The new trend everyone is going to Single cam's and building they help out of them.There not evening putting alot of money into them and are beating Gsr, k20 and k24 engines. How do yall feel about this? For my opinion i kinda like it. Its cheap and easy to do and build and get alot of hp out of a stock engine. Please read and post what you think!

 

I have yet to be beat by a single cam...yes there are a few decently fast ones out there but they will never put down the numbers a dual cam motor will. Built D-series puts down around 300whp...stock gsr puts down around 330whp...boosted obviously. Stock gsr is cheaper than a built D if your paying someone else to do the work.

 

If your paying someone else to do the work, sure. But If you can do the work yourself you stand to spend less than half the money and make that 300whp, and thats just on a stock head and sleeves. with head work its easy to put it well into the 400 and beyond, and with sleeves well beyond 500 or more. Youll find that when you get into this kind of territory that you are doing the same work to EITHER one of those blocks....and your saving money because sohc parts are cheaper, and you only have to buy one cam


Build the d series isnt a new trend by any means, its just beginning to appear around this area. People have been making 300 plus on 700 dollar builds for years now.
I personally think its great fun to be the underdog. Plus its simple as hell to find parts and a d16 short block cost me 40 bucks vs 200+, and I didnt have to buy mounts, linkages, axles, or a transmission.

Its not an argument that for all out power you dont want dohc, but like the OP said..the d16s are out there whooping up on their bigger brothers for less.

 

Yeah true. I believe that if your a beginner like Me. That you should start of with single cam and work your way up.

 

I think you made this thread because you all are pissed you have a sohc in the first place and did not get a car with dohc. Never been beat by a single cam

 

single cam FTW
talking about LSXs of course

wen a little head work, a mild cam, and basic bolt ons get you 600rwhp all motor....

 

^ I was about to post something along those lines

You're not going to make 300whp efficiently on a stock D-head...for one ask Derka on here, for 2 my buddy built his single cam and was LUCKY he made 300whp. My stock boosted b20 would have walked a stock boosted single cam...and by the way I spend $400 on my b20 swap food for thought if your going to try and compare prices.

 

LOL

i HAD to do it

 

And lets play the cost game...and we say YOU do YOUR OWN work...here we go

DC Chassis with LS motor = $3000
EG Chassis with z6 = $3000

The car prices will be pretty damn close.

Let's order in a turbo kit for the EG and one for the DC...both stay stock...
EG = roughly 200-220whp
DC = roughly 230-250 whp

And that is playing it safe with both motor. Turbo kit will cost the same for both cars as it is the SAME exact work you will be doing on both.

Let's build the motors a bit shall we?!?!?

B build:
Eagle Rods
CP Pistons
GE Block Guard
Victor X Manifold
70mm Throttle Body

D build
Same as above...cost = SAME SAME SAME lol

LS motor now throws down about 350whp with 1.8L which also means MORE torque
z6 motor now throws down 280-300whp with a 1.6L which means LESS torque

Winner...hmmm let me guess...not the single cam

 

Now on the other hand I DO know where the single cam belongs in the whole scheme of things and DON'T get me wrong because I would play with one myself. The setup of choice for me wouldn't be turbo however it would be a Z6 with y8 head in a gutted crx with a huge shot of nitrous. Would be fun to stomp on quite a few cars that way and pop the hood only to reveal a single cam with NO turbo