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Old Jun 25, 2001 | 10:00 PM
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Default Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams?

Why do Vtec cams cost more than double the price of LS cams?
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Old Jun 25, 2001 | 10:29 PM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (Halo)

8 extra lobes?
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Old Jun 25, 2001 | 10:33 PM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (dustin)

Supply and demand. I have a set of GSR cams for $100 if you want.
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Old Jun 25, 2001 | 10:37 PM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (GZR4DR)

Supply and demand. I have a set of GSR cams for $100 if you want.
I have an LS
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Old Jun 26, 2001 | 12:02 AM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (Halo)

More material to cut and modify
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Old Jun 26, 2001 | 02:05 AM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (Aj.)

also VTEC cams have either two or three profiles.

stock has three..

Small primary lobe
secondary lobe
VTEC lobe

After market cams sometimes use the stock setup but most have 2 profiles

primary and secondary lobes are the same size(lift and duration)
VTEC lobe
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Old Jun 26, 2001 | 08:19 AM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (drealgsr)

Still, since the cams are CNC machined, it isn't too hard to program the milling machine to leave enough extra metal
for the third lobe. Shouldn't be worth more than another $50.
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Old Jun 26, 2001 | 08:26 AM
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Default Re: Why GSR cams cost waaaay more than LS cams? (bps2799)

you're forgetting about all the r&d that went into making vtec cams... good ones were not around for many years even with the motors in production...
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Old Jun 26, 2001 | 10:33 AM
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Even for Honda, who has amortized the cost many times over?
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