need advice on lude hookup........ - Honda Prelude Forum

agressivelude23 · 01-11-2002, 10:09 PM

alright this is the story.........i wanted to get cam gears and i went online and researched and asked aroung and i found out that the skunk2 are the best for our car.......i thought until today i went to this speed shop type deal and the guy there knows alot about honda and can get me anything i need at a really good price, but the thing is though when i asked preludeonline yall said skunk and he said they suck and he wouldnt even sell them to me........ yall also told me that aem sucks and thats what he reccomened, he said the new ones are real good and they've never done bad with him. so what im asking yall to help me with is should i be firm and be like give me skunk2 and all the other stuff yall say or should i go with his advice.
i trust yall and i trust his word and knowledge too

thanks for the comments, any welcomed

eddie

LunaticLude · 01-11-2002, 10:36 PM

First off can he even get the Skunk2 products? How much if he CAN get them?

The case might be that he is a AEM dealer and his profit margin on the AEM gears might be more than his profit for the Skunk's?

But who's word would you trust more?

1.Guys who have had actual experience with our cars (Preludes) and both types of gears? (Who prefer the Skunks by the way!)

2. A dealer trying to turn a profit off of you?

No offense to the dealer but the guy is gonna recommend the products he can provide OVER the products he can't or won't get!

Dragazn · 01-11-2002, 11:19 PM

I agreeiwth LunaticLude man, i got a pair of skunk 2 too but i haven't install it. AEM suxwe all know it

flybyeludegettingirls · 01-11-2002, 11:27 PM

I would go with what works....and I know skunk2 work.

agressivelude23 · 01-15-2002, 10:06 AM

this guy isnt like a money hungry dude, but i know what ur saying, he can get anything i want really but he just said skunk2 suck and he would recommend aem a lot more. its a little side shop in a bad part of town and he has been straight with all my boys so i know he's not trying to dick me over, but good looking out. so is there any like performance specs or anything along those lines yall know about

thanks for help

eddie

briton2k · 01-15-2002, 10:34 AM

What was his reasoning for saying Skunk Cam Gears were no good?

anubyss · 01-15-2002, 08:10 PM

I have Crower Stage1 cams with Skunk2 cam gears. The cam gear adjustment gave me increased useable horsepower over the entire rpm band. I've had no problems so far since the install. I have no experience with AEM though. I am not saying AEM is bad, just that Skunk2 gears work.

This is a dyno of before tuning with the Skunk2 gears and after tuning.

The peak power didn't change much but it did change over the entire rpm band.

Dynamic EBP · 01-16-2002, 01:28 PM

that is quite a vtec dip youve got there.... but good gains overall
what settings did you finally end up with?

Starkfu · 01-16-2002, 01:49 PM

who told you AEM sucks??

they make the best cold air intakes i know of, and it's proven!!

Dynamic EBP · 01-17-2002, 01:03 AM

AEM sucks...the best

but there are better choices (skunk 2) for CGs