Has anyone installed the Stage one HOTCAMS cam. They say 11-13% power & torque increase. Made for the stock machines. Price $139 as shown in Dirt Wheels Mag. I need alittle more power that is quiet and reliable.

 

eRAPTOID is the only one I know of who is installing this cam. He is not back together yet, but should be very shortly.

 

Hey Pull, as Swy mentioned, I did purchase this cam and am installing it this week (i hope). I am waiting for one more part on my tranny and then it will be back together. My mechanic thought that it was the better cam for me (over the 80-411 webcam). I'm also going with the JE 11:1 piston. Hope to be back together in less than a week.

I will post what I think of the set-up once I'm going again.

Toid.

 

So, your saying these cams are designed to work with the stock piston etc? And by your numbers will give a 4-5 HP increase? TIA

 

I talked to web cam last week. They told me that the gain you got from the cam was wiped out by using the double valve springs. lol

 

I'll answer my own question since noone else will.

Hi David,

Our cams have only been tested with stock machines. We want to be able to drop the cams in and go with as little effort and hassle as possible. The Raptor Stage 2 cam is the exception to the rule, requiring a spring kit and possible machine work to the top of the center intake valve guide.

You can expect between 10% and 13% gain in midrange performance. The Stage 1 cam works better everywhere but is biased more toward the middle rpm range, 2500-6000 rpm, where most trail riders spend their time. The reason you have spread in power gains is because it depends on how well maintained your engine is. The one thing I would STRONGLY suggest is to make sure the rocker arm wear pads have absolutely no wear. If you can see a line in the rockers' wear pads, get new rocker arms.

As far as fuel goes, 91-93 octane fuel is OK but, we'd like to see you use a little better fuel to get the most out of the cam as possible. Always use a station that sales a lot of fuel to get the freshest fuel possible. And, please, stay away from oxygenated fuels if possible. Don't use fuels with higher than 105 octane levels, unless you're going to a higher compression ratio.

Thank you for considering Hot Cams.

Tony Tice
(515) 402 - 8000 Ext 104

-----Original Message-----
From: Wshrdskin@aol.com [mailto:Wshrdskin@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:12 PM
To: support@hotcamsinc.com
Subject: Your Raptor Cams


Are your Raptor cams designed to work with the Raptors stock piston? If so, what kind of gains could be expected? What type fuel is required to run with it? If not, what types pistons do you reccomend? What types fuel etc.

Thanks, David

 

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