i have a first gen b16 and am thinking about buying some gsr cams since they are a cheap upgrade. i've heard rumors that the exhaust cams from the b16 and gsr are identical, and that only the intake gsr cam is beneficial to the b16. can someone clarify this for me? a search on h-t and yahoo turned up mixed opinions

thankyou

 

Crower's site has specs of the cams, but the first gen B16A cams were the mildest VTEC cams here is the new cam Specs and the 1st gen are lower lift cams BTW

Part # Description Advertised Duration Duration @ .050" Gross Lift w/1.55
Stock Specs from Civic Si Int-265 mid Exh-267 mid Int-219 mid Exh-214 mid Int-.412 mid Exh-.379 mid
Stock Specs from GSR Int-274 mid Exh-276 mid Int-230 mid Exh-216 mid Int-.423 mid Exh-.378 mid
Stock Specs from Civic Type R (JDM Spec) Int-278 mid Exh-280 mid Int-233 mid Exh-224 mid Int-.449 mid Exh-.417 mid

 

so that would make it sound like BOTH intake and exh would be of benefit? also you're implying that even though they dont list specs for the first gen b16, that the actual specs will be even worse than listed above for the civic si?

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=388612

That thread has pretty much every cam spec on the market.

 

thanks for posting that link. that has the info i need for the gsr specs, but does anyone know the specs for the jdm b16a1?

 

can anyone explain too me what these ratings mean and such?