should i get cams?

[josh1095]

well i have a thread opened called 330 miles, rod knock. so the engines coming out AGAIN after i get back from my business trip in march. the machinist is covering the repair costs but not removing the engine. thats on me. im getting a e3 16g,3" exhaust, and fmic while the engines out and the mani is with me so i can port and polish the shit out of it. everything will be set when i drop the (hopefully) repaired engine back in.
question is, my goals are 350 to maybe 400 horse. should i get a set of 264's or 272's? i want to be able to make power up a little bit higher in the rpm range but never exceed 7k. im thinking the 272's would be a good balance of low end and top and the 16g could benefit slightly from them. whats u guys take on it? im going to have the timing belt off any way so its not too much extra work to put on new cams. i doubt the machinist will even have to remove the head. im making 180psi exactly on all 4 cylinders. hes prob just going to recut the crank and put in new rod bearings. the rod knock is VERY light but i know it will get worse and want it taken care of before it tears up anything else.

 

[ThunderChild]

I would go with the 264s but that's me. I'm used to supra motors. I hope your machinist going to find the problem that caused the rod knock.

 

[Gizmo63T]

I think 264s would do good. Or maybe look into GSC Power Division S1 Cams 268s.

 

[josh1095]

price is def right on BC 272's. like 375 shipped for the set. thats hard to pass up. cant find a deal like that on BC 264's. i like the gcs 268s but theyre 550. and i may end up going to a larger turbo in the future so the 272's wont make me lag THAT bad. just move my power band up a bit.

 

[94allwheeldsm]

I ran a BC 264 272 combo on my evoIII and loved how it spooled up it hard around 3300 and seemed to flow great in higher rpm's. They were a great street combo!

 

[clipto]

Just get 272's preferibly gsc s2 cams for that top end power.The 264 any combo is not worth the money or time.

 

[92AWDHX40]

You can find some nice cams on our classifieds 272s will be a nice fit.