im planning on doing it by the end of this week at this shop in fremont and the mechanic said he can install them for me without taking off the head within 5 or 6 hours but he told me i didnt need to change my headgasket or my head studs is this true because most people ive talked to told me stage 2 only runs good with higher compression so wouldnt i need to change my headgasket and if i do change my headgasket shouldnt i get new head studs?

 

You don't have to take off the head to install cams! ! ! And it doesn't take 5-6 hrs. to do it also........

 

LOL...to be honest you shouldnt run skunk2 stage 2 sounds like your going to get yourself into a heap of trouble....

 

Changing the headgasket won't increase the compression that much.

 

If you have a stock R motor, go with the Stage1's. You will be happier.

 

whats wrong with using skunk2 stage 2's? arent they similar to JUN 3's? for a fully built motor i dont see whats bad about them.

 

Nothing wrong with the Stage2's for a "fully built motor"-I run them. But a stock Type-R does not have the compression and various other things that are required to make these cams work. For a stock R I would recommend Stage1's or Toda "A"s.

 

ahhh, ic, ok just checkin, those are whats goin in mine...just wonderin if there was somthing i wasnt aware of

 

What shop in Fremont? You should just hit up Jeff652 on this board. He can do it within an hour or so with a valve adjustment and timing. Great guy, plus he's in San Jose as well.

 

Maybe they are planning on doing valvetrain and cams along with a 2 layer head gasket to get more compression.