interested in some new cams for my 96 GSR with 47000 miles. planning on doing CTR pistons with skunk2 manifold, and the proper valvetrain, with cam gears. Just cant decide weather to go with JUN III or Skunk2? I know the specs are very similar, and the skunks are alittle cheaper. I have heard nothing but great power gains fro JUN. and I know skunk2 is very reputable. so which one?

Help!!!!

 

From what I've heard and the Dyno's I've seen, Skunk2 has copied Jun 3's profile for their stage two cams. Depends on if you have the money, if you want to pay for Jun's name I'd go w/ that, skunk2's products are descent and are better priced. So its up to the size of your wallet; if you're hurting go w/ Skunk2, if not...Jun 3 or Toda A/B's
Oh by the way..great mileage on your '96, I'm jealous; just hit 90k

 

todas A oR B

 

i believe jeff from http://www.importbuilders.com has a dyno graph showing the
skunk stage II's and the JUN 3's and how they compare to
each other. i think both cams were put on the same car with
the same setup.
they pretty much were the same...almost exactly the same.

oh yah..the graph MIGHT be on http://www.importreview.com


[Modified by EVOL, 10:18 PM 4/16/2002]

 

I dunno man, i'm feeling a bit weary about jun cams snapping. I say go with the skunk2 stage 2.

Alot of people say that the profiles are copied off of jun, but when you look at the specs the numbers prove that theory wrong.

 

they general design was copied.. but not copied entirely. Jun3 will make slightly more power than the skunk2 mainly because of its extreme ramp rate that the skunk2 doesnt even compare.

 

please cite your sources

 

Well i can name one right off the bat. Canuck-mx6.

Sorry i don't have any "proof", but if you talk to anyone on this board and you mention "jun cams snapping", they will say "oh nothing new".

 

if you talk to anyone on this board and you mention "<insert toda/crower/skunk2 here> cams snapping," they will say "oh nothing new" to those also.. from what i've read from all this, seems like JUN has great customer service. just by that alone i'd fork over the extra couple hundred bucks.

 

Don't know if you're talking about JUN here in the U.S., but they have the worse customer service. With new employees coming and going every month what can you expect?

 

from what canuck-mx6 has been reporting, they seem to be taking care of him alright.

 

Well, the cam breaking taught me one thing. Consider after sales service. Jun has been very professional with the way that they handled my breakage. Just for that reason, I would recommend them. If something happens, they will investigate why **** happened, and if it is their fault, they will repair the damage.

 

Skunk2 is the shizznittlebamsnipsnap! No question... Skunk2 is easier on the wallet and you still get a great quality!

 

F*%k It! go get some skunk2 stage 3's

 

i have known at least 5 sets of Jun 3's breaking/snapping in half. ITs not super common, but its happened enough times that it swayed me over to check out SKunk2 and Toda instead.

Wil

 

I have put over 26,000 miles on my jun cams without any problems. I take it up to 8500 every other day and drive at least 50 miles per day no problems at all. I'd say Jun's quality is very good. Skunk may also good good too.