I'm leaning towards the Skunk2 stage 1 cams for my 2.0 GSR motor. However, I'm scared/worried about their quality control. I'm hearing mucho stories about them breaking. The other cam choice is the CTR. I'm more comfortable with OEM quality.

For those who have Skunk2 cams (stage 1) - how many miles have you put on them? Any problems? Will I have problems running ITR valvetrain?

Also - let me hear some numbers you guys pulled with the Stage 1 cams.

Adam

 

i have the stage 1's in my GSR. i used to have ITR cams. there is a huge differnce in mid range and top end. the skunks are bad ***. i am running on my stock GSR valvetrain, which is fine as long as i dont raise the redline. i havent dyno'd since i had them, but ive had them for about 10,000 miles now with no issues.

all aftermarket cams have a history or chance of breakage. its very rare, but it happens.

 

ive never heard of any quality problems

 

That was a long time ago, when the first batch came out. And they were not breaking, they were wearing on the valvetrain.

But all that has been corrected now and you should be fine with the stage 1 (IMO I would go for bigger cams)

 

I got about 5000 miles on my stage 1's with no problems.

 

10,000 miles with out tuning ..

i would at least go with the stage 2 and run there valvetrain

 

i used the settings that skunk recommemded with the cams. i can only imagine how much more will come out with tuning

 

how safe can you rev with skunks valve train. i am going to try to pick up stage 2's in the future

 

I have had Stage 2's for like 3000 miles rev'ed to 9650 with 12.2:1 CR and have not had any problems.

Skunk2 cams are made of the same material as the CTR cams that honda makes, to ensure quality.

CTR cams are good also lots of midrange torque.


[Modified by GreenR, 1:13 AM 7/14/2002]

 

Keep up the good reviews.

 

yeah.. keep up good reviews! i am also in market! thanks, eric

 

i just put in my stage one like two months ago however every time i rev around 4k and 5k it puases and lag till i pass 5k. i was wondering if you had this problem. please help. ps i checked the timing belt if it was off a teeth but it wasnt.

 

anyone have any dyno charts with any of the skunk2 cams?

 

I have 7000 miles on my stage 1's and they are fine. I have stock idle and gained over 20hp after tuning.

 

Can someone post some dyno sheets with the Skunk2 cams.

 

not my chart, but is a compair of jun3s vs skunk2 stage 2s. I plan on getting stage 2s, they seem to work well edit:sorry didnt turn out as large as i thought it would


[Modified by CWTypeR463, 6:28 PM 7/15/2002]