first of all, i would like to say that i already been doing searches on this forum for the past 2 hours on cams.

i have been hearing alot of HKS, and some ppl been saying the GSC cams are cheaper and work more efficient.

I got a deal for buddy club cams 264/272 for $460 local pick up, and $160 installed. the thing is that he doesnt carry HKS or GSC (which i prefer), and will not do installations for those brands.

i did research on buddy club cams, and theres was just like 3 threads of people talking about it, whereas HKS and GSC theres alot. i wanna ask you guys if buddy club is okay to go with. i prolly be spending around $150 more for HKS (more $$ for installation too), or like $100 more for GSC, and a whole lot of hassle too.

U think buddy club should be okay?

chris

 

Hey man,

I'm sure you found my threads.

I've had them in for ~8K miles and car is running great! Lots of power, decent idle. Next month I have to try and get smogged, probably gonna throw the stock cat/catback on...

Buddy Clubs aren't polished for the bling factor, but they sure work well. Probably very similar/identical to the GSC from dynos I've seen.

Good luck,

FB

 

hey berkel!

yes, definitely, it was your thread that i found.. i think i found like 3 different threads that you started, aside from that, i never found any one talk about buddy club cams.

well obviously there is a big gain in power, but have you compared your cams to HKS or GSC?

nice to hear that you have it for 8k miles already.

 

Hi,

I didn't compare to HKS or GSC on my own car, but I dynoed at Pruven and with stock airbox and K&N panel filter I made 331 WHP and 338 WTQ (actual not corrected). About the same as another Evo with similar mods but GSC cams (and HKS intake), and a little more than another Evo with HKS 264s...

Honestly, I think they're all about the same, although from a small sample size, Buddy Club and GSC do seem to get slightly better numbers. There were two other threads from peeps with Buddy Clubs I saw before I got mine. One was a vendor who made a lot of power with SAFCII, another was the first Gruppe-S customer to get the cams.

For me, I was deciding between GSC and Buddy Club, and decided to go with Gruppe-S since I've had great experiences with them.

Also wanted to point out I have no cam gears and no idle issues other than a slight lope. No stalling or anything like that. Finally, Buddy Club only come 264/272e AFAIK, so you don't have the flexibility of going with straight 264s or 272i/264e.

Good luck,

FB

 

nice to hear that there were no problems going on with your buddy club. and yes, i am going with 264,272 cams. maybe a couple more opinions on it and if everythign goes well ill go with the buddy club, and i get to save a couple bucks too!

 

the cams are made by the same people. different name different box.

 

go with the clubs

 

I'm not sure about that. The two stets of cams look different, but I don't know 4sure

 

i have a set of used buddy club for 400 shipped. its 264/272 staggered setup. Less than 2000 miles and its about a month old.

bought it from 500whp.com.

Selling my car, so no need for these cams.

pm me if you're interested.

 

=) I think you jacked the thread, ...but it worked, I pmed you

 

yeah sorry for the thread jacked... sorrry