Cam Gear Feeler thread ... formerly GoldenEagle ACG round 2

[phrenology]

I now have a case of the Volution cam gears...here's what I've sussed out so far:

1. The Cam Gears Are New...and in great condition. They were labeled Honda SOHC 2.0 Accord/Prelude

2. The gears do have 40 teeth, not 42

3. I bought a timing belt for an A20 and it does match up

4. I put one up next to an OEM cam gear (it was installed at the time) and it looks like it matches but the diameter might be different...but it was very hard to tell.

5. Volution is out of business or at least does not produce the cam gears anymore and their business site www.volutionracing.com is offline.

Things I do not know:

If it matches the actual cam shaft.

Can it be run successfully.

I will get pics up ASAP...I've been locked into a mad work weekend so I will get them up probably tomorrow morning. I will work next week on sussing out the rest of the answers. So sit tight. I've gotten real busy with work some my time to work on the cams is limited. Sorry I've been incommunicado over the past couple of days on the whole cam deal.

[phrenology]

I finally have a case of the Volution cam gears...
Here are the goods the bads and the uglies:

The Cam Gears are 100% new and in great shape. The colors are pretty good too. They don't look as good as the GE cam gears, but they are the 5 spokes so they look pretty good.

Mechanically I figured out that they do in fact match our timing belts (I checked this personally)...thats good

I have not ran one yet and they do in fact have 40 teeth not 42...as you have varified the OEM cam gears as having...thats bad (potentially)

I don't have time this weekend to tinker with it cause I have a lot of work...that's bad (well good for me bad fore the project)

Because I am so busy it may be weeks before I get a straight answer on this one...that's real bad
If one of you are of sound mind mechanically and would like to properly test one without ruining your engine and see if the shoe fits you are welcome to a test cam gear...that's good (for one of you) or could be bad...PM me an we'll talk.

If these work out and supply and demand are at a good balance I would be likely to do a price reduction for you guys...that's good.

The ugly...if these don't work out then we have to go back to square one and if the GE group by has been cancelled by Justanothermike then I will attempt to pick up where he left off and try to get it done through Applied Engine Technologies...and you guys something that will work. If these do work out I will supply enough for everyone that wants one.

More uglies...I haven't had time to get some good picks taken of them but I will try get them up tomorrow after work. But I promise it will happen.

[phrenology]

The list has been edited. More to come...still have testing to do, and pics to put up. Please be patient because I want to make sure these work for sure. Time will tell. So far so good...

[bobafett]

ygpm i would like to help see if we can use these

[1987HondaAccord]

so is this thread completely dead? or is phrenology still testing them?

[mkymonkey]

shit i was about to ask the same thing

[3rdgenhatchDX]

yeah if you see this take me off the list, i'm over it i'll buy something else.

[2drSE-i]

hes busy, hell get to testing them

[Vanilla Sky]

hes busy, hell get to testing them

exactly, i'm in no rush. you guys need to understand that phrenology is quite busy. he'll get them tested, and if they work, then he'll get that info out to us.

no worries nor rush from me, man. take your time.

[b8er]

tottaly agree with vanilla, im in no rush either

[mkymonkey]

well im not in any rush either, i just wanted to know if he had pics yet

[BITESIZE]

I'll take one, if it's not to late.

[Acidbath88accordlx]

same here.... no rush

[myaccord7]

here too, not too big of a rush, keep us in touch.




zach

[phrenology]

I've been real busy with work. Still working on it...once we get fitment issues out of the way I should have more answers. It does match with the timing belt despite the 40 teeth issue. I'll put pics up tomorrow with the 3 different colors and close ups of them geared up to the A20 timing belt.
I'm real sorry guys for jumping the gun but we'll get this sorted out for sure! Don't worry I haven't forgotten about these cam gears.

[Cheeseburger]

if everything works out then ill get one bro, hopefully they will be ready when i go up there

[AccordDX86]

Whats the difference from stcok cam gears and adjustable ones? Are there any performance ups? Downs? I really dont know what cam gears do.

[1987HondaAccord]

dude, read the posts further up. its been explained.

[phrenology]

Good News Geez and Gals!!!
The gears have been successfully mated with an A20Ax timing belt and camshaft and the shoe fits...just one more phase of testing and we should be good to go on these babies... Stay tuned.

[ICEMAN707]

hey phrenology, after this, you think maybe you can get them to make aluminum lightweight pulleys for us? particularly the underdrive pulley. combined with a lightweight flywheel it should make for some good acceleration times.

BTW, you still have lightweight flywheels?

[ICEMAN707]

you guys think retarding the distributor and having this adj. cam gear retarded as well would be sufficient enough for 16 psi turbo? or do we still need an electronic advance dizzy?

[phrenology]

hey phrenology, after this, you think maybe you can get them to make aluminum lightweight pulleys for us? particularly the underdrive pulley. combined with a lightweight flywheel it should make for some good acceleration times.
BTW, you still have lightweight flywheels?

Yeah if you want a flywheel let me know ahead of time cause I haven't talked with my supplier recently but he should be good to go on those. When are you needing one by? As for the under drive pullies its a possiblity...I would have to look into that further but they're would have to be a good number of you guys wanting one. Numbers sell and it would have to be a group buy to start off.

[ICEMAN707]

what was the price on those flywheels again and the weight? i'm doing a 5 spd. swap on my a20 before i find the time and money to attempt the h22 swap in the spring. i figured i might as well put a light flywheel in there and a good clutch. what do you recommend for clutches? 4 puck ones from clutchnet.com any good? they're relatively cheap and i need to be cheap on this swap cus i need the money for the h22 swap in the spring.

[myaccord7]

you can still get the flywheels right? i still want one, but during school its hard to pay for one. jan or feb




zach

[2drSE-i]

well today is payday so if u have them done and tested i can paypal in 3 days