Just wondering if anyone is running the Ferrea roller setup on the street?

It doesn't seem probable to me as losing Vtec would mean losing alot of flexability in camshaft selection.

Just want to hear it form people with some real world experience

 

Bump in the night

 

IS this that stupid a question?? or is nobody here running them??

Is there a better forum to ask this in?

 

there is no reason why it wouldnt be streetable, i wouldnt do it though. Stock rockers are fine along with the cam selection available on todays market i dont see any reason to do so for a street car.

 

it's not a DD, but i do drive it to the occasional car meet and the such.

I'm just trying to squeeze a few more RPM's out of my motor and am looking into ways that i can do it and still drive it on the weekends

Just wondering if it would be too harsh.

 

losing vtec would mean losing your low cam lobe, so you'd be trying to make it idle on the high cam lobe which doesn't sound much fun for driving on the weekends.

why are you trying to get "more RPM's" as you put it? does your motor make power higher than you're able to rev it?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

i wouldnt want to deal with that idle at all

 

I guess I should elaborate a little.

I am sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment. I am addicted to the quest to go faster, but would like to keep my car tolerable to drive to and from car club meets now and then.

The setup I will be running very soon (3 weeks) is already teetering on the line of mildly streetable.
It will be a 2.0l b18c running 14:1 compression (100octane unleaded) custom intake and exhaust and a lumpy cam tuned on Hondata S300.

Most people would probably not consider that streetable, but I don't mind the vibrations. I have been looking into ways to keep my car from being a trailer queen, but still picking up some performance at the track.

After thinking about it quite a bit, the only way I can see to make more power without stroking it more or upping my compression would be by baing able to turn more rpms. The only thing that will be holding me back from turning more rpms will be valvetrain / engine stability. so improving things like weight of valvetrain components, engine internal bracing, upgraded harmonic balancer ect.

Maybe i'm crazy, but hey... who doesn't want to go faster??

What I would be looking for ideally i guess would be something like arm Ver 2. listed in this recent post by *masteroftheuniverse*

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2304072

Maybe i'll just have to hold my wad on this one

 

14:1CR is no where near streatable unless you plan to pump race fuel into it all the time.

why not just get a st of s2 pro2 something really agressive to use the stock lifters....the roller rockers seem like a really expensive waste of time. i havent seen very many impressive setups with them.

 

Race gas is what it is being fed already. This is not a car I plan on driving alot off of the track, but it is nice to haver the option of driving it on the street for 50km once or twice a month when i actually get some time off of work.

I am currently running Pro 3+'s, and will probably follow the advice of sticking with my current setup.

Is there anyone who has run these on or off the street in an NA motor that ahs seen sucess with them??

 

Lighter internals, and trying different VP fuels will net you more than rollers. You need more than 100 octane for 14-1 compression, so you have not maxed the build yet. Get the right fuel and timing, the increase will be more than the friction advantage of rollers, when that is maximized, then ask about rollers.

 

Now that's some solid advice!! Thanks DonF!