Worth Upgrading your Valvetrain?
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Originally Posted by Omniscient
Aren't CTR cams and skunk stage 1 relativly close? The only reason I got the CTR instead of the skunks is because a lot of people said there close to skunk stage 1 and are around 120$ cheaper. And the new springs valves and retainers arent nessesary.
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Originally Posted by igo4bmx
the conclusion
yes its worth it...
one day you'll over rev by accident, and be happy that the valvesprings kept everything together
yes its worth it...
one day you'll over rev by accident, and be happy that the valvesprings kept everything together
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Originally Posted by IntegraType-R
over rev?? define.. cause the car can only rev so high, i have throw my car in 2nd from 5th one time and it held on fine.. although this was on stock itr valvetrain but still...over reving doesn't hurt anything..fuel cut off for a b16 is around 7999 something reving the motor is just that, your not reving it with gas so your not goin to blow it up, possible bent anything but even bending anything is pretty hard to do.. i have alot of friends who over rev..and beat the living crap out their small ass b16's.. and they run fine..
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Originally Posted by IntegraType-R
over rev?? define.. cause the car can only rev so high, i have throw my car in 2nd from 5th one time and it held on fine.. although this was on stock itr valvetrain but still...over reving doesn't hurt anything..fuel cut off for a b16 is around 7999 something reving the motor is just that, your not reving it with gas so your not goin to blow it up, possible bent anything but even bending anything is pretty hard to do.. i have alot of friends who over rev..and beat the living crap out their small ass b16's.. and they run fine..
In most cases yes you cannot over rev by driving it forward, but downshifting is another way of over revving the engine (for example your 5th to 2nd). Downshifting while the car is going 80mph in 5th to 2nd makes the tranny and engine shootup to like 11,000rpms. Rev limiter cannot stop a stupid driver.
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
That's BS. You must have been going like 30mph in 5th gear then to 2nd for nothing to happen. I've seen engines with all the titanium stuff in that and someone going from 5th to 2nd and the engine goes BOOM.
In most cases yes you cannot over rev by driving it forward, but downshifting is another way of over revving the engine (for example your 5th to 2nd). Downshifting while the car is going 80mph in 5th to 2nd makes the tranny and engine shootup to like 11,000rpms. Rev limiter cannot stop a stupid driver.
In most cases yes you cannot over rev by driving it forward, but downshifting is another way of over revving the engine (for example your 5th to 2nd). Downshifting while the car is going 80mph in 5th to 2nd makes the tranny and engine shootup to like 11,000rpms. Rev limiter cannot stop a stupid driver.
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skunk2 stage 1 cams are better and more aggresive then both i don't know who is telling u that they are not!, and i had them on my GSR with stock valve train and i never had any issues at all!, and also stage2 unless u plan on doing shit to your bottom end will not give u much more hp and your idle is not going to be as nice. SKunk2 stage 1 cams are your best bet, and u know if u want them were to find me cause i got them for sale!
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Originally Posted by IntegraType-R
no, ITR CAMS and stage 1 cams are pretty close, stage 1's are little bit more aggressive, CTR Cams are alittle bit more Aggressive then both.. with a high lope, upgrading the valvetrain is a nice idea always, not only can you rap your motor higher but you do show little hp gains.. being able to rev higher does prove to have more power if u can A) Adjust your cam gears, your timing or possible anything else that has to do with making power by adjusting something.. if your upgrading your valvetrain make sure to get adjustable cam gears and possible just stick to CTR Cams if ur goin to spend the money.. you'll be alot happier..i run CTR cams in my itr motor and i make power all the way to 8800-8875 so i'm reving happliy to about 9300k...its worth the upgrade.
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check the specs on skunks website and then check the ones for CTR cams, if i am not mistaken and given that skunk2 isn't tellin me bull shit, skunk2 should be more aggresive, but hey i could be completely wrong and if so my bad.. but hopefully someone can clear this up cause reving a stock bottom end that high sounds far fetched and ctr cams being larger then skunk2 stage 1 cams