You should check the versionwell i really didn't pay attention to what version mine were that much all i saw was a s3v inscribed on the cams. at first i thought they were stage2 cams then i saw the thickness of the lobes and i fell inlol
Skunk2 Stage 3 Cams - Review
Just wanted to say I highly recommend these cams for the price. Putting down 298whp on 93 octane in an all motor setup is awesome!
Please check my build thread for details on my entire setup.
I will post my dynosheet later.
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Please check my build thread for details on my entire setup.
I will post my dynosheet later.
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i was told they were v3's at the local shop i got them from... but will ask
i was looking at specs of cams on s2 website and if the lobes are near the same specs as s2 cams ..........
cams are very powerful tho, with fine tuning
cams are very powerful tho, with fine tuning
came to reply today about tct tensioners and say "all you need is the oem one", the tighter you get it the less power will be made with s2 cams..
So your running stage3 skunk2 on a OEM bottom?
What are your mods TEXM3X?
oem bottom running them strong with a little tunning. they seem outrageous with power so, what i recommend is going with our stock tct and getting supporting mods cause torque is powerful aswell.
what are your dyno numbers?
no numbers yet but what i can say is do not get stronger tensioner such as 09 tsx tensioner because i didn't believe in chain stretch but
i should of checked my chain b4 i took out 09 tsx tensioner...deff not worth the headache when removing it.....get tuned right and all s2
cams are great
i should of checked my chain b4 i took out 09 tsx tensioner...deff not worth the headache when removing it.....get tuned right and all s2
cams are great
Again, Tuner 2 or 3 with new OEM Tensioner from honda. Works perfectly fine for us.
I do have one of the new 09 TSX tensioners and S2 stage 2's waiting to go in soon.
I have s2 stage3's but I was told it wouldnt work with the stock bottom. I dont want to mess up anything in my engine.
Its just because its too much cam for the engine. But you can tune it and people have run it with descent results. Its just not that much better than stage 2's until you bump the compression up.
stage 3's are WAY too much for a a stock k20 or even a stock k24 bottom end.
This is exactly what I was thinking. On a stock block K20 those cams are WAY too muchstage 3's are WAY too much for a a stock k20 or even a stock k24 bottom end.
Tapatalk sucka!
There have been reports of HR tensioners failing as well if nobody's mentioned it yet. The best tensioner you can get is the one that came with your motor. OEM. Just replace it with a new one if you wanna be extra safe. Personally i think it's a maintenance item that should be replaced every 20k or so miles if you're cammed.hybrid racing tensioner is much better than the skunk2 one. the stock tensioner will not work with the very large lobed/race cams. It'll (the tensioner) just skim over the teeth and slap the crap out of the chain. had 2 skunk2's fail (but I have other skunk2 products that I think are excellent), but the hybrid racing is still chugging away with 20k miles at over 550whp (kelford turbo cams)
Got to pay to play.
Hybrid ones break, I've killed 2 myself. OEM doesn't seem that safe ether as I've broken those too.There have been reports of HR tensioners failing as well if nobody's mentioned it yet. The best tensioner you can get is the one that came with your motor. OEM. Just replace it with a new one if you wanna be extra safe. Personally i think it's a maintenance item that should be replaced every 20k or so miles if you're cammed.
Seems like the S2 cams are the only cams you hear of having tensioner problems :think:
Not true, I broke one tensioner on Drag Cartels.Seems like the S2 cams are the only cams you hear of having tensioner problems :think:
I am looking at getting some cartels, did you have the oem tensioner or a aftermarket one?
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