Quote Originally Posted by 1civic View Post
I tried to find that article I was reading, no luck though.. It had some info that was interesting, it was information which a cam grinder gave out.. If I find it again I'll post it...
Things may have changed since i talked to them but from what i heard/saw Skunk2 uses a company called TOSER for their coilovers/suspension/exhaust parts.

Their cams are cores bought here in the USA or Japan( i forget but its the same cores Honda uses for their OEM Cams). They are ground overseas in mass production, but they are given an additional heat treatment back here in the usa that blox and others DONT do. Their cams are more expensive to make for this reason. They use different , higher quality metal compatible with the Honda rocker arms.

David Hsu said they wont compromise on cam quality because of this reason. They want cams to last as long as OEM ones. Their track record (besides the K Cams) seems to back that up. The K Cams they tried to use non OEM cores, and they had a rash of problems with them.

Blox uses chinese cores , they arent the same quality as skunk2.

Not to be arrogant but i did a ton of business overseas in china, theres some info i cant post on here but if you PM me ill tell you. There to the cam industry than that.

As for the BC5's... Are they not a similar grind to the old 405? I've run the crower stuff(403-404) with good luck..
We tested BC5s vs PRO3s on my motor and several others and the BC5s always made more tope end power but suffered in the midrange. Thats why i kept my PRO3s. THe BC5s also had coilbinding issues IIRC with certain valvetrain.


I've also spoke to "All Motor" from Honda tech and he claims his "reaper" cam is more aggressive than a Pro3, but I'm not willing to risk it..
He claims to have the spec's from the RM cams, and then did his thing... Sure you heard.. second link "guaranteed to outperform any off the shelf cam NA, nitrous, sc or Turbo"
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2907597
isnt his name blake or chris or something? im willing to bet $100 his "cam" is actually Don Flores. They were talking about making cams awhile back as don has a guy at crower or web or something that makes custom ones for him all the time. Ive spoken to the All Motor guy before, he didnt seem like he had the technical knowledge to build a cam. Which is A TON of engineering, its not just lift and duration.

I highly doubt his cam is more viable than the skunk2 on average. Skunk2 has Hsu which is a Cal Tech engineer (west coast MIT), and millions of dollars of equipment to R&D. i cant see some kid on HT making a better cam than them HAHA

I personally still think the PRO3 is the best cam out. There are ones that will compare to it, or im sure its lost on some dynoes, but overall i think its tough to beat