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Timing Belt Change - Cam's Too? - Alec Brandon - 07-22-2007
So my Foci is approaching 180,000 with the stock timing belt.
I'm getting ready to have it changed and was thinking of what else I can do at the same time to improve performance.
My signature has all my mods.
I was thinking of a new set of CAM's (which ones I'm not sure).
Would this be a cost effective upgrade?
The car is my daily driver though I work from home, so when I do drive it I like to have fun!
Timing Belt Change - Cam's Too? - Oscar The Grouch - 07-22-2007
Throttle Body and port match.
If you're going to change the cams, might as well rip off the head, have it rebuilt and a port and polish.
A throttle body isn't expensive, plus doing the work for a port and polish isn't hard if you have the right tools.
As for cams, lotsa money. I'm in the same boat at the moment, looking at either Stage 2 or 3 cam for my SPI. Cost is going to be about $350.00 cdn for just the cam, couple hundred more bucks for better springs, seals, and lifters.
A UDP is still best bang for the buck for HP.
To give you an idea. I'm going to be ordering the following for my car:
Stage 2 or 3 cam (and accessories)
UDP
Straight Pipe
SCT Xcal2
In total, i'm looking at about $1400.00 USD for the setup. The cam and accessories make up about half of that number. Not sure what kind of gains I'll see from this tho.
Timing Belt Change - Cam's Too? - NikiterZTS - 07-23-2007
do the head work only if u have some money laying around.....If i was getting P&P i'd get someone to do it...a someone who can do it right....
best cams for DD are FR.2's but its a mission to find them now days since they don't make em any more...
but u can try to search other forums in For Sale sections
here's a good link explaining what every cam does and what lifts it has....
http://home.wi.rr.com/buttonpuncher/Contou...0Comparison.htm
i'll let you know how FR.3's are gonna be hopefully in a week
Timing Belt Change - Cam's Too? - Flofocus - 07-23-2007
A set of TUNED adjutsable cam gears would really wake up that car of yours.