hows the idle, i just did my gears and i like em so far. How was the install and how much was everything total? Any loss down low? Can someone find what are the best settings to do on the gears with this cam??

 

not any major loss of low end torque. It really wakes up after 2500 rpms. The install was a piece of cake took about 1.25 hrs and half of that was getting the timing belt on. What a pita! The cost was 249 or 269 for the cam and 79 for the lash caps. The optinum setting will vary car to car depending on mods and such. I just used a gtech to measure my hp and i lsft it on -2int,-4exh. If you want any specific info just email me.

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"American muscle on foreign soil"

2000 silver zx3 5sp
Vibrant exhaust
AEM intake
Jba Header
Esslinger udp
Esslinger cam gears
Esslinger Intake cam
Progress lowering springs
Camber adjustment
Motorsport wires

 

wow, cool, thats my next mod them. Under $350 for that much power is hard to beat. I really need some more high end, i gotta go get my car dynoed after i get it though. my cam gears are set at -3/-6 and it runs cool, but i dont know if thats the best setting or not for power for my car. After i get the cam and header i will get it dyno-tuned!!!

 

quicksilver, did you run with the cam at any other settings or -2&-4 where you started?

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esslinger udp
Iceman

 

i started with them at 0,0 and the tested various setting then put them at -2,-4 and this produced the best # from the gtech.

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"American muscle on foreign soil"

2000 silver zx3 5sp
Vibrant exhaust
AEM intake
Jba Header
Esslinger udp
Esslinger cam gears
Esslinger Intake cam
Progress lowering springs
Camber adjustment
Motorsport wires

 

Why are you guys retarding your intake cam? Who told you to do that? I've personally never heard of anyone doing that to any car. I have mine set at +1 intake and -7 (probably too much) exhaust. Just asking...I'm not calling you stupid or anything. Just trying to understand the logic.

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'00 Green ZX3
Focussport Race Header
Focussport over the crossmember pipe
Focussport cat-back
Focussport plug wires
Esslinger underdrive pulley
Esslinger adjustable cam gears
Superchip
K+N conical air filter and crank case breather
Wings West lower wing
Razzi upper wing
17x7.5" Konig Toxxins
205-40-17 Yokohama Paradas

 

Thats just what info i gather on the jet. the gtech says it produces the most hp so ill stick with it i guess but i didnt try your set up of +1,-7 ill try it and see

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"American muscle on foreign soil"

2000 silver zx3 5sp
Vibrant exhaust
AEM intake
Jba Header
Esslinger udp
Esslinger cam gears
Esslinger Intake cam
Progress lowering springs
Camber adjustment
Motorsport wires

 

that seems more logical, cause retarding both cuts the effect cause youre turning both cams in the sme dirrection, so i think, just think, that retarding intake 5 and exhaust 10 is the same as retarding intake 0 and exhuast 5, right?

 

hey quicksilver where did you get the cam from? Jsut wonderin cause i know nazthug wants them and so do i, thanks



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It is our experience that the ZETEC engine
likes to have both gears retarded. Adjusting
both gears the same direction changes the
total adv. or ret. cam timing. Changing one
more than the other spreads the lobe centers,
effectively raising the top end, while still
cutting down on overlap. Less overlap helps
the idle but hurts the intake tuning untill
higher RPM's. We have some engines with
~6deg. ret. on the intake and ~20 on the
exhaust, just depends on the mods.

Brian
Esslinger Engineering

 

Im not sure what grind it is but i got it from focusparts.com. Im still trying out different setting cause it bogs a little sometimes off of the jump

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"American muscle on foreign soil"

2000 silver zx3 5sp
Vibrant exhaust
AEM intake
Jba Header
Esslinger udp
Esslinger cam gears
Esslinger Intake cam
Progress lowering springs
Camber adjustment
Motorsport wires

 

Brian,

On your guys cam gears each notch is 2 degrees right? ANd i can really hurt anything by adjusting either gear to the maximum retard right?


Thanks

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First god created beer, then he rested and told the misses to finish up and that is why we have problems around the world today.

 

So which grind is all the fuzz about?

The 405/258 or the 345/242?

Thx.

 

so what did your gtech say with all those mods for HP? I also need a header badly, all these mods i have going through the stock header... i hope it helps. I am waiting only because i heard someone else is gonna make a long tube with cat for a good price. i hope it wont be long, i dont really wonna get the shortie header, doesnt look as cool and doesnt add that much power. What did hte gtech say man? THANX