I tried searching, but just got more confused. I have a b16a with stock internals and have a aebs intake manifold, 64mm overbored stock TB, j's racing copy intake, and megan racing header all on the way. Wanting to change the cams to take advantage of the better "breathing" my motor should be able to do. I would rather not change the valve train if I can get away with it. Would gsr cams even be worth my time to install if I can find them for cheap enough? Or can I install ctr cams w/o changing springs and retainers? Would it benefit me to just replace the intake cam with a ctr, or again, just a waste of time and/or money? One more question, is there any advantage to putting adj. cam gears on my stock b16 cams and then having them adjusted? Any help is appreciated.

 

If you dont want to spend alot of dough, just go with a CTR intake cam and switch ya stock B16 intake cam to the exhaust cam...cheap and give ya some decent gains

 

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didnt know this could be done

 

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i didn't know either, will i have any clearance issues like with the far end that spins the dizzy? would i still set timing on it the same (up mark still up for TDC)?

 

ive never heard of anyone doing this...im guessing he is wrong

 

Sounds like a CTR intake cam is what your looking for. Hmotors has it for 200 something bucks. Not a bad price at all. Also, you do not have to change your springs and retainers with the ctr cams, but you will not be able to increase your rev limit. So your cams will be capable of making power to ~8500 but you'll only be able to rev to stock b16 rev limit.

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Ive never heard of this. I would research this a lot more before actually attempting it on your engine.

 

ok, so i'm probably gonna get a ctr intake cam and run my b16 exahust cam. what are the valve lash specs for the ctr cam? are they the same as the b16? and also, does anyone have a ctr intake cam for sale?

 

I'd be weary of running ITR/CTR spec cams with B16 valvetrain. Might want to look into getting an ITR valvetrain, its a good investment.

 

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It makes no difference as long as he stays within the rev capabilities of the b16 valvetrain.

 

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In theory this is actually a very good idea. To do this though, you will need make use of some adjustable cam gears, plus you'll have to install the cam at a completely different angle. There aren't any clearance issues or anything, just a groove that's cut for the dizzy. In fact I'm very interested in doing this myself if my car doesn't sell in the next couple of weeks, a very good friend of mine has a S2S1 intake cam just laying around.

 

wouldn't the profile be backwards though, since the valves are in front of the cam instead of behind the cam? seems like some serious wear on the valvetrain. let me know how it goes though. good luck

 

why keep the oem valvetrain if anyways you need to adjust the timing again....if i were you i spend a little more and have the valvetrain replaced by skunk or crower and run stage 2 on them...i been searching and if im going to get in the same hassle why use oem parts? instead of serious gains on aftermrt...
just my two cents

ps. skunk has a big fuzz around thats why they r pricey....i will save and go with crower....they been around many years

 

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because in order for stage 2's to run right, you really need to raise compression.