Cam Gear tuning 101?

[Losiracer2]

I kinda need some advice as to what to set my Skunk2 Cam gears at. I've never had adjustable cams before and thought it'd be a good investment as I slowly get better "faster" parts for my H22.

What is a good baseline setting for my H22 to set the cam gears at? The guy who swapped set them at 2 deg. advanced on the ignition side, saying that'll be good for more power. But I just want to get a few more opinions as to what everyone else has to see the pros and cons of going more advanced or retarded?

What's a good setting for street driving (good gas mileage) in other words and another for track driving, like 1/4 mile etc.

[BB6-SH]

if i were u i would get tuned first and then mess with the cam gears.

[F22HB]

Ya I'd set them to stock and get everything where you want it then get it tuned. Pay for a few extra runs and let them play with the cam timing.

[Losiracer2]

can you dyno tune Auto H22's though? thats what I was worried about...them not being able to do that properly.

[F22HB]

Yeah. Ask d112crzy, he just tuned an autotragic not too long ago I'm pretty sure.

[LoDollar92LX]

a dyno is required to tune cam gears.
get the air fuels and timing set with the gears at zero.
advance or retard the exhaust cam untill a power gain is noticed. you will have to adjust air fuel ratio while doing this.
once you get to the point where going further drops power, stop.
move to the intake cam. the tricky part is for every degree you move the cam, you will have to adjust the ignition timing accordingly, so it stays at 16deg base timing.
adjust the same way as exhaust, move it till it stops gaining power, while keeping the a/f's in check.


hope that helps

[turbo90accord]

of course you can dyno tune an automatic!

[Losiracer2]

a dyno is required to tune cam gears.
get the air fuels and timing set with the gears at zero.
advance or retard the exhaust cam untill a power gain is noticed. you will have to adjust air fuel ratio while doing this.
once you get to the point where going further drops power, stop.
move to the intake cam. the tricky part is for every degree you move the cam, you will have to adjust the ignition timing accordingly, so it stays at 16deg base timing.
adjust the same way as exhaust, move it till it stops gaining power, while keeping the a/f's in check.


hope that helps

wow it seems like its a pretty involved process....I better let the professionals do it then. My swap guy did time the car after he set the intake cams.... to 16 deg. He said it needed to be between 14 and 18 so he settled in the middle. But I was planning on going to see this guy Jon or John at Locash Racing here locally, I was gonna give him my P13 to get the EGR and hopefully that pesky Code 36 removed and also the speed limiter taken off. Hopefully he can do it. But Hasport and Full Race are on the same street as he is so between those 3 shops, hopefully someone can tune my Auto lol.

of course you can dyno tune an automatic!

Thats good news! I was thinking they couldn't b/c the trans would shift outta gear or something, but I guess you can hold D3 right?
wow it seems like its

[GearBangnAccord]

good topic the H22 i got in the summer has a cam gear not sure of the setting but i hope this thread goes more in depth so i to can learn how to set my cam gear. I think there is only one is that a problem??
Sry dude if it seems like im jacking ur threat but were on the same topic so i figured heh y not

[Losiracer2]

good topic the H22 i got in the summer has a cam gear not sure of the setting but i hope this thread goes more in depth so i to can learn how to set my cam gear. I think there is only one is that a problem??
Sry dude if it seems like im jacking ur threat but were on the same topic so i figured heh y not

well not if you only want to adjust that one cam it isn't lol. I just wouldn't show off your one cam gear when you're supposed to have two lol.

[wed3k]

i would degree the cam in first which is one thing Cisco overlooked. always degree the cam in.

[Leung]

Can a P13 be tuned? i didn't think it was able to.

[owequitit]

i would degree the cam in first which is one thing Cisco overlooked. always degree the cam in.

It's not a bad idea to degree the cams, but Honda's stock cams are usually dead nuts on, so you might not see any gain from this, although it certainly wouldn't hurt.

[PR CB7]

Can a P13 be tuned? i didn't think it was able to.

yes and no

yes it chipped
no it cant be tuned