my next mod is either going to be some CTR cams or a set of diy itb's. i have heard good and bad things about the itbs and i can run the ctr cams on a stock valvetrain in my gsr right? im on a budget right now and i guess i really want the :"best bang for my buck" so to speak. what do you guys think i should do? either way im looking at about the same amt. of $ so its really just a matter of choosing

 

ctr cams, i think itb's are over-rated

 

ur not goin to see much more power with itbs and stock cams ..search kendall article on his diy itb's

 

here u go scroll mid way down the page https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1149532&page=3

 

how bout both...?

 

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that would be great but he says hes on a budjet

 

yea my budget is like 350ish i really dont wanna go over that since i got other **** to pay for but both would be sweet. maybe one day i read the ctr cams are good for about a 10-20hp gain. would they be safe to use with a stock valvetrain?

 

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10-20hp gain? Not likely. Not unless youre running a 2.0l with 13:1 compression with auto b16a cams right now, in which case you are severly undercammed. 5-8hp is more liekly, they are a great mid range cam.

Stock valvetrain is ok is stock redline is retained.

 

yea stock redline. i heard the itbs were about that in power gains (upwards of 10 to 15whp) but i have heard some stories about losing power

 

From reading some DIY ITB posts (I think it was kendell's, though I could be wrong) it seems like a) ITB's love fuel, so you need to do some major tuning to effectively utilize them, and b)ITB's love highlift cams. I don't know what your current setup is, but keep those in mind. You won't notice huge gains unless you install both the ITB's and the cams.

Cheers,
Brett