So I've Got A Broken Cam...

[htial]

So I had the timing belts done and the mechanic found that one of the "lugs" on the end of the Cam has broken off and jammed into the distributor... ...Lucky for me it means that my car still runs because of the way the distributor locks into the cam... ...however under heavy load I get a little bit of a "chug chug"...

Last time I put my car on a dyno I got close to 150kws at the wheels... ...Which I'm told is quite good for a stock GTS25t...

So not knowing much about Cams... ...If I was to go for some upgraded Cams... ...What should I look for and what kind of power increase could I expect???...

It's also my daily driver so I don't want anything over crazy...

[Adriano]

I would leave it, or if you feel teh need put a stock cam in it, there is no point putting a big cam in a stock motor

[bubba]

You understood what he said? I'm still trying to figure it out

[2rismo]

I can only assume that a dowel has broken off the front of the exhaust cam and worked its way into the cam angle sensor.

Very weird but hey, stranger things have happened?!

Just throw stock cams back into it. Unless you plan on doing some serious work to it in the near future, leave it as it is but obviously replace any broken bits.

I have standard RB25DET cams for sale if you need them I guess.

[htial]

You understood what he said? I'm still trying to figure it out

Sorry... ...I'm not that technologically minded... ...and I don't know all the right names for things...

[Johnny]

New genuine nissan cams are too expensive could buy some tomei or HKS step 1's for cheaper. Will change your powerband a bit but u get used to it.

second hand set from someone who replaced theirs is the best bet at probably a hundredish

[MANWHORE]

I wouldn't personally consider moving to aftermarkets cams on a motor putting out 150kw....

You could probably pick up a cheap standard cam off the forums here from someone who has upgraded.

It is a bit of a dilemna though, because paying a mechanic to install a standard cam might be a bit of a waste of money (I'm guessing that you won't be doing it yourself).

I suppose the question is how far do you want to go - if you will eventually upgrade your turbo, might as well just do the cams first then?