I have crower 403's and crower says to degree the cams in. I was wondering since my block is stock for now would i benefit from this? Do i get a noticeable power gain?

crower 403's
crower valve train
stock valves
skank2 cam gears

thanks for any imput.

 

when you degree the cams in you will find out in degrees how much they can be adjusted. If you dont degree them and the piston hits a valve the first thing everyone will ask is.. did you degree the cams in? I think once you get into it you will find it's not that intimidating or if you have a good local engine builder have them do it maybe they let u watch.

 

Do you have adjustable cam gears? 94

 

He stated he has Skank2 cam gears

 

OP, are you running stock valves with Crower springs and retainers? Is the spring rate appropriate for the cams?

Yes, if Crower says the cams need to be degreed then it is mandatory in order to have proper piston-to-valve clearance. Also, you do not need to install cam gears in order to install the camshafts. Cam gears and degreeing cams for p-t-v clearance are two separate issues. With that said, you will not get as much power out of the camshafts without the cam gears but they are not necessary for installation.

To your primary question, if your engine is mostly stock then you probably will not see a huge gain by adding the camshafts, you could potentially make the engine run rough. Are the camshafts aggressive or slightly better than stock?

 

DOH!!! missed that.
It is important to "degree" the cams, Skunk2 has a good writeup... http://www.skunk2.com/camshaft_tech.php 94

 

YES stock valves with crower dual valve springs and tit. crower retainers. I guess i gotta find somebody to degree them since crower does recommend it. thanks.