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Any particular reason (besides being blue)? ;)

wow, this is a blast from the past. sorry i didnt reply back then.

well there are a couple of reasons i like the greddy ones.

1. they look nicest of all the ones out there (to me).

2. they are a hardened duralumin outer gear (so wont wear like the old HKS ones did)

3. they have plenty of locking bolts to prevent the wheel slipping after adjustment

4. they have very clearly marked/etched increments on the wheel which i can read even through the clear cover (obviously the exhaust wheel is covered by CAS though...)

5. they match my greddy timing belt and clear cover. hehe

6. they bolted straight on with no dramas at all (important one).

if you haven't got cams or cam gears yet lucien i would say do it. it will be the best few hundred bucks you spend.

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wow, this is a blast from the past. sorry i didnt reply back then.

well there are a couple of reasons i like the greddy ones.

1. they look nicest of all the ones out there (to me).

2. they are a hardened duralumin outer gear (so wont wear like the old HKS ones did)

3. they have plenty of locking bolts to prevent the wheel slipping after adjustment

4. they have very clearly marked/etched increments on the wheel which i can read even through the clear cover (obviously the exhaust wheel is covered by CAS though...)

5. they match my greddy timing belt and clear cover. hehe

6. they bolted straight on with no dramas at all (important one).

if you haven't got cams or cam gears yet lucien i would say do it. it will be the best few hundred bucks you spend.

Thanks Beer baron I believe you have a GTR though. Im wondering on the results for RB25, RB20 with standard turbos

cheers

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wow, this is a blast from the past. sorry i didnt reply back then.

well there are a couple of reasons i like the greddy ones.

1. they look nicest of all the ones out there (to me).

2. they are a hardened duralumin outer gear (so wont wear like the old HKS ones did)

3. they have plenty of locking bolts to prevent the wheel slipping after adjustment

4. they have very clearly marked/etched increments on the wheel which i can read even through the clear cover (obviously the exhaust wheel is covered by CAS though...)

5. they match my greddy timing belt and clear cover. hehe

6. they bolted straight on with no dramas at all (important one).

if you haven't got cams or cam gears yet lucien i would say do it. it will be the best few hundred bucks you spend.

Ar, ta for that. Wonder why they stopped making them? I had a set of OS Giken wheels installed last week which I bought through Pete (he can probably get more if you need some). Still have some issues to sort though (Nath says timing is jumping around and he can only connect to the ECU when the enginr is off which is all very annoying).

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Ar, ta for that. Wonder why they stopped making them? I had a set of OS Giken wheels installed last week which I bought through Pete (he can probably get more if you need some). Still have some issues to sort though (Nath says timing is jumping around and he can only connect to the ECU when the enginr is off which is all very annoying).

are you sure they dont make them? there were very much for sale when i was in japan this year? a lot of japanese companies have stopped making products though due to general down turn of the tuning scene in japan so i guess it's possible. but greddy seemed to be one of the few japanese tuners bucking the trend.

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Ar, ta for that. Wonder why they stopped making them? I had a set of OS Giken wheels installed last week which I bought through Pete (he can probably get more if you need some). Still have some issues to sort though (Nath says timing is jumping around and he can only connect to the ECU when the enginr is off which is all very annoying).

hmm i wonder if it's directly related to the brand of cam gear, of if it's something else entirely. nathan did the greddy ones for me and they went in flawlessly. no drama with install, or running etc.

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are you sure they dont make them? there were very much for sale when i was in japan this year? a lot of japanese companies have stopped making products though due to general down turn of the tuning scene in japan so i guess it's possible. but greddy seemed to be one of the few japanese tuners bucking the trend.

My bad, I was confusing them with Apexi

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hmm i wonder if it's directly related to the brand of cam gear, of if it's something else entirely. nathan did the greddy ones for me and they went in flawlessly. no drama with install, or running etc.

Nope, the problem predates the cam install (I'm thinking perhaps the CAS is had it or the ECU has lost it). Nathan thought the cams I supplied might be copies because of the Otomoto logo on them, but AFAIK all their stuff has their logo silkscreened on and the cam gears themselves looked like really well made bits of kit.

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ahh i didnt know you put cams in too, what cams are they?

sounds like it could be cas failure though. possibly that last removal/refit was the final nail.

LOL. I'm not doing well this afternoon. By "cam install" I meant cam wheel install. My point was that OS G wheels are very nice and people shouldn't shy away from them.

You could be right about the CAS, but its still weird that the ECU doesn't want to talk unless the engine is off. Anyway, this is probably offtopic :P

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Dunno about RB20 but R33 RB25's get good gains from cam gears but NEO's don't.

Im also interested in putting Poncam 260 deg with cam gears for intake & exhaust. And i know the intake cannot be adjusted due to the VTC. How much gain if just with the cam gear with stock cams compare to Poncam 260 deg with stock turbo.Im currently getting 284 whp from my recent dyno at 0.85 Boost (running really rich). Not sure which is the next mod i should do first , ECU (HKS Fcon Vpro) or Cams (Poncams) or change the turbo (have a HKS TO4E with HKS cast manifold with external gate waiting).

Wonder what will the gain & drivability for the next mod...?

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I just want to clarify that just because there might not always be any gains in overall power output, that it's not a worthwhile modification. For example I'm using them to give me more power low down (advance timing) at the expense of top end, as this suits my style of driving.

Oh and you can show off your new cam gears with a clear cam cover for your RB20 or RB25 :)

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