Cams , Question
11-18-2009, 11:06 AM
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Yeah going with Brenspeed is a better idea. For one, you know you'll get the RIGHT cam for sure this time and two, that used price is way too high anyway.
11-18-2009, 11:16 AM
#34
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Location: Tampa
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I would buy them used for $500... But that's MAX!!!
For $300 bucks a garden hose and screwdriver sounds a ton better. And yes, i'd imagine that's the way most shops do it. It's faster. There are claims of 2-3 hour installs that way.
For $300 bucks a garden hose and screwdriver sounds a ton better. And yes, i'd imagine that's the way most shops do it. It's faster. There are claims of 2-3 hour installs that way.
11-18-2009, 11:22 AM
#35
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11-20-2009, 12:31 AM
#39
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Donelson, TN
Posts: 227
My Comp NSR Stage 2 Cams (not Thumpers) cost me $450ish for install (cant remember exact total but that is close), and $645 for the cams. Installed at and purchased from Brenspeed for a little under $1100. Where as the Comp VSR Stage 2 cams would have cost me around $1000 for the cams, springs and retainers. Then at least a couple hundred more than the NSR cost me for install. So around $1500-$2000 to purchase the cams and for a shop to install the VSR cams. I only went with the NSR cams, because in a couple years when my car is paid off i will be pulling out this motor and putting in a stroker motor with some ported and polished heads with custom ground Comp SPR stage 3 cams for a supercharger. So in my mind there was no need to go all out at this time with the cams when all i was looking for was a little more power and better sound.
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12-03-2009, 08:08 PM
#40
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: missouri
Posts: 34
[QUOTE= whether you
need to change the valve springs or to
modify the cam phasers.[/QUOTE]
do u have to modify the cam phasers or does it just depend on which cams u get cuz i got Comp STAGE 2 Blower XFI NSR Cams to go with my whipple supercharger and dont know if i should get a phaser kit
need to change the valve springs or to
modify the cam phasers.[/QUOTE]
do u have to modify the cam phasers or does it just depend on which cams u get cuz i got Comp STAGE 2 Blower XFI NSR Cams to go with my whipple supercharger and dont know if i should get a phaser kit