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Old Feb 16, 2018 | 10:25 AM
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Has anyone run these camshafts yet? curious to see some reviews/results.
https://www.balladesports.com/produc...riverroad-race
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Old Feb 17, 2018 | 01:24 AM
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Their graph seems to indicate a pretty minimal change in output.

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Old Feb 17, 2018 | 11:17 AM
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High Dollar for not much power, and you don't know about the reliability of those cams. I would want hard parts that can go 100's of thousands of miles, lose a cam and don't catch it and you could lose a engine. Not worth it for me, you know the old saying ROI.

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Old Mar 1, 2018 | 01:27 PM
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I compared the specs that they offered on their site with the BC stage 2 cams and found that the Ballade/CCW were a bit milder. I'd get in touch with Urge and look into the Bumpstix camshafts.
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Old Mar 3, 2018 | 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by jun11
I compared the specs that they offered on their site with the BC stage 2 cams and found that the Ballade/CCW were a bit milder. I'd get in touch with Urge and look into the Bumpstix camshafts.
Thanks for the input. Ill be checking out the bumpstix.
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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 10:03 AM
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In for some updates. I heard the bc stage 2 were decent as well, but im also eye balling the ballade cams as well
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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 11:04 AM
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I might have a set of BC stage 2 cams with only 500 miles on them for sale soon, just need some AP2 cams in return plus some cash.
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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 01:11 PM
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I would be weary of the BC2 cams also. See this thread with those cams causing accelerated wear.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-na...ility-1166003/

Go with some reputable higher end cams and someone that really knows what they're doing when they install them. Don't cheap out. Pay now, or pay later - it'll be more expensive later, in addition to the cost of cheaping out initially.

I always like to say "if you can't afford to spend the money to mod it correctly the first time, then you can't afford to fix it later..."
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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 01:43 PM
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I have had zero issues with BC cams (I have 500 miles on them now) but my other s2000 had 15K miles and my oil analysis was no different than with OEM cams.
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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 09:35 PM
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I really love my ddtech stage2s. Looked into the bc2 as well during my research phase and found too many bad reviews. Never tried them myself I will say.
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