Adjustable exhuast cam gear or poncams?

[samw/skyline 1]

Looking for more bang for buck here. Goal is 270rwkws w/stock internals rb25det and I'd imagine close to 20psi. With all the other obvious bolt ons taken care of- what will give me a better power curve for the money? An adjustable exhaust cam gear or drop in tomei poncams? Or better to just save money and spend elsewhere? I think I'd be happy with at least 10kws gained in the band, but more than that and I'd definitely buy one or the other depending on the answers I get. Cheers

[KiwiRS4T 700]

Bigger turbo. For a small increase an adjustable exhaust cam gear may give you a little. Bolt-ons that are obvious to one person may not be to another. What have you actually done?

[samw/skyline Topic Author 1]

Hyper gear. Fmic. Z32 maf. Coil packs. 740cc Injectors. Apexi pfc. Full 3.5 exhuast. Ebc. Then a tune. Might be missing something else. That's the list, currently deployed so spending my downtime day dreaming and making a list of items for my r33. I guess my question should be this- let's say with those mods making 270rwkws what can I expect to see from an adjustable cam gear vs. Tomei poncams? 10kws here vs 15 there? Rough estimates will do, much appreciated 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu 2,271]

Poncams 

[samw/skyline Topic Author 1]

Just now, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Poncams 

Thanks man but could you provide any info? Hard to compare the two with no figures. Going for bang for buck

[Dose Pipe Sutututu 2,271]

Run E85 is the best bang for buck.

Bigger cams will just bring the powerband towards the right hand side of your RPM graph.

I would say, get it all running 1st, then get Poncams if you're not happy.

270kW with stock cams is a walk a in the park.

I did 372kW with stock cams, 1.7bar of boost on a stock unopened motor for nearly 2 years with track abuse before it exploded lol

 

[GTSBoy 2,017]

1 psi of boost will make more power than either.

[samw/skyline Topic Author 1]

8 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

1 psi of boost will make more power than either.

So not at all worth it is what I'm hearing haha. At what power figure are cams even worth considering?

[samw/skyline Topic Author 1]

9 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Run E85 is the best bang for buck.

Bigger cams will just bring the powerband towards the right hand side of your RPM graph.

I would say, get it all running 1st, then get Poncams if you're not happy.

270kW with stock cams is a walk a in the park.

I did 372kW with stock cams, 1.7bar of boost on a stock unopened motor for nearly 2 years with track abuse before it exploded lol

 

That's impressive!

[GTSBoy 2,017]

10 minutes ago, samw/skyline said:

At what power figure are cams even worth considering?

How big are the prizes in your race category?

[samw/skyline Topic Author 1]

50 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

How big are the prizes in your race category?

Haha that's a good question. Dont intend to race the car atm. But in the distant future I may go up to 500+bhp and was wondering if it's worth a purchase then