Get the GT cam!!I got it and no problems at all!!Its probably the best cam for everyday driving!

 

T hanks

 

I heard the cam from the Beta II in the 2003 tibby is supposed to be a little better than the gt or 1.8 cam. Has anyone else heard this?

 

Yeah, it is a myth that people insist on keeping alive.

http://www.teamsr.org/UBB/ultimatebb.php?u...c;f=16;t=003160

The engine in the '02 Elantra GT/XD is the BETA II. Same cam.

[ August 27, 2002, 08:55 AM: Message edited by: Ego ]

 

Well, if you have a 1.8l engine, don't bother buying the "gt" cam since it's already in your 1.8l BETA. Same goes for me. I have a '97 Tiburon with a 1.8l BETA I motor. No need to buy a "gt" cam. 2.0l yes, 1.8l no.

It's pretty obvious RPW's cams will benefit the 1.8/2.0 since they aren't stock.

The BETA II intake cam is something like the "GT" cam, however has a little more lift/duration i belive than the "GT". If you don't have a BETA II motor (2003 4 cyl) then it'll work in a 1.8/2.0 BETA I.

So...
If you have a 1.8l BETA I you can install these:
RPW Cams (stage1,2,3)
BETA II cam

If you have a 2.0l BETA I you can install these:
RPW Cams (stage1,2,3)
"GT" Cam from 1.8l BETA I
BETA II cam

If you have a 2.0l BETA II you can install these:
none of the above.
try a turbo!

Hope this clears things up a little.

 

i'm 100% sure, but i think the rpw cam's are for the betaII engine. Because i tried to test them and my engine wasn't compatible. frown

 

what about cat cams???? 14 whp they have to be worth looking at!

 

We have yet to see any specs on those cams.

14 horsepower is sort of a useless number by itself--the RPW stage 2 or 3 cams may be able to provide more than that. You need to look at the lift, duration, overlap to determine the level of suitability for your goals. A cam with a duration of 236 and lift of 0.353 will provide the same power change to the same engine, no matter who it's made by wink

 

What about getting the GT(XD) cam and then putting on a cam gear to retard the timing? What could that do to benefit? That is what somone suggested to me.

 

retarding the timinig is pointless on our engines because our ecu's automatically adjust it for us. I beleive its a +/- 15 degree change, so we don't need to change any timing unless its drastic.