A whole 5.279lbft more!
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just under 3000rpm
spikes a good 12lbft
and similar results have been reported by others from other forums
the extra size of the box really helps the engine to get up and go at lower rpms
but CAI would be the way to go once the car is geared more toward top end
the icebox just sounds so good tho lol
I'm using 50deg vtc with stock bottom block and Toda spec c cams. Limit to 40deg and rev to 8300rpm. Tracked car already as well and no issues....
im just not sure how much i would want to rely on EMS to limit something that could potentially damage the engine
at least with 40-45deg VTC there is a mechanically stop so that it will never happen
what management you using wuism - and when are you taking it to the track next?
No one is forcing you to use the 50deg VTC. if you can get your hands on a pinned/modded gear, do it.
Or better yet delete the VTC system off your K24 so the ecu cant fuk anything up at all :p
Kpro and going again in march...
My 2 cents:
Having an ECU hold a certain cam angle is not the most reliable of methods to prevent P2V contact, and if you inspect the cam angle on a datalog, you might be surprised at how much over/under your nominated cam angle your motor move to, because of mechanical behavior. Thats why tuners will generally limit their max cam angle to give a buffer for error within their tune.
Also:
- VTC set at 45 degrees doesn't do much for a stock K24A3 so theres no need to play with cam angles that high.
- Even if you set your VTC to 50 degrees, theres no hard evidence that says that driving it within its limits (not over-revving) will create P2V within a standard K24A3. Non-stock motors are a different story.
thats why in an earlier post i said that you must consider an angle tolerance of plus or minus 3degrees when tuning VTC
i think 40deg would be max for a stock engine, like you said, 45-50 really wouldnt help much
hence the Toda 40deg being a great bolt on product (not that its hard to modify a stock one if theres a reliable machinist nearby)
and again - i am still trying to find somebody that has clayed a motor running high VTC to see what kind of clearances there actually are
there are stories of VTC slipping past their allowed tolerance at both low constant RPM (cruising) and high raising RPM (acceleration)
in most cases the bottom end is destroyed along with valves - even if one cylinder goes first the intake manifold will be filled with peices of piston and valve which get sucked back into the other cylinders
Im using a stock RBC (50deg) vtc gear and have pined it to 40deg using tractuff vtc limiter which cost $30.
http://shop.tractuffstuff.com/TracTu...er-TT-VTCL.htm
Dont waste your money buying a toda or Hytek vtc gear.
I have also done many datalogs and i have never spiked over 40 deg.
thats actually a very good solution hanzzi - thanks for the info on that =)
since we have a cnc mill at work im going to just get a stock 25deg VTC gear machined out
but if the workshop doesnt have time this could be a simple and cheap alternative
what was the basic conclusion on this? If you have a K24a3 engine being put back together and you have both sets of cams (06 k24a3 cams and k20a2 cams) sitting there, which ones are best to use? I gather theres very little difference? More mid range with the a3, slightly more top end with the a2?