Wanna get a cam, tuning question

[deevergote]

How do you set the cam gear? Why do you need it?

[Mishakol129]

How do you set the cam gear? Why do you need it?

That's what I meant. I think I heard someone say you don't need it with a stage 1 but idk. I'm suspicious of it cause I don't wanna mess with my mechanical timing like that, makes me nervous.

[deevergote]

Yet another thing to learn. "I think I heard someone say that" is a VERY bad reason to do it... especially when it comes to a part you don't know how to use.

Seriously, research should be your very first step... and that does not include asking random denizens of cb7tuner.com what you should do. Learn for yourself, and you'll KNOW what to do. Otherwise, someone is going to throw a cheap/easy solution at you that will end up breaking your car, and you'll do it blindly because it was cheap/easy. Learn what you need to do. Save money for the proper parts. Take your time, do it right, and you'll be happy with the result. Halfass it, or lean too heavily on the advice of strangers, and we'll have yet another CB7 populating this nation's junkyards.

[SOHC-FTW]

For anybody that actually takes the time to research and run upon this thread.

If you research OE cams you will find not all are always stamped this includes alot of honda engines.

[jdm92_accorn]

if you already have a p12 ecu just get an f22a6 cam, it builds more usable power than a bisimoto level one. the bisimoto lvl 1 tries to move the powerband up a few hundred rpms but with a accord trans it feels sluggish. the a6 cam was designed specifically for the gear ratios of the accord.

[Mishakol129]

if you already have a p12 ecu just get an f22a6 cam, it builds more usable power than a bisimoto level one. the bisimoto lvl 1 tries to move the powerband up a few hundred rpms but with a accord trans it feels sluggish. the a6 cam was designed specifically for the gear ratios of the accord.

What about that modified h23 intake manifold I have on it, its definitely not stock by any means for the f22. Gave me more mid to high end power.

So you have experiences with the stg 1 bisi cam? What intake and exhaust were you running? I have this as my IM right now,





Definitely not made for the accord or prelude for that matter lol.

[deevergote]

Honestly, I don't see how that gave you anything but a serious loss of power throughout the first half of your powerband.

[h22sparkle]

Honestly, I don't see how that gave you anything but a serious loss of power throughout the first half of your powerband.

Damn

[Mishakol129]

Damn

In reality it wasn't that much of a decrease in low end tq. It was definitely there but it made up for it with high end power.

[deevergote]

Butt dyno, perhaps... but in reality, I'd be willing to bet you lost power.

[Quashish]

what the hell did you do to that???

[Stoner51]

Rosko does something similar too this to H intakes. I do think it makes power but I don't know for sure.

I've not read enough on it to comment. Just to say that there are several people on the H boards that have done similar and I think it makes power compared to the Skunk2 and euro r. I think.

steve

[deevergote]

At high RPM, I'm sure it does. But at low RPM, it can't possibly be good.

You know how the IAB system works, right? Smaller openings for low RPM, to optimize performance, then the secondary runners open for more airflow at higher RPM. This does the opposite. Instead of smaller runners changing to larger runners, there are freakin' huge runners all the time!

[Stoner51]

I don't get all the details like I said. But skunk2 and the eruro r both make more HP than the stock with no butterflies.

Like I said I don't know enough about it to say too much. Other than this is not the first of this I've seen.

steve

[cloudasc]

Honestly, I don't see how that gave you anything but a serious loss of power throughout the first half of your powerband.

He could have had the best of both worlds if he wouldn't have gutted the intake like that, all for maybe 2-5hp? at the top of the rev range where he spends 1% of his time at. In his other thread I've proven on the bench there is no reason to go to this extreme for his plans.