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ok so im in the market for some cams for my RB20 can anyone recomend any? im chasing around 250rwkws. car will have 040, 600cc, E8, 3071, 3" turbo back and 3" highflowcat and fmic. what lift and durations and lifts should i be looking at? i was looking at 264 with 11mm??

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That sort of lift cams may beed to relieve the head for clearance. They also sound like Procams which means you need new valves springs and solid lifters....so thats a lot of money for a head.

3lit3 32 ... any credible before / after dyno runs with the cams on teh same dyno / tuner?

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That sort of lift cams may beed to relieve the head for clearance. They also sound like Procams which means you need new valves springs and solid lifters....so thats a lot of money for a head.

3lit3 32 ... any credible before / after dyno runs with the cams on teh same dyno / tuner?

Dyno was a dynamics at a place called Dyno Source but they have closed now. Dr Drift was the tuner and we did the car over a 5 or 6 episode. Replacing parts as they ran out of room to make power. It was an experiment to see the max hp from each item. 233rwkw before cams, 260 after cams and 1psi less boost plus 2 deg less timing. I didn't get a print out of the last 260 run because the guy that owns dyno source kicked us out coz his wife just went into labour. Dr Drift is a member on here so you can ask him if you need credible evidence.

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Dyno was a dynamics at a place called Dyno Source but they have closed now. Dr Drift was the tuner and we did the car over a 5 or 6 episode. Replacing parts as they ran out of room to make power. It was an experiment to see the max hp from each item. 233rwkw before cams, 260 after cams and 1psi less boost plus 2 deg less timing. I didn't get a print out of the last 260 run because the guy that owns dyno source kicked us out coz his wife just went into labour. Dr Drift is a member on here so you can ask him if you need credible evidence.

So you needed two degrees less timing with larger duration camshafts??? Did you advance the crap out of it or something?

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