I'm trying to decide on what camshafts to run in my build. Right now I'm down to 3 choices:
-CTR
-Crane stage II
-Skunk stage II

Right now I think the crane cams look the most appealing. They seem pretty close to the Skunk specs and are about 1/2 the price.

Here's a quick rundown of my build,
B20 block
B16 head
11.5:1 compression
Skunk intake manifold
DC 4-1 (JDM ITR) header

The car's a daily driver so I don't want anything too aggresive, but I still want to make decent power. Any suggestions, ideas, comments?

 

You may run into valve to piston interference issues with bigger cams and the B20 pistons. FYI.

 

i would go with ctr or itr if it is a daily driver. especially if you are at stock rev. most stage 2 cams reach their peak past 8,000.

 

Ohh, a couple things I forgot to mention....the bottom end (rods, pistons, crank) was balanced, I'm using crower rods, Skunk2 valve springs and retainers, and I'm getting a hondata S100. I've tried to build everything so that I can get past the 8,000 mark. The pistons I'm running are JE units that are made for a B20 w/B16 head, and I've been told that I should be fine with the valve clearance on these cams I'm looking at. Of course, everything will be checked out before it's run just to be sure.

My biggest concern with the ctr and itr cams is that I don't think I'm going to make the kind of power that I want. The price is reasonable for them though. I realize that I'm at a point where I have to decide where to comprimise. Right now I think that I'd rather comprimise some drivability for power, just not too much .

I'm not even sure that what I want is possible, but I don't want to drop the money on cams and tuning only to find out that I could've gone in another direction and been happier about it.

Thanks for the advice so far, keep it coming.

 

you should read the buddy club cam thread. they seem pretty promising. its somewhere in this forum