I have a stock b16a and was thinking about changing the cams. I use it as a daily driver so not looking for anything crazy!

I don't plan on working the head anytime soon so need some help on cam choice based on experience please!

 

Well are you planning anything esle?

any laws you have to meet?

Willing to do other mods?

Other then it's a daily what do you want out of some new cams?

What mods do you have now?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ***$nyper &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well are you planning anything esle?

any laws you have to meet?

Willing to do other mods?

Other then it's a daily what do you want out of some new cams?

What mods do you have now?


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Right now i am not planning on building the motor.
I do not have to worry about any smog laws.
I am willing to do other mods to work with cams
I really just want a little more power without having to worry about reliability.
I have a stock b16 with upgraded fuel rail,regulator,air intake,4-2-1 headers

I was looking into an oem cam, like a itr,ctr, or gsr. Not sure which one is more commonly used because lack of info on the web.

 

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Right now i am not planning on building the motor.
I do not have to worry about any smog laws.
I am willing to do other mods to work with cams
I really just want a little more power without having to worry about reliability.
I have a stock b16 with upgraded fuel rail,regulator,air intake,4-2-1 headers

I was looking into an oem cam, like a itr,ctr, or gsr. Not sure which one is more commonly used because lack of info on the web. </TD></TR></TABLE> CTR/late ITRs are the largest oem cams and can be run with no mods if you keep the motor at 8200, personally i'd upgrade the vavletrain, most "state 1" can also be ran no mods if you keep your oem rev limit. Personally I wouldn't do it since it's apart anyway, a set of CTRs cam gears vavle train and a tune will wake the car up, for not much money or work.

 

I daily my rex and have a b16 with minor mods and have been researching cams also. Spoon cams seem to be good they say you don't have to up grade the valve train as long as you keep the rev es under i think 8900. Their like around 1000 bucks. The endyn cams (bumpstix) are 500 bucks but Larry recommends upgrading the springs and retainers so after that their also around 1000 for the whole setup.
IMO i think both cams are on my list up at the top as far as power goes and reliability. they both build cams to make power without chewing your head up over time.

Has anybody on here had any experience with ether brand?

 

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I daily my rex and have a b16 with minor mods and have been researching cams also. Spoon cams seem to be good they say you don't have to up grade the valve train as long as you keep the rev es under i think 8900. Their like around 1000 bucks. The endyn cams (bumpstix) are 500 bucks but Larry recommends upgrading the springs and retainers so after that their also around 1000 for the whole setup.
IMO i think both cams are on my list up at the top as far as power goes and reliability. they both build cams to make power without chewing your head up over time.
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Taking a stock b16 valve train up to 8900 repeatly is asking for disaster, you will float a valve and destroy your head. You guys have to realize also these motors are basically 20 years old now and revving them that high is asking for trouble.

What spoon cams are you talking about? Any specs? I'm don't know the specs on the endyn cams but both cams you listed are probably too cam for a basically stock b16a. Your better off with something more mild that will give you a better power band.

A head prepared the right way will not be chewed up by cams.

 

Well if i build the head what are we talking?
Cams, valves, springs, retainers?
Also machining will be required!

How much would that run?

 

Spoon cams are being discontinued. After all they have left sell thats it forever!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well if i build the head what are we talking?
Cams, valves, springs, retainers?
Also machining will be required!

How much would that run?</TD></TR></TABLE> Depends on a lot of factors, how much you are doing what kind of parts etc etc.

 

Is it cheaper to buy a ITR head?

 

depends on where you get the head from

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is it cheaper to buy a ITR head?</TD></TR></TABLE> Again, depends, if you can get a new OEM style or after market vavle train for few bucks and cams for 400 an ITR head will probably run more but if you get a deal on an ITR head, you may need to replace parts ...


so shop around