I kno this topic has been posted before...but it seems like noone can give a straight answer

who actually has an aftermarket SOHC VTEC cam installed and what are your results? do you like it? streetable?

Also are the y8 and z6 cam the same/interchangeable?

It seems like most of the cams available are regrinds and ive heard bad things about regound cams....

so please post your experience with your SOHC Cam!

thanks

 

Actually I'm wondering too. it seems NO1 puts an aftermarket cam on there z6/y8s?? people put cams in zcs and a6s. weird. maybe there not worth it on the sohc vtecs?

ANYONE care to enlighten us?

 

i want to get one from exospeed but i dont have the $$$ for mine right now....

 

my freind had a bullfrog head package. he said he really liked it. ??

 

see thats what i mean ...answers are always my friend had this and that...who actually has a SOHC VTEC CAM! and can tell me their experiece!


haha

I am ordering an exospeed one after they get back from the holiday...i will also be ordering an a6 cam from them also

I guess I will have to be the one posting experiences and results

I've emailed Wil at exospeed and he says each cam is running $200 with exchange


the core for z6 would be $120 and a6 is $100

thats all i kno so far until he returns from vacation


Does anyone know if Z6 Y8 cams are interchangeable??

 

I'll be getting the ZEX stage 1 cam this week. I'll post here and let you know how it goes.

 

how much is the zex cam running?

 

crower cam in a z6

 

how much for the crower?

where did u feel most of the gain in power was? low mid? all high?

i need some real feedback on cams

what specs are the crower cam youre running?

elaborate people!

 

i have a z6 cam in my y8 head. i have a mini me swap

 

im pretty sure the cams are interchangable, but you need to adjust your timing when you swap them. check out http://www.cranecams.com they've got y8 cams, only upto stage 2 though, its about 700 for that i believe

 

What about the Gude turbo cams? Anyone know anything about them?

 

$700!!! for a sohc cam! thats crazy if i had to spend that much on a sohc cam to make some decent power, I would have went to the DOHC side!

 

from our experiences, the sohc vtec cams dont like too much lift but are more efficient with a longer duration.

D16z6/D16y8 (92-00 Civic EX 1.6L sohc vtec)
STAGE 2 DUR@.010 INT 300 EX 270 LIFT INT .400 EX .380

try one of our camshafts... guarantee to make power and not break your budget.

Wil

 

Ive got a minime head swap with a zex 59300 cam and port and polish I've got really decent power between 4500 and 6500 rpms. its also got alright low end, I was told to really feel a difference on this cam you should get new valve springs. I also have read that it is an excelent cam for FI. That I will be finding out in the spring. I only dropped about $250 for it.

 

Crower cams new are 325 (no matter what spec you get). Yes that's high but, they are made from cores and not regrinds.

Yes and No, the Z6 cams or Y8 cams are interchangable as long as you have a cam gear. They are set keyed at different points on the cam for the gear.

 

They are. The y8 is a little bit large - so it will give ya more HP (not much though).

Any SOHC VTEC cam will work in the z6 or the y8 head.

liam


[Modified by liam821, 10:50 AM 1/3/2003]

 

I have the ZEX 59300 cam in my Z6. There was a very noticable increase in power from about 3500 rpm and up. I still do not take it over 7200 because I dont have springs or retainers yet. it is an awesome cam.

Andy

 

Im ordering a cam from exospeed this week for the z6 and also a6 motor

will post results after installation

it seems as though everyone has the zex cam

lets see how Exospeed does!


Wil Do you offer a valvetrain package for the y8 head?


[Modified by VTeC4TheChildren, 3:41 AM 1/4/2003]

 

i have valvetrain for the A6, Z6 and Y8. but we dont sell them separately at this time. only available with our head packages.

If interested feel free to contact. some have concerns about the pricing on certain things. while it obviously are not low balled prices, we are still open to discussion on those packages. i just want to say that we are not a mass producing type of company. we believe in quality products rather than quantity. Pricing reflects the work we like to do onall our stuff. you get what you pay for is what im trying to say. when we do race blocks, most often, majority of the parts are totally new and replaced. of course the block itself and crank are used. we assure you that our expertise is in building engines, are from experience with 9 second turbo motors to 10 second all motor cars. so please take that in consideration. you wont get a 10 year old design sohc head package here. i assure you that every single product that we do is as good or even better than what we will do to our own stuff.

Wil

 

well the best one for daily is the zex cam. it hasnt come in yet. still on it's way. but if you could get, get the zex. zex got a 220 duration and 450 lift. so it's great for turbo since turbo don't need alot of duration to create power of course if you going all out looking for 300 or 500hp. beside sohc engine don't like to rev high. dude to because it was never built to. it's engine head port are not that great, so creating mild power is the best choice. plus zex cam are only around 280$.

 

one more thing, duration shift the power band up and lift increase preak tq and hp. for turbo use, long lift is the choice.

 

i have the COMP CAM stage 2 (59300)

i love that cam... gave me plenty increase on NA form and it lovesssss boost

i payed 239 for it

its a billet, so u dont get shitty regrinds


anyways the Y8 and Z6 are interchangeable... u need a cam gear thos since the Y8 and Z6 are 1/2 tooth off= 4.75 degrees

 

The Zex stage 2 cam for the z6 engine runs about 250-300 bucks, and is good for about 20 horses. it doesnt do a whole lot for the low end power, it mainly improves on the V-tec side.