What Do You Guys Think About Obx Products Like The Camshafts? Get It Or No.

[aznpnoyracer]

i WAS LOOKING AT SOME CAMSHAFTS AND RAN INTO OBX BRAND JUST WONDERING IF THEIR ANYGOOD AND IS THE GAIN AND QUALITY WORTH THE MONEY?

[blackcb7]

i believe deev was looking at obx cams, but he didn't get them, i personally would not get their camshafts, you don't want to crap out on such an important part of the engine, just remember that you get what your pay for, i would personally go with crower they have been very sucessful and have no drivability issues

[NAiL05]

Sure be the tester and do it and have a writeup on how it is. There is one person running the OBX LSD on here i think havent heard any new news on it yet though. Personally Its a use at your own risk because 1. No one uses them 2. its ebay. You might get gains and such you never know but dunno how reliable they are.

[cp[mike]]

i agree, obx is good, but known to not be perfect... usually the cost difference is enough to offset the quality difference, like prodigymb's oil pan - the bolt holes were all off and he had to redrill them. but in the end it worked and it was cheaper than a moroso ... but for something as critical and precise as the shape of the cam lobes, id spend the money on a good name brand...

[Thomas_LX]

[aznpnoyracer]

thats what I thought, thanks guys

[aznpnoyracer]

lol. I noticed that too, o well. thats funny though

[gloryaccordy]

I heard something on HT about them eating through retainers or whatever they make contact with on the valvetrain. They don't make retainers for them either. I wouldn't do it.

[Ralphie]

Yea Obx

A buddy got a set of rotors sent from Obx themselves to our shop...they came warped....

I dont know...never heard anything great about them....but then again i havent heard anything horrible...i tend to agree with Cp[Mike] and such....for lesser important parts it isnt too bad but for critical parts id pay the extra and take comfort in quality products.

[aznpnoyracer]

so my best buy for a camshaft, retainers and springs would be either crower or jun right?

[KillerCam282]

so my best buy for a camshaft, retainers and springs would be either crower or jun right?

I would do careful research on this topic if I were in your shoes. Well I was in your shoes a year ago. My Crower intake cam snapped in half. Its not something that only happens to OBX products.

Billet cams tend to snap. I find the regrind method to be much better.

1. Regrinds only flatten out over a period of time, which means you only revert to stock.

2. Regrinds use stock cores, stock cores do not snap.

3. Regrinds are much cheaper than Crower and Skunk2 cams. And if you want, you can grind them to Crower's specs.
However, the necessary valvetrain upgrades should be done. Alot of people get away with the stock components, tho.

[gloryaccordy]

I would do careful research on this topic if I were in your shoes. Well I was in your shoes a year ago. My Crower intake cam snapped in half. Its not something that only happens to OBX products.

Billet cams tend to snap. I find the regrind method to be much better.

1. Regrinds only flatten out over a period of time, which means you only revert to stock.

2. Regrinds use stock cores, stock cores do not snap.

3. Regrinds are much cheaper than Crower and Skunk2 cams. And if you want, you can grind them to Crower's specs.
However, the necessary valvetrain upgrades should be done. Alot of people get away with the stock components, tho.

Nah regrinds don't go back to stock. If anything they'd just wear down till the lobes are flat. I think the companies have it figured out so they don't though.

But yea keeping it OEM is best. I'd get jiggy with either some Web regrinds or some Type-S's.

[sunburn]

i have a set of their obx headers they are not bad but i would not buy buy their interal parts , you know the old saying you get what you pay for

[LoDollar92LX]

Billet cams tend to snap. I find the regrind method to be much better.

2. Regrinds use stock cores, stock cores do not snap.

dan (nos2nr) had a regrind in his new engine. the end snapped of after 60 miles.