Ricer Question
 

Red or Silver adjustable cam gears? Also, if anyone knows where I can get Fidanza (or equivalent) gears for less than $180 shipped, speak up.

I think I saw a set of cam gears over on m.net classifieds for $160.

silver. ebay.

I'd much rather pay a little extra and not get OBX, thank you.

Red gears are faster, and will give you better throttle response, but the silver ones clearly make for a more stable drivetrain at higher RPMs, which is why I would only install sivler gears.

I'd paint them white if I were going to paint them.

I have one silver, one black (unorthodox) that I will never use. The silver one has a drilled/tapped hole in it for a sensor trigger. Might be too ugly for you- but far from rice.
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I voted silver.

Are you going to adjust them? If not, can we laugh and point? ;)

Rob, you have seen my car before haven't you? :gtfo:

Yeah the whole point of them is to adjust them. And if I get them quick enough, I can get FREE dyno time... :)

Bah, I want to point and laugh.

I went with Red. Why? I dunno?

I bought the Fidanzas from www.ultrarev.com.

the real hurdle would be finding them :D should I look?

Purple :)

who cares.


by that i mean... get what you can get cheap and go tune that bish.

:hustler:


Silver

Pink/Purple

Its a miata...go for it.

Lime fucking green.

(no, really, black with silver degree markings.)

That would be cool... especially if it's within the next few days.

rob will the one that ben doesn't get work on an 01 exhaust cam?

LOL, what makes you think I only want ONE? :gtfo:

is there a difference between the 01 exhaust cam and other 1.8s? These gears were for an NA 1.8. That trigger on the silver one was only used to set coil phase - not for the OE trigger purpose (I think the OE gear has three triggers on it).

Pretty sure he'll be using the CAS anyway so it shouldn't make much difference.

actually that's a good question. i'm not sure.

right- but either way there's no trigger on the exhaust cam of any NB and I know the NB exhaust cam has a CAS drive on the back end for Ben's use.

Does the hydra use the OE cam trigger?

the hydra uses the intake cam's OE sensor on at least the 01. But I think it also uses it on other cars for sequential ignition.

Whichever color is cheaper.