AlexLude

Just wanted to have a separate thread of what you techies who know cams about the pros and cons of having cams (either stage 1 or 2) on an engine. I have about 90k on my engine now and thinking of some Crower cams (probably stage 2 w/retainers and springs). So what u guys think??

- Alex

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Satan_SRV

Pros:
- cams kick ass
- cams make power
- crower cams are good

Cons:
- decreased fuel mileage from performance
- also you are an H23 so your idle quality will be reduced based on the cam as you're not like vtec which has an 2 idle lobes and a VTEC lobe
- research the specs carefully, you don't want a cam that makes power at 7500rpms, as an H23 should never go there
- money
- money spent on tuning, need at least an S-AFC

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Joel
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Padge

so picking up the cams, you will also need to get a safc so it can be tuned properly. Will idle suck really bad with the new cams?

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Patrick
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bsi

depends on which cams you get, the higher the top end gains you want the sh*ttier idle will be. you will definitely have to get the cams dyno tuned to get the most available hp

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buffmanextreem

I had an H23 with cams and it was fine at idle. I did not have an s-afc either and still got considierable gains. But i would recomend it just to get the full potential out of the cams.

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buffmanextreem

forgot to mension i had 165,000 miles on the motor. It lasted about 5000 miles until motor blew.

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jsmooney

you still got the head with the cams? i'd love to slap it on my f22b!

buffmanextreem

Nope its how i paid for my H22A

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