Some Hks Items

[Wongy]

Hi, i recently bought HKS cam gears for my 32GTR and was looking at sticking with the same theme of HKS by buying some HKS camshafts and valve springs but use ARP headstuds,

Was thinking of getting these:

http://www.perfectrun.jp/src/product.php?pid=20034&pname=CAMSHAFT&maker=HKS&iid=3927&pfid=213

http://www.perfectrun.jp/src/product.php?pid=20034&pname=CAMSHAFT&maker=HKS&iid=3930&pfid=213

http://www.rhdjapan.com/hks-valve-springs-set-nissan-rb26dett.html

and would the valve springs work with stage one even if it says for HKS step 2 camshafts?

Wanting to give the car abit more power but still keep some pretty good response, car has stock turbos on them at the moment.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Still new to this so was hoping i'd get some help from the community.

Cheers

[XRATED]

... stock turbo's, I probably wouldn't be looking at cam's just yet. very easy to go backwards.

...as for the parts, seek the advice from the person who will be setting your head up before you buy anything!

J.

Edited June 25, 2014 by XRATED

[GTR_JOEY]

Agree with everything said ^^^

I would not be buying jap gear when it comes to springs, retainers etc, from what ive seen and heard theres plenty of better gear here in aus

Cams as well

[Wongy]

Mmmm, I think ill ask the tuner then as I just want abit of power as the car will be driven more than just weekend.

Thanks guys

[XRATED]

Want to keep stock turbo's... but want to go fater.

n2o time :-)

[Wongy]

Haha, too soon

[XKLABA]

That had me for a sec, you mean NO2 yeah

What's wrong with stock turbos and going fast ?

[GTSBoy]

No, he meant N2O. That's nitrous oxide. NO2 is nitrogen dioxide and is nothing more than a pollutant.

[XKLABA]

Lol, Oh hang on, how did get that wrong

Gotta stop posting so early

[KiwiRS4T]

Never mind the cams - get an aftermarket ecu or at least a nistune chip up the boost a little and get a good tune. And a 3in exhaust.

[Wongy]

Decided to ditch the HKS cam gear as was told that tomei ones and other cam gears with 5 screws generally last much longer than the HKS with 3 screws, and recently just purchased PFC and looking for second hand R34 GTR turbos to recondition or might even look at N1 Turbos before getting it all tuned, car came with HKS hi power on it.

[XRATED]

If your going to replace the turbo's.... just buy a new set of -7's (r34N1's... http://www.kudosmotorsports.com/catalog/garrett-garrett-gt2860r7-r34-turbocharger-set-nissan-skyline-r32-gtr-r33-gtr-r34-gtr-rb26dett-p-307.html ) and be done with it. Unless you have a lot of spare time and do the work yourself, swapping turbo's on a 26 is a job you only really want to do once.

[Ben C34]

Decided to ditch the HKS cam gear as was told that tomei ones and other cam gears with 5 screws generally last much longer than the HKS with 3 screws, and recently just purchased PFC and looking for second hand R34 GTR turbos to recondition or might even look at N1 Turbos before getting it all tuned, car came with HKS hi power on it.

What will wear out on the cam gear? The bolts?

First I have heard of that concern. Certainly more bolts would be better but it's hardly worth worrying about.

[XKLABA]

The older HKS cam gear with the bluey green outer ring wore out as they weren't hardened enough and would skip teeth, happened to me, other then that their much of a much now days and as long as the bolts are tightened properly there isn't an issue with them

[Ben C34]

The older HKS cam gear with the bluey green outer ring wore out as they weren't hardened enough and would skip teeth, happened to me, other then that their much of a much now days and as long as the bolts are tightened properly there isn't an issue with them

Right, that makes heaps more sense! I was thinking that it was related directly to the bolts....

[Wongy]

ahh, was told that three bolts just not as safe as the 5 bolt setup, but sold the hks cam gears now and gonna get tomei cam gears, still thinking about trying hks cams with -7 (N1) turbos.

[Piggaz]

You don't need 272 cams for -7's. Total mismatch there.

[XRATED]

^^^

Std cams all the way.

Flick a couple pages over in the HKS catalog and spend the money you were going to spend on cams on better dump pipes and front pipe or a hard pipe kit for induction/hot side inter cooler pipes...

The single biggest determining factor of how your GTR will drive, is the size/type turbo/s that are bolted to the side of the engine....