Drop In Cams For Stockish Rb26

[Betz]

looks like my PFC has landed in melbourne and should be in my hands tomorrow morning

It will be fitted along with some cam gears and a high flow cat and put on the dyno for a mild power increase,

other mods on the car include:

Nizmo cooler

Pods

3" from the dumps back

running .9bar

my question is, seeing drop in cams can be had for around $650 a pair these days is it worth dropping some in and spending a little more time on the dyno while my car is still running stock bottom end, stock turbines manifolds and dumps?

cheers for any suggestions

[Adriano]

Depends if you want to spend the money, you will get better results from the dumps than the cams, you could just put an exhaust cam in it, thats where they need it the most.

[Betz]

I spose that stands to reason, my tuner tells me that with stock cams they make most improvements by dialing in the intake and the exaust is not so impressive but lowers the spool time..

how many more hours is dialing in some cams going to take?

oh, and if I take off my piping to get to the dumps I'm going to replace manifolds, turbines and dumps. so not willing to do dumps alone atm.

Edited June 4, 2007 by Betz

[Adriano]

If your already adjusting the cams on the dyno, then it wont matter if they are standard or aftermarket cams, it will take the same time, i would allow an hour for doing the camwheels

[R31Nismoid]

No point.

Stock turbos, dump etc. Better bang for buck changing those first.

[Betz]

No point.

Stock turbos, dump etc. Better bang for buck changing those first.

Interestingly there is a little debate atm as to whether my car has stock ceramic turbines (and indeed stock dumps)

Of the 2 tuners I have used both have commented that my turbos are slow to spool and much louder than stock turbos, and both have suggested they are possibly steel wheel busshed bearing jobies or atleast possibly but until identified have only been running .9 bar, the car also has tuned length front pipe and altho obscured but all the crap in the way the dumps look fatter than standard, I'll have another look to see if I can tell if they are cast or not,

Is there an easy way to identify the turbos without ripping my engine apart?

the exaust side is on the cards but I was hoping to get some more thrills buy doing the easy stuff first..

Edited June 4, 2007 by Betz