Fake Poncams?

[CLEM0]

Hello. I have recently bought an RB25. It claimed to have poncams but no specs were available. Removed covers to find both intake and exhaust are 264/264 with 8.5mm lift.
 

Looking to degree the cams- but I can't find any info on a 264 intake and exhaust.

Are these real cams? Or knockoff? Never heard of fake camshafts but there is fake turbos so it's arguably easier to fake cams...

 

Cheers!

[GTSBoy]

There used to be 264/264/8.5 cams for the RB25. They were definitely a thing. I don't know if they are still current or not.

[GTSBoy]

Although - why anybody would want Poncams when Kelfords and Camtech exist is probably the bigger question.

[r32-25t]

14 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Although - why anybody would want Poncams when Kelfords and Camtech exist is probably the bigger question.

Camtech doesn’t exist any more 😭 

[GTSBoy]

I might have to crack the sads over that.

[r32-25t]

He retired last week or the week before 

[BK]

1 hour ago, r32-25t said:

He retired last week or the week before 

Really ? That sucks, they had some really good grind selections. Only just sold some new Camtech RB26 cams last week for $500. 🤦‍♂️

Kelfords only now I guess ?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

I can help with Kelford cams

[CLEM0]

18 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

There used to be 264/264/8.5 cams for the RB25. They were definitely a thing. I don't know if they are still current or not.

They certainly don't seem current- but I can't find any specs to degree them in!

[GTSBoy]

2 hours ago, r32-25t said:

He retired last week or the week before 

That's perplexing - that he couldn't/didn't find anyone who wanted to continue the business. It's not like there's a dozen competitors in Australia.

[GTSBoy]

Just now, CLEM0 said:

They certainly don't seem current- but I can't find any specs to degree them in!

Just put them on the same LSAs as any other 264° cam, or choose an LSA halfway between the typical 256° and 272° cams' specs. Tighten or widen the LSA by a degree or two depending on how you want the engine to work.

[tridentt150v]

Ages ago I was told that Tomei cams don't need to be dialled in and should always be set to zero ...for RB25 Gtst's.

This was after we dialled in [from memory 5 degrees [could have been 10, it was 20 years ago]] and it ran like shit.  Asking around everyone said to set to zero and it will work.....we did, and it did.

I could be wrong for your motor, but if you don't see gains then zero is your answer.

But Dose Pipe and GTSboy will know more.

[CLEM0]

2 minutes ago, tridentt150v said:

Ages ago I was told that Tomei cams don't need to be dialled in and should always be set to zero ...for RB25 Gtst's.

This was after we dialled in [from memory 5 degrees [could have been 10, it was 20 years ago]] and it ran like shit.  Asking around everyone said to set to zero and it will work.....we did, and it did.

I could be wrong for your motor, but if you don't see gains then zero is your answer.

But Dose Pipe and GTSboy will know more.

Yeah I heard that too- but these seem fairly big for what most run. Probably going to get some stock cams for now- runs like a dog off boost and isn't fun, 120psi across all 6, shitty idle etc

Likely they are 0* right now- no adjustable cam gears so I think for street use stock is fine.

[brock864]

If you decide to part with the 264s and willing to ship let me know 👍🏼