im basicly stock with just intake and now that my vactation pay is coming i wanted to get

crower stage 2 camshaft
valvetrain/retainer

 

crower stage 2 would be prefect for the sohc with the valvetrain upgrade, but i heard ppl say the stage 2 u would feel much of a diff than the stage 3. go for the exospeed.

do some search u will find good shiet on sohc cams

 

Nope, that would work fine, the stage 2 w/ new springs/retainers. I'm doing the Stage 2 tenatively for now, if the head work/port job I get done is of adequateness, I'll be going with the stage 3.

 

thanx for ur response. yeah i did search on cams, i read horror stories on crowers breaking but mite be due to impromper install as well.

im leaning towards the crower s2's, i would go exospeed but u need a core

and they only advertise a street cam

 

I've got a y8 cam I'll sell ya.

 

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does that have a higher lift/duration then z6?

 

http://www.knology.net/%7Ejediklc/D.htm

Slight differences in the duration/lift.

I just offered it if he wants a core for an exospeed regrind, I pulled it out of a head I'm rebuilding and have no use for it anyways.

 

do they still sell the crower springs/retainers for sohc vtecs? i went on there site they said its either not in production no more or has changed part numbers

 

Yes they do. On the site they dont come up individually, I think they only sell them as a package.

http://www.crower.com/cgi-bin/...84166

 

cool thanx for the link i appreciate it

 

anybody with expirence with the s2's? upgraded valvetrain?

hows the butt dyno on them

 

bump for reviews on the s2 sohc vtec cam i did search cant really find any personal reviews

 

zex makes a pretty good cam for a sohc. motor for the money.

 

I was debating between the ZEX and Crower stage 2s. I went with the Crower because I like that they are quite a bit more aggressive than the ZEX, as well as I heard alot about the valve clicking from the ZEX and I know how annoying my valve click is on my stock valvetrain when the motor is cold and would rather not drive with that ALL the time. And I ruled out the Skunk2's after reading multiple times how their springs/valves/retainers/cams broke inside the head and a)trashed the valvetrain, or b)trashed the entire motor when it raped the piston AND head.

 

so how is the pull?

 

Oh, I have a virtual engine build right now. I have all the parts picked out, now just to order them.

So far I've got the head, intake mani, throttle body and head studs I'll be using. Ordering my valve train next friday with my next paycheck. Then the week after I get those the head goes out for porting and cleaning.

 

are d16y vtec camshaft the same as d16z6's?