My comp is moving to slow right now to search... Do Cam gears by themselves get any decent gains. I have read several posts from people sayin different stuff. Any input appreciated.

 

I'd like to know as well.

 

i remember somthing in the past about this, and with certian bolt ons, and cam gears you can get a couple of whp out of it, but where not talking any more than 7 hp at peak, i think. don't qoute me im just trying to remeber what i saw. they can be very valuable for tunning in a turbo or n/a setup.

 

with basic bolt on,I doubt it, espicially it comes already tune by HONDA,,Now with some cams or anything been shaved off like the block or head then it's possible

 

OK, I search for you because I was interested myself. The main opinion is that Skunk2 and STR are the best cam gears, and to stay away from AEM because they have had problems slipping. Most say that without being dyno tuned(which runs over $100) the cam gears will not do much. Someone said that after dyno tuning they added 3-4whp. When I get cam gears, im pretty sure im going to go with STR. Hope this helps.

 

AEM cam gears are go0d from what i hear...u can tune them more precisely than skunk 2's ... they pin points are more fine than skunk's...but with i/h/e/v-afc/gears +dyno tuning = go0d gains... helped my friends B18C in a civic coupe...AEM

 

which ones are lighter...what do ya/ll think about inline4 cam gear sweet

Aem has better readings than SKunk2
Skunk2 feels a bit lighter, but readind the degrees are not the greatest
STR looks sweet

 

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you are very misinformed....if you have i/h/e..adding a set of cam gears can net you a very good gain, id say my greddy header and my skunk2 cam gears gave me the biggest gains, i went from 14.6..to 14.1 14.0 with the addition of my cam gears, and switching to my greddy header from the DC..and eventually got it to 13.7 ..im still not getting why so many people think they do nothing, and just becasue it came from Honda doesnt mean its TUNED...theyre concerned with decent power, and drivability..not all out performance

 

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Aem has better readings than SKunk2
Skunk2 feels a bit lighter, but readind the degrees are not the greatest
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Is this true? Because I was thinking about purchasing the Skunk 2's because they are lighter and have more bolts so they are less likely to slip. But if AEM does have better results than Skunk 2, then I would gladly go with AEM and just make sure I tighten them nicely.

 

My buddy ALTERED4 tried tuning his stock cams on the dyno and got basically nothing. He tried just shifting the power all up high because all he does is drag the car, but wasnt really able to do that either.

 

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when i tuned..or set mine, i set them how theyre supposed to be for shifting the power up top....most people have thiers set by advancing the intake and retarding the exhaust,....i however found better results by advancing the exhaust and retarding the intake cam...people who tune them say that those settings aer supposed to give you more midrange, but my top end is doing well in this setting as well...so who knows..also the skunk2 ones arent hard to read...mine are blue, maybe the silver ones are a bit tough, but i dont like the AEM ones..

 

well instead of skunk2 and aem have you guys seen the new str or golden eagle cam gears??

 

i would also like to hear any comments about the str cam gears.

 

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you are very misinformed....if you have i/h/e..adding a set of cam gears can net you a very good gain, id say my greddy header and my skunk2 cam gears gave me the biggest gains, i went from 14.6..to 14.1 14.0 with the addition of my cam gears, and switching to my greddy header from the DC..and eventually got it to 13.7 ..im still not getting why so many people think they do nothing, and just becasue it came from Honda doesnt mean its TUNED...theyre concerned with decent power, and drivability..not all out performance</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you think they would give the same gains on a usdm h22a4?

 

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when i tuned..or set mine, i set them how theyre supposed to be for shifting the power up top....most people have thiers set by advancing the intake and retarding the exhaust,....i however found better results by advancing the exhaust and retarding the intake cam...people who tune them say that those settings aer supposed to give you more midrange, but my top end is doing well in this setting as well...so who knows..also the skunk2 ones arent hard to read...mine are blue, maybe the silver ones are a bit tough, but i dont like the AEM ones..</TD></TR></TABLE>

We did everything.....+/-, +/+, -/+, -/-. I think we finally ended up with a -/- or something. You are going off of butt dyno, I am going off of real life dyno tuning.

 

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We did everything.....+/-, +/+, -/+, -/-. I think we finally ended up with a -/- or something. You are going off of butt dyno, I am going off of real life dyno tuning.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it was a +/+

 

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it was a +/+</TD></TR></TABLE>

HEY! There you are. Post up your dyno or something so they can see that we tried every damn setting with your cam gears and gained extremely minimal amount.

 

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you are very misinformed....if you have i/h/e..adding a set of cam gears can net you a very good gain, id say my greddy header and my skunk2 cam gears gave me the biggest gains, i went from 14.6..to 14.1 14.0 with the addition of my cam gears, and switching to my greddy header from the DC..and eventually got it to 13.7 ..im still not getting why so many people think they do nothing, and just becasue it came from Honda doesnt mean its TUNED...theyre concerned with decent power, and drivability..not all out


Hey, I said I doubt it...it's possible though, plus you have a JDM H22, race gas and bump up the timing could get you those times...I would like to see you back those times up thou

 

On the skunk2 cam gears, it's bit harder to read the center mark, even thou the line goes behind the bolt