Could you use a RPW stage 1 grind with forced induction and a greddy emanage? Isnt it just a mild increase from stock?

 

Somone can corret me if im wrong .. but the RPW stage 1 is for NA and the stage 1.5 or stage 2 is for FI. with proper tuning, it would probably result in very good gains. just dont wanna boost too much and blow it (literally)

 

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you may wanna ask mitsuman (rpw) and see if they have any advice or thoughts on potential gains.

 

The stage 1 grind is very mild so I figured it wouldnt hurt if forced induction was added with the proper fuel and ignition timing. The stage 2 or 1.5 has a higher lift therefore making the engine run rough. I just want a little lift and possibly go forced induction later on. I just hoped this would work with the stage 1.

 

josh, yes you could. rpw recomends the emanage even.

ill correct you then. there is a stg1 and 2 for NA and a stg1 and 2 for turbo.

 

AND, yes, if you're willing to learn to tune the eManage, you can certainly use a different cam (stage 1, 2, regound stocker, whatever). ^^ what he said.

Mild is relative. Stage 1 is mild compared to stage 2, from what I'm told.... but stage 1 is certainly an improvement over stock.

mistiman would be the one who could tell you more. but he's not big on giving numbers, mostly that 2 is more aggressive than 1 and such.

 

If I recall correctly, I remember Dave saying that the stage 1 NA can be used in a turbo application without too much of a performance loss since the cam grinds are not that aggressive. Still, if you are going FI, I would suggest getting the cam for that particular application. RPW does have Stages 1 thru 3 (or is it 4, cant remember) cams for both applications. I have in my possession a stage 3 NA for a Mirage and it is one aggressive cam. And the stage 2 turbo cams for the mirage are also pretty sweet from what I hear.

So to answer yoru question, josh, yes you can. However, it would be in your best interest if it was a Stage 1 turbo cam.

And the reason why Dave stopped giving out specs was because people would ask hom for advice and specs on his cams, and he would give them. Then, those same people would go back and have a machine shop grind a cam on RPW's specs. In essence, people were out to con Dave.

 

^^^ What he said. There was a big deal several months ago when Dave wasn't around as much on these boards- apparently his cam had been cloned, and was being sold as an RPW cam. People were calling in droves with questions on install and performance-oriented questions..... and to RPW's credit, they answered a lot of those questions and probably made a lot of happy customers, even though it wasn't REALLY an RPW product.... but that's just what I've heard through the grapevine.
Dave's a little less inclined to sell stage 3+ grinds unless you assure him that you're building a dedicated racing car (and I think the stage 4-5 are designed for drag strip only).

 

So, what would have a bigger lift....stage one n/a or stage one turbo? I just want a little something more when I go forced induction without replacing the internals just yet. So in saying that, what cam do you reccomend? I dont want major power, so I'm just tring to find out what a safe range would be in a cam.

 

I doubt anyone would know the specs, but I would believe the NA one would have a longer duration in the intake phase and the turbo one would have longer duration in exhaust.