want to get the aem cam gears and of course change the timing belt while im in there.....will the cam gears do any damage? do u require getting any other parts? i would get camshafts in the future when i have the money

I have heard tha he three bolt on AEM tends to slip over time.... might be wrong..???

Just curious why you would put cam gears on the stock cams?

Just buy HKS cams and you won't need cam gears.
See the other threads and they'll explain it to you.

Originally posted by RocketBoy
Just buy HKS cams and you won't need cam gears.
See the other threads and they'll explain it to you.

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Or unless you had your head or block milled and demand your cam timing to be perfect and/or want some advanced tuning options (advance/retard intake or exhaust cam).

Jason

i have a pair of Fidanza cam gears.... very nice

Adam

well if i get the hks cam gears, should i upgrade the head?

if anything get a 1G head and port the hell out of the exhaust side and the manifold.

then what do u recommend for the camshafts? the HKS 272 lifts?

Originally posted by Eclipseturb1384
well if i get the hks cam gears, should i upgrade the head?

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Why would cam gears require you to upgrade the head?

Originally posted by Eclipseturb1384
then what do u recommend for the camshafts? the HKS 272 lifts?

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Cam selection will depend entirely on what else you have done to your setup. It would be stupid to put cams on a car running a t25.

i meant camshafts, would u need a new head for camshafts

Originally posted by Eclipseturb1384
i meant camshafts, would u need a new head for camshafts

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You MIGHT want to port the head to get the best gains BUT this will all depend on everything else with your setup.

would there be no benefit in advancing/retarding the intake/exhaust cams by a few degrees?

Originally posted by sids
would there be no benefit in advancing/retarding the intake/exhaust cams by a few degrees?

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If you are asking about the stock cams the practical answer would be no. You would need to spend 500-650 bucks on gears. The you would need to spend countless hrs on the dyno at $100an hr. To extract maybe 3 or 4 hp. Would you consider that good bang for the buck?

The only real benifit of cam gears on a car are the following:

Stock Cams:
1. Move the powerband up or down the RPM Range.
2. 3-6hp gain due to the new timing...possibly.

Aftermarket Cams (cheap ones, not HKS):
1. Degree the Cams
2. Improve idle vacuume
3. Move the powerband in the RPM Range.
4. Pick up HP due to cams ground "off center" (go back to #1)

Aftermarket Cams (HKS):
Same as stock except you can expect even higher HP gain depending on your setup.

So obviously the only thing cam gear are good for (if you have a decent set of cams) is to move the powerband.