I just bought this head and the guy i bought it from said they had skunk2 stage 2 cams in the head. i took the cams out and how do i tell if they are really skunk2 cams or not. i put them next to my stock b16 cams and cant really tell a difference, is there a way to tell? thanks




Thanks
Ryan

 

measure the lobes, compare to another stock cam

 

i compared them but i cant tell a difference. is there any type of a way to tell. how can i tell stage 1 cams from stage 2 cams?

thanks
ryan

 

i had the same thing happen to me, put the cams in and measure your valve lift.

 

I have the stage 2 and you can tell the different in size. Especially, the VTEC lobe when compared to the stock lobes.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TRuST &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have the stage 2 and you can tell the different in size. Especially, the VTEC lobe when compared to the stock lobes. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Very true because all the non-vtec lobes will measure the same!! Vtec Lobe will answer your question!!

 

alright thanks

ryan

 

the skunk2 are stamped with an "M" on both cams, between the 2nd and 3rd set of lobes. the stage is stamped with the number corresponding to that set on the intake cam. hth.

 

skunk cams and some other after market cams have two shades of coloring......one end of the lobe is darker and the other is lighter....stock cams dont have this

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the skunk2 are stamped with an "M" on both cams, between the 2nd and 3rd set of lobes. the stage is stamped with the number corresponding to that set on the intake cam. hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

THis is true!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the skunk2 are stamped with an "M" on both cams, between the 2nd and 3rd set of lobes. the stage is stamped with the number corresponding to that set on the intake cam. hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

good info 3 sets and I never noticed

 

thanks for all the help everyone

ryan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the skunk2 are stamped with an "M" on both cams, between the 2nd and 3rd set of lobes. the stage is stamped with the number corresponding to that set on the intake cam. hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

always wanted to know that too....good head up...

 

hmm interesting... i bought some stage 1's used and i remember it had the number "2" on one of the cams.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tilt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmm interesting... i bought some stage 1's used and i remember it had the number "2" on one of the cams.</TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe they gave you stage 2 cams.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rpc07 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

maybe they gave you stage 2 cams.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Would it be possible for you to get a better pic of the cam ends? the little grooves that people use to ID stock cams? I think one of the cams I had, had 2 little rings and the other one was smooth.

Im starting to think it's possible they are stage2s. I had my car dynod and the guy was asking me if i really had skunk2 stage1s cuz he couldnt make any power unless he left the cams zeroed out. Something definitely odd cuz he was telling me I should be making more power and he spent all day dynoing it to try to get more juice out... total of 19 runs.

I did a valve adjustment just before I installed the skunk2s. All the valve lashes cept 4 of them were in spec. What are Stage 2s lash specs? tia

 

i'm sorry i can't get you any pics because the cams are in. the stage2 are good upper rpm range cams and seem to fall on its face some in the lower/midrange. i still only have the stock redline and compression(they love higher compression).

they should be .007 intake/.008 exhaust. hth.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm sorry i can't get you any pics because the cams are in. the stage2 are good upper rpm range cams and seem to fall on its face some in the lower/midrange. i still only have the stock redline and compression(they love higher compression).

they should be .007 intake/.008 exhaust. hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>


WHAT???

What are you talking about?

 

yea what is that about?

 

haha some crazy *** ppl

 

crazy...? sure...

just answering tilt's ? about valve lash and why he might have such a hard time getting power from the cams with his setup.

 

Here's some pictures of how the Skunk2 Stage 1 cams looked like when I first got them, Brand new:





Came with the CARB Sticker too:

 

This doesn't really apply to this thread but I figure some of you might have stage 2 cams. But does anyone know what the max cam advance/retard you can do with this cams before valve to valve contact. I usually get the answer no more than 5 degrees aparts or 2 degress in either way. Can anyone verify this ?