gribbs

Which cam gear do you recommend and why for the SOHC vtec?? I have noticed most are in same price range..

thanx
b-rad

Spade

Crower.

Most performance for the cost, Crower Stage 3....not exactly streetable though.

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[Modified by Spade, 9:37 AM 4/3/2003]

JDMvtecDRAGSTA

i believe he was talking about a cam gear...
i say skunk2 cam gear, my friend had one on his, and it would never slip, it has 6 bolts to hold down the adjusting thing.

gribbs

ya just cam gear at this stage of the game......skunk2 eh ....anyone else??

BlackNoise

are you asking for cam or cam gear? I have the AEM one and it hasn't slipped. Works fine for me plus comes in pretty different colors!

Evs-One

AEM Tru Time....40 shipped used!!! And it's held up my abuse with a ZEX cam wih no slippage

pennies_hatchie

iTrader: (1)

does anyone know how the crower stage 2 are's? dyno's?

RyanEJ8

I think my AEM Tru-Time 0 deg mark might be off. I put it in and my ignition timing was 3 degrees off. I'm going to take it off and check everything again.

kommon_sense

I've been looking at the new golden eagle sohc cam gears. very nice.

makaveli284

Might be SLIGHTLY off topic, but how much power do cam gears and pulleys usually give you ? ? What about Cams ?

RyanEJ8

Cam gears adjust the power band, they don't really create more power. Cams, on the other hand, create power, but how much all depends.

krazyDOHC

be careful of which ones you choose...some can be off as much as 3 degrees....go with skunk2..they have 6 bolts and wont slip, sure you can find it for cheap...around 50 bucks on ebay

RyanEJ8

yeah I think mine is off, it is an AEM. If I have time I'm going to take it off tomorrow and check ignition timing with the stock gear, and then put in the AEM and adjust the ignition timing back with the cam gear, and this will be my new zero mark.

kommon_sense

Cam gears don't provide any power. They are tuning devices. Once tuned, you will *hopefully* make more power or can shift your power band to put the power where you want it. On a near stock setup, don't expect much, but if you have done a little work and maybe added a cam, then you can probably get a noticeable gain.

Spade

Pullies maybe add 1 whp.

I don't waste my money on them, just take off the belts.

Quad-Damag

i got a AEM in mine, it works, gave me a extra 5hp in the high power range, when i got tuned and dyno'ed from my sohc

2000CX

since this thread has some single cam guy's attention, i will ask this again. is there ANY decent cam for a non-vtec y7 motor? i have an 00 and would really like to get a good street cam for it, and a gear at the same time. would anyone suggest upgrading the whole valve train at the same time(springs, retainers, etc)?

kommon_sense

check http://www.exospeed.com .

It won't hurt to upgrade the valve train, but there is no need to upgrade the valve train unless you intend to rev higher.


[Modified by kommon_sense, 9:18 PM 4/3/2003]

2000CX

kommon, thanks for the link. sounds like the most promising lead yet.

eg6ajk

none for mild or stock setups. it can do more harm then good if not dyno tuned.

Civic_95_Si

I dynoed 2-2-02 and found the setting for my cam gear(advanced 6 degrees) to give me more torque then average. I made 109.1HP which is about stock, BUT I was putting down 95.7 ft/lbs. Other mods were an intake and pulley set from UR.

ill_take_one

why does everyone keep on dissing the AEM's? I'm guessing because one person had a problem with them, it spread like wildfire, and now everyone thinks they're crap?

As far as i remember, the two "twin" Drag solaras (i think they're running 7's, or at a time they were, maybe faster now. i know one of them was using the AEM's) were using AEM Cam gears...now if that doesnt say anything, i dont know what will...

Basically, what i'm saying is, don't bash a product unless you've used it personally.
sorry for the worthless rant..

RyanEJ8

Who dissed on the AEM Cam gear? I just said I think that mine's 0 deg mark is off.

dabrown

Yeah, someone mentioned that AEM slips because they have limited amount of screws. I personally have used them on 3 different engines with no problems, EXCEPT for the weird noise they make. You have to shave the cover on some applications however they still sound weird.

tek_civic

a friend of mines aem cam messed up his whole engine, but that must just be a freak. and do you really think that they are just using off the shelf cam gears? i bet they had AEM make them a set of cam gears to higher/tougher specs, and AEM gets the braggin rights.