Im curious to know how many people are running skunk stage 2s on there stock compression GSR. How much power do u make and what 1/4 times are u pulling. I have a JDM GSR motor wit 10.6.1 and getting my head milled to bump compression to 10.8.1 and my head is gonna be fully built from the machine shop wit basically a whole skunk package but a different brand of springs and retainers. I know I will be over caming the motor at the moment but i had originally bought a CTR intake cam to get installed but when they ended up having to send the head to the machine shop to get redone they said it would be to a better advantage to get stronger cams now instead of paying more money later to swap them out. I am on a budget so i went ahead and bought the used skunks stage 2s for a good deal so now im just trying ot figure out what my car is going to be running and power its gonna be making. The last thing i plan on doin is getting the hondata for the dyno after its broken in.

 

personally i dont think skunks are the way to go..i here so much ups and downs on those cams.. you should get the jdm type r'z cams...my friend had some ctr cams in his and he pulled pretty good once they were broken in ...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ONISHIMA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">personally i dont think skunks are the way to go..i here so much ups and downs on those cams.. you should get the jdm type r'z cams...my friend had some ctr cams in his and he pulled pretty good once they were broken in ...</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea but those JDM Type R cams are gonna only do so much. I need my car to run 13s easy, not low 14s consistant and maybe a 13 second pass if im lucky

 

with stock block stages2 cams might not be good since compression wouldn't be as high. CTR are pretty decent amount of horses you gain. but you should have gone built head with just stage 1. some peole would actually lose power from runnin stage2s with low compression motors. so with stage 1 the cams more aggressive than CTR so you would get a pretty good gain.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integrax2o8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">with stock block stages2 cams might not be good since compression wouldn't be as high. CTR are pretty decent amount of horses you gain. but you should have gone built head with just stage 1. some peole would actually lose power from runnin stage2s with low compression motors. so with stage 1 the cams more aggressive than CTR so you would get a pretty good gain.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i hear you. I guess I wont know till its done. Hopefully the shop will do a good job on the build and it wont be that bad.

 

still waiting for the car to be done.

 

with the law not being an issue and performance the key in mind, would it be better to get a test pipe to replace my car sound high flow cat to my my exhaust free flowing from the header to the muffler?

 

Not worth it IMO. What size is your exhaust system and what type of header do you have? You will be overcamming with Stage 2's so I suggest you look at some higher comp. pistons to make the most of that instead running a smaller cam since you're trying to make more power. I want to hear more detailed information about your specific setup.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bee18see1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not worth it IMO. What size is your exhaust system and what type of header do you have? You will be overcamming with Stage 2's so I suggest you look at some higher comp. pistons to make the most of that instead running a smaller cam since you're trying to make more power. I want to hear more detailed information about your specific setup.</TD></TR></TABLE>

my exhaust is a DC JDM ITR 4-1 into car sound cat into kteller 2.5 non resonated cat back.

I already know Im over camming but whatever power i will make assuming 180+ will be good enough for me for now. The stage 2s wasnt planned it was a last minute thing. What other info about my set up do u wanna know.

 

All I'll say is that you stand to gain a lot more from more compression vs. replacing a high flow cat with a testpipe. A lot of dyno charts I've seen on the comparison show a couple hp gain and a couple lb-ft tq lost with a testpipe over a cat. I could understand wanting a test pipe if you still had a stock cat or something if it was more cost effective, but that really isn't the case. It's up to you but I still say you opt for a nice set of pistons.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bee18see1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All I'll say is that you stand to gain a lot more from more compression vs. replacing a high flow cat with a testpipe. A lot of dyno charts I've seen on the comparison show a couple hp gain and a couple lb-ft tq lost with a testpipe over a cat. I could understand wanting a test pipe if you still had a stock cat or something if it was more cost effective, but that really isn't the case. It's up to you but I still say you opt for a nice set of pistons.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i already know that im not gonna be at full potential until i get more compression, but i had 4 bent valves so i was only budgeted enough at the moment to do the head work. If im not satisfied with how it turns out then I will plan on doing the bottem end in a couple months after I have rebuilt my funds. As far as the test pipe goes I will scrap that idea.

 

if you want to hit 13's like its nothing cams aren't going to do it they will get you have way there. Say a low 14 for sure.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97-P72 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you want to hit 13's like its nothing cams aren't going to do it they will get you have way there. Say a low 14 for sure.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok i will take ur word for it. I run 14.6 now wit just I/H/E.