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Topic subjectWhich Cams?
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76745, Which Cams?
Posted by miamilakeseclipse, Jun-28-04 03:39 PM
I am trying to decide which crane cams to get, the following supporting mods will be posted below but i am trying to decide between Crane 0012 or 0016. I know 0012 is for nitrous but would a more agressive 0016 still be daily drivable & give me a more agressive grind.

Supporting mods:
Cold Air Intake, 2.25” Header-Back Exhaust, 4-1 Header, AF/X Under-drive Pulley, 55mm TB, P&P Intake Manifold, AEM Cam Gears, Apex’I AFC-II, Zex Wet Kit w/Purge Valve & Bottle Warmer, Race Ported Head, Walbro Fuel Pump (190lph), Dyno Tuned of course lol....Currently no ecu is mad for my car =(, but i am looking into the t3 (does anyone know anything about it?)
76746, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by Uberingram, Jun-28-04 03:43 PM
Have you read this thread yet?

http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=32&topic_id=91&mesg_id=91&page=

It will more than likely answer all your questions.
76748, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by miamilakeseclipse, Jun-28-04 04:41 PM
Yea the other day i had some time & started reading it, then my girl came over & i read somemore lol j/k. But from what i know crane 0016 n nitrous would produce a well sized flame out hte back of my exhaust lol. I could not find anything about street drivability (will get new retainers & valve springs if ordering 16's).

What about hte t3? has anyone ever used it before?
76756, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by 420AYE, Jun-28-04 07:16 PM
i think i heard the cranes' are just modified neon cams. and the crowers are modeled off of an original 420a cam i think. i'd get the crower 2's, there is a thread here with the sound of the exhaust. sweet imo.
76768, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by miamilakeseclipse, Jun-29-04 02:19 AM
yes but will crower 2's work well with nitrous?

Yea i heard that eclipse w/ the cams too, swweettt lol, wish he would have gotten a couple more rev clips in (they revved pretty fast didnt they!? lol)
76813, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by Michael_97RS, Jun-29-04 12:38 PM
Originally posted by 420AYE
i think i heard the cranes' are just modified neon cams. and the crowers are modeled off of an original 420a cam i think. i'd get the crower 2's, there is a thread here with the sound of the exhaust. sweet imo.


Yeah I sent a set in to Crower and they were the basis of the cams.

I love the Crower 2's, but with a crower 2 or crane 16 expect to have a lope at idle. You'll be good with nitrous on Crower 2's or 16s. Your best bet for a good idle on them is to use some type of map modifying device like the S-AFC or something more complex.



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76779, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by AFX_Manufacturing, Jun-29-04 05:09 AM
I run the 16's in several of our engines on the street and they work to good effect, but the idle is very rough
76819, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by nightwolf2369, Jun-29-04 03:18 PM
not to steel this thread or anything but, when you say rough at idle, what does that mean? shakes alot? shuts off alot? i want to get the 16s so i hope they aren't too bad.
76820, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by ShadowRuleZ, Jun-29-04 03:43 PM
The old school term is that the cam is "lumpy" and also has low vacuum. Not sure how important some of this stuff is in modern day cars.
76821, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by Justin99RS, Jun-29-04 04:00 PM
yup..it matters on newer cars as well...i have the crane 12's...they do pretty well in terms of power...and have a good idle...but that can change depending on my cam gear settings...i can make them lope like a cammed up v8 hehe..makes hondas look at you like "WTF" :scratch
76822, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by miamilakeseclipse, Jun-29-04 04:44 PM
Originally posted by Justin99RS
yup..it matters on newer cars as well...i have the crane 12's...they do pretty well in terms of power...and have a good idle...but that can change depending on my cam gear settings...i can make them lope like a cammed up v8 hehe..makes hondas look at you like "WTF" :scratch


ROFL, Edit i can see their faces now lol....they might be dumb enough to ask..."Got a hemi????"
76849, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by 420AYE, Jun-30-04 06:52 AM
i think it sounds like ur safe either way. but beware for a little bit o' tuning.
76853, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by miamilakeseclipse, Jun-30-04 08:45 AM
hehe i'm not scared of tuning lol....but for real i was going to need to get the cam gears & afc dyno tuned anyways
76858, RE: Which Cams?
Posted by AFX_Manufacturing, Jun-30-04 01:26 PM
Originally posted by nightwolf2369
not to steel this thread or anything but, when you say rough at idle, what does that mean? shakes alot? shuts off alot? i want to get the 16s so i hope they aren't too bad.


It will lope at idle. It will not stall, it will shake a little bit.