i sold a pair of cam gear to a friend, i told him wat they were good for but he dosaent think im right, so thats were u guys come in. tell him wat there for. he wanted me to post this up really bad so give him some good info
the cam gears i sold him were skunk2

 

they are good for andvanceing and retarding you intake and exhaust cams which is helpful in tunning the motor not any real benefits for a stock motor that i know of other than they look good

 

don't need them unless the motor is built(aka more than I/h/e)

 

if you had aftermarket cams you would need aftermarket cam gears to acheive better tuning

 

its got itr cams and other crap

 

when you deck the block and head .035 like i did you wind up buying a pair so you can degree your cams into what's on the cam card. also, what the hell is with some guys saying "wat" all the time. that's so 5 years ago. are you really that out of touch. we have keyboard phones now.

 

wat did you say?

 

wat does it matter as long as u know wat we r sayin

 

yeah! wat he said!

 

wat? I don't get it

 

LOL of f**k off, i totally opened myself up to that one

 

basically cam gears dont do anything on a stock motor...since they are primarily used to advance or retard the timing of the cams (aftermarket cams)

They can also be used for that "bling factor".

Many people have problems with their timing belt slipping off the teeth of the gears, so some companies make the "non slip" cam gears and 6 bolt designs (like skunk2) in an effort to minimize that chance of the belt slipping off or the cam gears coming out.

 

arnt they a little lighter to??

 

yes to both of the above. i bought the skunk2 pro gears for the two reasons you guys outline. also, they are easily available. other good gears are the crower/golden eagle and toda

 

most tuners now aday who make good numbers using Hondata and such don't even touch the cam gears because of the minimal gains that can be made using them. 11.0 compression and stage 2 cams arent even enough to make it worth tuning them. They are pretty much good for nothing for the average honda-techer.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sjbmx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">arnt they a little lighter to?? </TD></TR></TABLE>
by what....a few ounces?
That's like people taking out the rear seats and calling it a weight reduction. If you drop 20lbs out of the car, your not going to notice a difference. Every 100lbs you loose you gain 1/10th of a second. Personally unless you completely gut your car and loose a couple hundred pounds I don't see a point in it. So if you drop 3oz. off cam gears, what's that equate to? Just my 0.02

 

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by what....a few ounces?
That's like people taking out the rear seats and calling it a weight reduction. If you drop 20lbs out of the car, your not going to notice a difference. Every 100lbs you loose you gain 1/10th of a second. Personally unless you completely gut your car and loose a couple hundred pounds I don't see a point in it. So if you drop 3oz. off cam gears, what's that equate to? Just my 0.02</TD></TR></TABLE> agreed

 

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by what....a few ounces?
That's like people taking out the rear seats and calling it a weight reduction. If you drop 20lbs out of the car, your not going to notice a difference. Every 100lbs you loose you gain 1/10th of a second. Personally unless you completely gut your car and loose a couple hundred pounds I don't see a point in it. So if you drop 3oz. off cam gears, what's that equate to? Just my 0.02</TD></TR></TABLE>

I get what you are saying, but i think you're looking at weight reduction the wrong way. It is give the motor less inertia, making less energy required to spin the motor. Same principle as a lightened flywheel, and the same reasone why you would get light valves and springs. But for the average person i think they are not worth it other than a blig mod.

 

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I get what you are saying, but i think you're looking at weight reduction the wrong way. It is give the motor less inertia, making less energy required to spin the motor. Same principle as a lightened flywheel, and the same reasone why you would get light valves and springs. But for the average person i think they are not worth it other than a blig mod. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Good point, I didn't look at it that way.

 

How many people can afford to lose a COUPLE HUNDRED pounds? You must be a chubby chaser

 

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no fatties for me.

I'm not necessarily referring to honda's. I wouldn't recommend taking the rear seats out of your Chevelle and call it weight reduction either.
However if you want honda's look up user name notsoJDMdan. his Kswapped LS integra with a full tank and driver weighs 2049 pounds. Oh yeah and it's street legal, registered and all.

 

Here you go:
https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlammedDC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
by what....a few ounces?
That's like people taking out the rear seats and calling it a weight reduction. If you drop 20lbs out of the car, your not going to notice a difference. Every 100lbs you loose you gain 1/10th of a second. Personally unless you completely gut your car and loose a couple hundred pounds I don't see a point in it. So if you drop 3oz. off cam gears, what's that equate to? Just my 0.02</TD></TR></TABLE>


yaa.......no

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I get what you are saying, but i think you're looking at weight reduction the wrong way. It is give the motor less inertia, making less energy required to spin the motor. Same principle as a lightened flywheel, and the same reasone why you would get light valves and springs. But for the average person i think they are not worth it other than a blig mod. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what i meant... i didnt think i had to explain it though.

 

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yaa.......no

thats what i meant... i didnt think i had to explain it though. </TD></TR></TABLE>
You also have to look at how many noobs come in here and want to know why there not running 10 sec 1/4's because they removed their rear int. or their ls has an AEM intake. or how they can get their vtech louder.

 

pic of how they are used to change cam timing on an altered deck height

http://members.aol.com/c5in2004/gears.jpg


Modified by idrivesideways at 12:58 AM 10/15/2008