I've got a stock B16A2 (99Si engine) with bolt ons. What cams would you guys suggest for this engine to get maxiumum power without upgrading the bottom end. I don't mind chaning out the valve springs/retainers but would perfer not to have to mess around with headwork. ECU upgrade is a given but I don't want to mess with the bottom end. Thanks.

 

you can run CTR cams witout changing anything and they will give you the best bang for your buck. it would be nice to get new springs but they aren't required with CTR cams. also 01 and 00 ITR cams are the same.

 

valvetrain is required for ctr cams
they are bigger than itr cams.....

 

ctr cams! should be fine on the stock valvetrain as long as you keep the 8200 redline...i would rather upgrade the valvetrain, but...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 808_si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ctr cams! should be fine on the stock valvetrain as long as you keep the 8200 redline...i would rather upgrade the valvetrain, but...</TD></TR></TABLE>
correct but you should be able to make power alittle past 8200 so you should swpa valvetrain for the extra power and just to be safe.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMSiGuy17 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">correct but you should be able to make power alittle past 8200 so you should swpa valvetrain for the extra power and just to be safe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i was thinking something more along the lines of aftermarket. I hear the buddy club III+ work pretty well with stock compression but everything i saw was on a 1.8L engine. Anyone know how well these work on a stock compression 1.6?

 

you're definitely going to have to upgrade your valvetrain with the bc3's there was a couple horror stories with the stock valvetrain. If your going with some bc3's, might as well bump your compression and all that to get the full potential of those cams...

 

Hey Ryan ***** CTR cams those things are worthless. If your going to go through the hasstle of changing cams and valve train get the Buddy Club Spec III's. They have about the same lift as Type R cams but way more duration for top end. They were actually desgned to be used with stock block GSR's which have 10:1 compression and your B16 already ahs slightly more compression so your set
I can get you a pretty good deal on them to if your interested, about $500 shipped brand new.

 

werd, thanks gil. like i said in the first post, i dont mind changing out the valvetrain, i just don't want to mess with the bottom end.
i might hit you up pretty soon for those cams gil.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RyanR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">werd, thanks gil. like i said in the first post, i dont mind changing out the valvetrain, i just don't want to mess with the bottom end.
i might hit you up pretty soon for those cams gil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

can bc3+ work on an stock b18c4?? the one with 10:1 cp?? i ve got this motor and i search for ctr cams...dont i need valvetrain upgrade with these? are ctr springs and retainers ok with them?