Degreeing Cams

[mark4g63t]

Anyone have any experience degreeing cams/ have the equipment to do so? Is it necessary?

I've been reading and a big discussing has been coming up. To degree my cams or not. I will be running a 6 bolt block wiseco HD 10.5:1 with eagle h beams and 2g head with Manley springs, comp 272's and stock valves thus far.
Previously I had 6 bolt with 1g rods 2g pistons and a stock head with the comp 272s in it with the cams not degreed on stock cam gears.
I don't want to run into any issues.

What are people's experience with this topic?

[URV8SUX]

I found good results in degreeing cams. Knowing how far you can go +/- on your cams with out having piston 2 valve problems is worth it. Lots of things come in to play and it is time consuming for sure. I found about 7% more power having the cams where the manufacture wanted them.

[Goat Blower]

I haven't just because I still run HKS 272's that are known for Installing straight up, but I remember the Brian Crowers and others needing it badly since they were so far off.

[mark4g63t]

I found good results in degreeing cams. Knowing how far you can go +/- on your cams with out having piston 2 valve problems is worth it. Lots of things come in to play and it is time consuming for sure. I found about 7% more power having the cams where the manufacture wanted them.
Did you degree them yourself?


Same here. I read lots of people with stock block and head not degreeing in their cams so I never did either. Now I'm running the higher compression it makes me more nervous to not degree them in.

[goodhart]

I'm pretty sure Pushit2.0 John has helped a couple people on here degree their cams over the years.

[URV8SUX]

Yes I did it myself and I use this kit.

http://fcsrace.highwire.com/product/fcsrace-honda-ohc-cam-degree-kit

[Pushit2.0]

Yes depending on your setup and machine work done getting your valve timing right can make a big difference on your power band.

[mark4g63t]

Yes I did it myself and I use this kit.

http://fcsrace.highwire.com/product/fcsrace-honda-ohc-cam-degree-kit

Did that kit you mentioned work pretty good?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

You will need a couple solid lifters to degree cams on a 4G.

[mark4g63t]

That's what confused me about that kit.