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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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camshaft upgrade

i was looking into buying cams with gears but im hearing you need to upgrade your valvetrain is this true and is it worth it i will be using a stock turbo with a **** load of bolt ons but not going into the block til november
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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U can use stock valvetrain on a lot of cams.


HKS 272's are a good choice, or GSC S1's
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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so what you are saying hks camshaft will work with my stock block and stock valvetrain
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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should if you don't rev it too high
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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better play safe to upgrade spring n retainer kits
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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u can run 272 280s hks..and be fine..as long as you dont rev over 9k....i was floating valves with gsc 280s...reving to 9 on stock springs...
its a decent sized job to do..but if your doing cams..thats the best time if you have the extra money...
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:41 AM
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I ran HKS 272's for 40k miles with 0 problems and made 500+whp with them, stock block, stock valvetrain.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:50 AM
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cosworth 272 on stock valvetrain but reving to 7800?
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