Well i want to buy the skunk 2 valvetrain for my car but ive heard that i will be overcammed because i dont have enough performance or the compression. I wanna know if i bought the cams and valvetrain would i actually be overcammed and what i could do to fix the problem. Could i buy a head gasket to boost compression. What else could i get to boost compression up. All i have right now is i/h/e any suggestions

Also i was told that stage 1 cams wouldnt be bad i know i would have to upgrade the valvetrain but i wanna do it right the first time i wanna be able to feel a difference

 

A head gasket won't boost your compression to the desired level for those camshafts. I'd say 11.5:1 and up is good, but the majority will agree with even HIGHER compression than what i think.

If you want to do it right, just go with Skunk 1s or build the motor with higher comp.

 

well would something liek ctr pistons boost up my compression

 

Rememeber upgrading to cams with higher lift/duration, and higher comp also requires some $$ man.

Tunning, labor, valvetrain, so on. Don;t just count on some cams and ctr pistons. Defiantely need to research.

 

Son son son, i'm telling you, you don't need the stage 2 cams. The stage ones will be perfect. Your compression is too low for stage2 cam's to get their optium power. I'm overcammed with skunk2 stage 2 cams rihgt now, and i have 11:1 compression. Skunk2 Stage2's perform best around 11:6-12:4.

 

if you really want to bump your compression, pct will be a nice bump for you... it will yield something around 13.x cr..... but that might be too high for daily driving depending on where you are from... instead you might want to get some p30 pistons.... those will yield ~11.5 cr.... and if you want a lil more cr then use some flat faced valves... ~.2-.3 in cr... i don't like to use thinner hg to get cr because its bringing you head that much closer to the block...you wanna be able to adjust your cams without piston to valve issues...

 

PCT's in a GSR motor will most certainly not put the compression up to 13 or higher. It will put ti around 12.3-12.5

 

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what makes you think that? other stock pistons sits .030 in the hole ctrs sits flush with a gsr block, because of that get the compression bump... i had pct in the gsr block and even with 33 percent toulene my motor ping.... not only that... but because the pct were sitting at 0 i had piston to head contact... the arrow and "in" on the pct were imprinted on my head.... pcts in a gsr will not give you 12.5.... something i believed 3 years ago