sohc crower stage 1 (anyone runnig this?)
 

I have a crower stage 1 cam for my d16y8. I've heard all the stories that these cams suck. Is anyone running this profile? What kind of gains are there? I know this cam is designed for turbo. I'm planning on boosting in the future. but for now I'm n/a. Am I gonna see any gains with this cam?

Re: sohc crower stage 1 (zseeanz)
 

bump: can anyone help?

Re: sohc crower stage 1 (zseeanz)
 

bump: hmmmm

Re: sohc crower stage 1 (zseeanz)
 

anyone?

I have heard good things about them... But ive heard better results out of a zex cam

Re: (JDMlifestyle)
 

zex 59300 would yield better gains. However it is comparable to the crower stage 2. The stage 1 should yield decent gains. Seems like I read somewhere between 5-7hp for the stage 1. I was researching crower a while back, but after seeing all of the pics of broken crower cams, I kinda changed my mind.

in import tuner they put a stage two cam and springs in some crappy car and they had some monstrous gains. Like 35hp but i believe the car was turboed as well. Still 35hp is nice. Stock though, idunno what you'd get

Re: (turbotime)
 

so u need new springs for the 59300? i was thinkn bout orderin that for my car. what kinda springs/retainers should i get and do i need a cam gear for it also?
...not to steal ur post or anything https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/embeer.gif

Re: (JasonBlackEJ1)
 

you should be able to run the zex cam with stock valvetrain as long as u keep the stock rev limit- but the zex cam is on crazy backorder cause i tried to order one the other day. as for the crower cam- i also hear bad stories about them breaking, and personally would not risk it.

Re: (JasonBlackEJ1)
 

I ran it on stock valvetrain, you don't need to upgrade for that cam. If you just want to, I always suggest skunk2.