Originally Posted by
SR20GTi-R Some advise.
1. When dealing with this cam you will do more harm than good switching the cams by themselves.
advice taken.
2.You have a stroker crank now, the entire powerband will come on earlier. You are switching the cams at 6,000+ RPM and the exhaust after that. The motor will peak way before 8000RPM so you are killing yourself.
that was a starting point. presently @ 4300/4700. we gained alot in the low end by switching earlier. the powerband still dips/drops once the exh cam hits.
3.The choke on the header now is doing more harm than good. The last merge on the 2-1 will act as a choke on a header that is already restricted by radical bends. The original header form would have done better for you.
wellll
man, did i screw up the quotes!
after one of the pulls when the engine came back down to idle, a really bad hunting idle, i heard a metallic TINNGGG come from the valvetrain area
. i immediately shut her down. on restart she ran OK with no more noises. i called it quits at that time and pulled her off the rack. i was able to drive the 50 miles or so home staying on the small lobes the whole time. it seemed to run OK. next week i'll scope the combustion chambers for evidence of piston to valve contact.
after talking to the owner of buds machine shop today, he
assured me the builder took extreme care in the assembly of the motor (don't they all?) he also suggested i bring the head in to get checked out
the saga continues