My STR cam sprocket slipped, so the tunning that was done to my car was a waist. Yes it was tighten by the tuner shawn church, its not his fault str sprockets have a weak material, weak bolts that bend when you tighten. I tried contacting them for three days now, and know one is there. It rings and rings, I heard they made new and improved bolts but If I cannot contact them then whats the point. So what's a good sprocket AEM? for H22

 

sucks.

if i were to get cam gears i would get the skunk2

 

I heard the aem's suck! I have them ans they seem fine but I dont have bigger cams. I would get skunk2's

 

I will be going with skunk2 gears because they have a 6 bolt desing. AEM gears where know for slippage but i think they have re-designed them. Check out their website.

 

Been using the skunk2 6-bolt ones for 2 years now, no problems.

 

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Anyone else had this problem with STR? I was planning on getting STR.

 

yeah the old design ones used a really thin washer under it and they crush when u tighten them. The newer design moves the bolts a bit closer to the center so they can squeeze on a fatter thicker washer and solve that problem. they are in the process of moving to a new location so its pretty hard to get in touch with them right now. try sending a PM to the user STR on this site, thats scott over at str, he should be able to take care of you.

 

i personally hate skunk2 cam gears... i have seen several sets where the center wore out, mainly on race applications though. the wear costed us a b20vtec.

i have hayame gears.. the center is made of stainless steel.. the bolts suck, but 10mm bolts go right in so i replaced all the hex key bolts wiht 10mm bolts from my bolt collection.

if i had to buy any id buy aem, they have the toughest bolts of any gear and you dont have to use a damn hex key.

 

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Samething happen to me. Afterthing was torque down to spec, and only after about 40miles after getting my motor rebuilt the exhaust cam slip. Lucky no valves was bent.

So I had the bolts tighten and also check the intake gear to is if its in spec and after only about 2 or 3 miles of driving ALL of the bolt on the intake came off . Now i'm running the skunk2's and haven't had any problems yet.

 

didnt STR have 2 designs for the cam gears? or am i mistaken?

 

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They had the old 3 bolt design and the new 6 bolt design that looks like thw weld drag wheels. The one that i had was the new 6 bolt design.

 

i would get the crower cam gears....they have a 3/8 in socket instead of some allan wrech thing.

 

I think the skunk2 2's are not very good just my 2 cents since my cam gears slipped with the "almighty" 6 bolts, right now I am waiting to get a set of billet usa cam gears

 

5.5 of the six bolts came out of my skunk 2 ones...but i dont blame the gear. i blame myself cause i did not personally check them when i reassembled. i since replaced the bolts and they hae seen some hell for awhile now...13#'s worth.

 

I am sorry to hear that, However we try our hardest for customer satisfaction. When we search for product parts we try to look for the best; whether it's wahers, bolts, o-rings or whatever. We may have had a bad batch of washers we get 10,000 an order. The weird thing is Trbspnkr, I drove over 50 miles to hand deliver you and your buddy a gasket because you needed it so bad on a Saturday and neither of you had never shown up to meet me. You and your buddy could not figure out how to properly install the Throttle body correctly, but I did help you through the correct install. The first thing you did before even contacting us was post a negative about something that was actually just a misunderstanding. I realize your upset and I am usure of the blame without examining the Cam Gears myself. As to posting into the several differnet forums, I am unsure of the reasoning behind it... If there is no answer at the shop leave a message, go to our website and send an email or PM me. I am more than willing to help and work with anyone who has bought STR products.

 

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You know what...I really hate it when people do that. Especially on multiple forums. I'm closing this up. I will expect you two can come to a satisfactory solution, if not let me know.