HKS V-Cam... Worth it??

[Moseychuk]

I am looking into purchasing these cams.. a couple of questions..
Does it make a significant difference for low-mid range power?
Do I have to make significant modifications to the intake manifold or anything else..?
Is it worth the money? LOL

[bobbo]

There a video comparo on YouTube. I doubt it is for the huge price tag. Aost cheaper to build a stroker motor.

[r33_gtst]

I am looking into purchasing these cams.. a couple of questions..
Does it make a significant difference for low-mid range power?
Do I have to make significant modifications to the intake manifold or anything else..?
Is it worth the money? LOL

Worth every penny if you want a 800+ hp car. The cam angle adjustments are designed to help in the low end and create a quicker and smoother power curve. You can easily build a responsive car with the proper research and funds. 500 awhp is achieved easily with the right size turbo and cams. 800+ awhp can be achieved with a lot of boost and rpm's but requiring a bigger turbo it will be slow and laggy under 7krpm
Depends what you want for power and purpose
My rb25 s1 has VCT which has 3 settings, low.mid and high. The cam angle adjustments are nowhere near as much as the hks but same idea

[Moseychuk]

Right, im not trying for 800hp, my head just needs a refresh and i was seeing if it was worth it to put the v cams in aswell. Right now im at 445.2whp with n1 turbos.. would it help with lower end torque or not so much..

[Bruizer]

You must have a badass setup. Most of us that go crazy on are cars don't go that route... Spending $8000 (or whatever it is) on your head is cool if you have the money but you won't benefit a lot from that unless everything else has been modified.

If you're looking for 'bang for the buck' response, keep the stock intercooler, keep the plenum stock and run tomei type R cams. That will help your bottom end a fair bit.

440whp on N1 turbos is pretty good (that not really laggy). More power means more lag most times but a set up hks 2510 will make good power and great bottom end.

Or you could go EFR which are supposedly some if not the fastest spooling for their size. Only issue with them is you need new manifold, outlets, intakes, hoses, and the turbos alone cost $1500-1800 each. All said and done the EFR would run someone around $4000-5000 installed. Or $6-8k for twin EFRs.

[Moseychuk]

Thanks for the info

[SkylineUSA]

GT-SS, those are the bomb! At least the earlier ones we had Europe were. Quicker response than the 2510s, and a ilttle bit more power to boot.

[r33_gtst]

If you're looking to improve response in the bottom end and your in the 500 whp range oooooooooooh buddy your in luck because this is the best power range to tweak. You have many options. Before you start, make sure your fuel pump is upgraded.
If you keep your n1's then a semi agressive set of tomei cams will prove bottom end and with the increased lift some more power. If you want to go further a set of hks turbos or my dream turbos the Tomei arms.

[Skym]

Compound turbocharging (as used on Group-B rally cars).

[curtisgoodman]

Compound system now thats something id like to see on a gtr

[SkylineUSA]

Compound, is that the same as a sequential?

[SkylineUSA]

After reading up on them, they are a little different.

[nismo-152]

Im pretty sure you must run hks pistons with the v-cam system. And you would also need an exhaust cam as the v-cam is just the intake side. It seems that the prices for the system have gone way down too.

[Bruizer]

Probably need an hks f-con pro too... Not man tuners for that around is there?

I'd be game since I've pretty much done everything else on my car but f-con.... Barf

[Moseychuk]

Yea I'm going to keep the n1s I just recently rebuilt them so.. I'll inquire about the tomei cams
Thanks guys