hulk_22

my buddy have a 99' honda civic ex and decided to buy a used crower stage II cam for his car. the cam were for the d16z and after putting it in, his car runs like ****, worst than stock cam. is there a difference from the crower stage II cam for the d16z and d16y? because we looked up the specs on the crower website and it's the same duration and lift for both the d16z and y. any help would be appreciated, thanks!

-Gary-

So he just slapped a cam in and didn't do anything else. Was there anything done to the heads? Intake? Fuel Delivery?

snatch

Do you need to adjust your timing at all?

<---Not too sure about cams.

jtchinoy

If crower stage 2 is = to skunk2 stage 2... the companies advise using aftermarket valve springs with a stage 2 camshaft. Make sure that everything's aligned. I just put in a AEM cam gear on my y8, the TDC line was like 1/2cm past TDC and my power has gone to ****, I have IHE and it feels like stock power again. so make sure you aligned everything on the dot.

EH339

You might want to have the car tuned too.

jtchinoy

Align it before tuning, you'll have to pay extra if you make them realign your gears. But tuning will get what you're expecting out of your cam.

hulk_22

so is there a difference from the z to y cam? that's what i wanted to know, so there on we can trouble shoot what's wrong. all he has is a intake, running off header, p28 spoon program.

egsleepercivic

I believe there is a difference between y8 and z6 cams has to do with the dizzy key, I think it throws your timing off, I believe it can be corrected with a cam gear.

sohc guys chime in

JdmLub

look up the part number for cams, of the y8 and z6..
if there differnt (witch they should be being obd2 and obd1) then u should have ur answer...

i was going to look it up for u, but that is a lot of work right now....

hulk_22

any sohc guys want to put some inputs in.

hondaex00

Dam i was gonna put a cam in my y8, but your experience is kinda discouraging. Have you guys heard of the ZEX cam what do you guys think of it?

jtchinoy

Have a professional fix it. Been messing with my car gear to fix the alignment. Best I could do is retard the gear 2 degrees and I'm back to STOCK power. gonna have my camshaft done by a professional, that way they can time the gear at the same time.

hulk_22

the cam were installed by a shop. they were having trouble starting the car, maybe the timing isn't aligned.

EH339

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Only that I have a JDM D15b Vtec engine in my Si at the moment, but there isn't any cam upgrade that's worth it imo. You can only do so much with the engine having one one cam. I'm happier with the high rpm range of this motor over the old z6, but I'm looking into adding a small turbo to compensate for the extra lack of torque in the lower rpms.

Syndacate

want input? Don't put a stage 2 cam in a stock head, it'll do absolutely nothing, even after tuning u'll get an extra 2hp tops

boosted civic 2k6

take the freakin car back to the shop and make them do it correctly. i would not pay a shop to do a crappy job like that.

EK k kay

You also better not be revving higher than stock redline without an aftermarket valvetrain.

portenio78

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Y8 cam into z6=advance cam timing 4.5 degrees
Z6 cam into y8=retard cam timing 4.5 degrees
Remember to reset timing Z6= 16 and y8= 12