I bought a set of cams a while back and was told they were itrs. i did some research to make sure they were "real" itr cams. the intake cam has the two engraved rings at the end and the two protuding rings. only problem i ran into is there are numbers on the end of the cams "535" on both the intake and exhaust. I have heard honda cams never had numbers on the ends, So has anyone ran into this before? ill upload some pics soon when i get my camera, just looking for some ideas?

 

Did you google? And you will have better luck in the hybrid or all-motor forum.

 

i think this is fine here since he's pretty much asking whether his cams are legit ITR ones or not. i wouldnt know as I have never taken apart my head to do maintanence yet so i have yet to see the cams in our type R

 

Again--had he typed "ITR cam" or something close to that into google, he would have seen all kinds of threads (and pictures even!) comparing the various vtec cams.

And IMO this is still not a thread for this forum.

 

If you re-read his post again, you will see that he did the search on the ITR CAM. "problem i ran into is there are numbers on the end of the cams "535" on both the intake and exhaust."

To me, his question is very much belong here as we aRe the ones that live with these CAM day in and day out.

Now, to the OP question, I don't think and never seen any ITR CAM that has number on the end. I have handled close to ten sets so far and none has these number on them. Hope that help.

 

i dont know if its any help but the guy i boguth them from said they were brand new 01 cams so they were manufactured after these cars were made and sold. i was thinking maybe a manufacture number post production.

 

here is a couple pics of the intake cam and exhaust cam hopefully someone can give me an idea on these cams any help would be greatly appreicated

 

Maybe they have been reground? They look like the CTR cams I just installed.

 

they do not look like they have been ground, but i guess it a possibility. i noticed too that hey look simialar to ctr cams, they did measure out to itr spec tho i believe ctr cams hav a slightly diffirent spec on the intake cam. i wish i cold verify those numbers tho, i called many dealers and other shops and no one has a idea about the numbers.

 

I think 98-01 ITRs are the same as CTRs. The IN cam looks like it could possibly have a coating pealing off, can you post a pic of the whole cam.

 

i took two smaller pics of the intake cam since my camera is taking pics that were too large of file. lol they look oem to me but maybe you or someone can tell if they are or not.

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=b+series+cam+identification

First link has it all. Halfway down the page has ITR/CTR stuffs.

 

That sir looks like a CTR intake cam

The ring below the notch is indented, 00/01 ITR's are smooth (not sure about 98's)

 

ok cool sounds true that ehy could be ctr cams, i wonder why that number got stamped on the end of the cam tho? hmm maybe honda is stamping them post production i guess.

 

98-00 CTR intake cam

 

alright cool thanks for the help eveyone!