Ralliart Cams, anybody interested?
Originally Posted by PR_Mivec
i think there is a guy that has an other cam in the car... not a custom grind per sé more like a swap.. but ill confirm this on the morning...
the guy has a custom grind.. he bought one took the nesesary measurements and sent it to a machine shop...
Originally Posted by Arithmetic
Cam... we are SOHC people.
But the way it sounds with the RA engine, this may be difficult to achieve.
BTW - I am by no means an engineer...I just know enough to be dangerous!
I'm leaving my cam alone. No way I would want to be the guinea pig on this one. God bless whoever decides to be!
Originally Posted by PR_Mivec
the guy has a custom grind.. he bought one took the nesesary measurements and sent it to a machine shop...
Do you know how it turned out? Is it performing like he expected? Is the car still streetable?
I mean, if he got the recipe down, why couldn't he have it replicated and sell them to whoever is interested? I see no need for anyone else to risk their cars over this if it has already been done and it works in a satisfactory way... what do you think guys?
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^^ according to him is not performing as expected but in the near future he'll make another one w/ new specs.... the problem he encountered was that that the intake valve on piston #2 remained partially open, he put the stock one back, ill keep you posted on this one....
Messing with cams definitely has its pros and cons.
Pros - Good gain in upper end usually
Cons- as stated before, crap gas mileage, rough idle, have to rev up to 4000 just to move
After I put stage 2 crane cams in my old eclipse, I HATED the car. (Note, i ported and polished my intake manifold, had a greddy catback and greddy header) In order for me to get up to decent cruising speeds, I would have to really hit it. Yes they do give you much better gains up top but you lose a NOTICEABLE amount down low.
Pros - Good gain in upper end usually
Cons- as stated before, crap gas mileage, rough idle, have to rev up to 4000 just to move
After I put stage 2 crane cams in my old eclipse, I HATED the car. (Note, i ported and polished my intake manifold, had a greddy catback and greddy header) In order for me to get up to decent cruising speeds, I would have to really hit it. Yes they do give you much better gains up top but you lose a NOTICEABLE amount down low.
Originally Posted by BLKRalliArt04
Messing with cams definitely has its pros and cons.
Pros - Good gain in upper end usually
Cons- as stated before, crap gas mileage, rough idle, have to rev up to 4000 just to move
After I put stage 2 crane cams in my old eclipse, I HATED the car. (Note, i ported and polished my intake manifold, had a greddy catback and greddy header) In order for me to get up to decent cruising speeds, I would have to really hit it. Yes they do give you much better gains up top but you lose a NOTICEABLE amount down low.
Pros - Good gain in upper end usually
Cons- as stated before, crap gas mileage, rough idle, have to rev up to 4000 just to move
After I put stage 2 crane cams in my old eclipse, I HATED the car. (Note, i ported and polished my intake manifold, had a greddy catback and greddy header) In order for me to get up to decent cruising speeds, I would have to really hit it. Yes they do give you much better gains up top but you lose a NOTICEABLE amount down low.
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Thanks for all the input guys. I think cams are out for me. I was uneasy about it and you guys drove it home. I like my idle the way it is. Instead, I've opted to go with suspension parts for my car. Should have a better rear sway soon.
