dblock91

ive read alot about the zex stage 2 performance cam and the crower, one of my friends just got a stage 2 zex cam and springs, but i was reading that its not all its cut out to be. is the crower cam better or is it all just an opinion thing?

90LSpimpin

I'm almost positive its the same things. Crower makes Zex.

dblock91

oh, now i feel like a moron


Modified by dblock91 at 9:43 PM 1/24/2005

dblock91

do the stock springs hold up with the stage 2 cam

d357r0y

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I thought it was Comp Cams = ZEX?

90LSpimpin

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Nah dont its not common knowledge

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You would be ok on stock springs only if you plan to maintain the current rev limit. Check to see where that cam makes most of its power, which is almost definately gonna be above the rev limit. For instance I have a cam in my car that has a powerban from 4500-8k, and it pulls really hard to the 7100 rev limit. I'm still rockin the stock valvetrain other than the cam, havent had any problems yet, but again thats cus i dont/cant over-rev. If you really wanna take advantage of the cam, get new springs and retrainers, they can be had for roughly 330 from Exospeed.com .

dblock91

yeah thats what ive heard, generally kids go out buy just the cam and are amazed by there raised rev limiter and eventually there car runs like garbage because there pushing it as hard as possible
thanks for the help

90LSpimpin

Yep, thats me. I beat it to **** daily. But thats because I have a spare that I'm in the process of building to actually take the abuse.

Oh yeah, i read your other post too, lose the underdrive pulley. I've only heard bad things about them, and have seen very reputable builders on this site lose motors to them. Search around a bit.

dblock91

thanks for the heads up

90LSpimpin

hey dude, just updatin, I was lookin around and noticed that its Comp Cams that makes Zex. Sorry for the misinformation.

RicedREX

the zex stage 2 is kinda crappy, I put a distributor in just slightly off and it cracked the inlet on the cam, but I dunno if that would hold true for any aftermarket cam but It felt extremely weak.

dblock91

so zex is garbage
should i just spring the extra $100 or so dollars and get the crower cam

RicedREX

get crower

dblock91

crower it is