so it can handle 10lbs or so with no prob.
for the time being I'm thinking cams with a remote possibility of going on the bottle. I would prefer a cam that has decent low/mid gains and breaths well all through the vtec range. I'm running a JDM P30 ecu.
what do you guys think about buying used cams? How badly can cams get F'd up? I'm thinking maybe crower or skunk2 for aftermarket possibilities because they have good names and aren't too expensive. are ctr or itr cams going to give a significant improvement by themselves?
it is also recomended to replace the valvetrain with some of the cams, I will probably retain the stock revlimit so is a valvetrain upgrade really required? are there going to be further performance gains with a valvetrain upgrade? sorry if i'm being a dumbass
next is camgears... will I get more horsepower if they are red or blue? :unsure:
sorry, had to ask that
seriously though, unless going to an adjustable gear what is the diff between aftermarket gears and stock gears?
if I put in cams should my next trip be to a dyno to get the car tuned? or is that not going to be very necessary?
I know I asked some stuff that has been answered somewhere else I'm sure and I know I forgot something as well.
any advice you guys might have, or experience with cams you might have I'd love you hear it and learn from it.
thanks
Sean
ps if I get new cams with colored cam gears can I still use the stock wire cover or do I need to get one that is the same color? also, could I pant the cams to match the cam gears? sorry for being so wordy