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    Identifying A Camshaft

    The camshaft originally in my car when i bought it failed recently. It broke at the end where the camshaft is bolted on. Do OEM Honda cams have significant markings or anything like that? Im trying to find out if its a stockie or not. The car is a 90, has a A4 engine, 5spd. The distributor is a Hitachi item, sourced from a 94 or 95 ex apparently? ill post up pix asap. thanks for ur help guys...


    Last edited by trouty; 08-12-2010, 11:46 AM.
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    There may be a marking on the end by the distributor? Like 272 or something? I'm not 100% sure. I'm sure someone will chime in and confirm this.

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      #3
      that pic with the RC is the distributor end...no numbers...the cam gear end has two letters. opposite each other on the last journal...a raised letter G on one side...a engraved letter R on the other..

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        #4
        The only thing I could find regarding the RC stamp was a post on PreludePower.com regarding B21 cams.

        I got nothing from the post other than the fact that OEM Honda cams do indeed seem to be stamped with RC (as well as RD, RE, etc... the info as to what that meant was rather inconclusive in that thread.)

        So, based on that, I'm quite sure you have a stockie on your hands.






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          #5
          thanks...after this camshaft broke, i swapped it out with a cam from a 92 f22a1...wouldnt work wid the hitachi distributor..had to swap those as well...guess what i wanna know is can anything from the cd5s with sohc f22s that makes power be swapped on?

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            What do you mean "that makes power"?

            The F22B1 was VTEC, so that cam won't do much, and the F22B2 only made 130hp, so that won't help either. Plus, those engines sucked.

            If you want an upgrade, get an F22A6 camshaft. And use an F22A distributor.






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              #7
              yea just to a swap with the A6 cam and distrubuter

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                #8
                Originally posted by Monster2cb7 View Post
                yea just to a swap with the A6 cam and distrubuter
                Mimicking what I say just to get your post count up is a very bad idea...






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                  Originally posted by deevergote View Post
                  What do you mean "that makes power"?

                  The F22B1 was VTEC, so that cam won't do much, and the F22B2 only made 130hp, so that won't help either. Plus, those engines sucked.

                  If you want an upgrade, get an F22A6 camshaft. And use an F22A distributor.
                  hey my cd5 is a good car deeve! lol

                  nah i still agree they were built for economy, not power. thats why im swapping an f22a4 head on. the b2 head is on its last legs with me. their ports are half the size of the f22ax heads and they flow like sugary honey. as deeve said get an a6 cam and f22a distributor, also go for the pt6 ecu for the a6 cam, keep the f22a4 exhaust manifold, get an f22a6 intake manifold or even an h23 IM, you can use the h23 plenum on the a6 runners if you like. h23 TB. this will get you going again and add a nice little burp of power.

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                    Originally posted by deevergote View Post
                    What do you mean "that makes power"?

                    The F22B1 was VTEC, so that cam won't do much, and the F22B2 only made 130hp, so that won't help either. Plus, those engines sucked.

                    If you want an upgrade, get an F22A6 camshaft. And use an F22A distributor.
                    Originally posted by Monster2cb7 View Post
                    yea just to a swap with the A6 cam and distrubuter
                    Originally posted by deevergote View Post
                    Mimicking what I say just to get your post count up is a very bad idea...
                    Deev is somewhat of a wizard, he's heard it all, and has the power at his finger tips... Be carefull.

                    To the OP, the only thing i can think of is my Delta 272 cam says "272" on the distributor side, on one of the half moon parts that goes into the dizzy, other than that, i dont think you'l have luck with identifying the stock one with numbers, etc.

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                      Yeah, the thread on PreludePower that I found mentioned that stamp, plus a few other similar ones that I mentioned above. They really couldn't figure out exactly what the stamps meant.

                      All I got from that is that a stock Honda camshaft DOES have that stamp on it.
                      If the Delta regrinds have the the grind stamped on them (260, 272, 282...), then that would likely be present as well, as they're ground on stock cams.






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                        #12
                        my bad guys it sez 3A on the distributor end

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                          #13
                          Yeah, that's right, 3A is A1/A4 cam, 4B is the F22A6 cam. I know all JDM F22A's are set up like F22A6's, so I'd imagine all JDM F22A's have the 4B cam too.

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                            putting a f22a6 camshaft on a f22a1, what else do I need to do? do I need the ecu from the f22a6? should I retune? this is on a prelude S 1993

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                              #15
                              The F22A6 camshaft and F22A6 intake manifold are upgrades for your F22A1. The PT6 ECU is required to take full advantage of those things. However, with all the F22A6 parts, you're only going to gain 5hp over your F22A1.






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