Ek 96 CAm Gears

[VictorPerez]

Ok guys so i just got my first cam gear for my 1.6 Dx hatch and i was wondering what does this gear acutually do and is there a site were it shows how to install it or if you guys know could you walk me through it

[CivicSpoon]

Is it adjustable? If it's adjustable, then it's worthless unless you have a reason to adjust the camshaft; aftermarket cam, milled head, forced induction. Unfortunately a lot of people don't know any better and just buy them for show. But unless you know how to correctly set your timing, have someone else install it for you. Nothing worse than installing something, only to have your car not start or run right because you installed it incorrectly.

[VictorPerez]

yes its adjustable put i was planing to go to perfornaces shop to get it done but does this acually give you more power

[CivicSpoon]

Hard to say. It depends if the engine needs it or not. Even with some major modifications, you might not see any gains. But on a stock engine, you definently won't. Infact it's likely you will lose some power in your powerband depending on how it's adjusted.

[VictorPerez]

What do you mean major modifications I have A cold air intake headers spark wires and a stage one clutch

[CivicSpoon]

major modifications would be an aggressive cam, higher compression pistons, milled head. What you have done doesn't require any kind of valve (cam) adjustment, so the cam gear won't do you any good. And some of there cam gears out there are pretty crappy to set up, and can mess up fairly easy. I worked on a car that had them, that needed to be adjusted using an allen key to tighten it down. We couldn't get them tight enough to stay put, and eventually both let loose and the timing was immediately f'd up.

[AcuraTL2005]

even a stock motor with an adjustable cam gear can get gains, Advancing the cam timing to get a little more out of the lower rpms, or retarding the cam timing, and gaining more power out of the top end, with about 5degrees+/-, you will notice a difference, is it worth it on a stock motor? not really....and if you dont know how to put a timing belt on, i wouldn't recommend doing it yourself

[superbluecivicsi]

adjust on a dyno. otherwise set it to stock specs.