are camshafts a must??

[luis741953]

i plan on upgrading my turbo a larger one, gt3071r, that should put me around 375 390, my question is do i NEED cams ( will i damage my motor if i dont have 'em??) or is it just a power adder with that turbo, i ask cause after i get the turbo kit plus other parts neccesary, i will be short on money, so pleaselet me know is it possible to run that turbo with stock cams??

[S13xCrazy]

whats your current setup? and 375hp? on a ka?

because if you are planning near 400hp on stock ka internals for a daily driver/oftenly driven car you better reconsider there. Sure it can probably be done for a while, but who knows how long.

If you want that much power, I'd think about saving more.
Modified by S13xCrazy at 6:37 PM 10/1/2007

[luis741953]

im running pretty much stock s14 sr blacktop, FNIC, power intake, 3 inch exhaust, powerfc and AVC R

[dickie]

moved to sr. put these topics where they belong.

[luis741953]

my bad, didnt realize

[garagelu]

you wont have fun with your car without cams. If you do just the 3071r with no cams you will feel your power drop off in the high rpm range. I mean dont get me wrong, you wont have any problems running that setup, it just won't be to its full potential.

And I dont think you can hit 375-390 without cams on a 3071r. I think it will be more around 340-350 or so. and you will have to boost around 18-19 psi to achieve that.

[luis741953]

great, kinda what i wanted to hear, i dont wanna use the full potential from my turbo, right away, plus i dont make too much being active duty.but no damage will come from not using cams though right??

[garagelu]

there no way you could damage your motor unless you didnt do something right. Just make sure you tune is good and you have nothing to worry about.

[luis741953]

thanks man