Crane Cams and Stage Kits

[flashbk2]

I guess this is where I'll pipe in ! I had crane -10 cams in my '01. They made a "world " of difference in that car ! The car would pull hard from around 1500 to 6200 rpm. It also got better fuel economy , however I broke one stock cam tensioner and bent all my exhaust valves . Then I installed a hydraulic tensioner setup and had cams jump time all in the space of 5 months and 5,000 miles. I'd love to install either crane -10 or -12 in my GT for the change in engine characteristics ,but am gun-shy due to my previous experinces . That is why I've hestitated on Stage 1 also . 7/70 means a lot to me . My friend Phatdad is running crane -10 cams in his Bob Stockum built hahn turbo motor. This is where I respectively disagree with 3Bar the cams would make a big difference here but I don't know if it's worth the risk .

[sakigt]

Heres the link: Its a doosie: 18pages!
http://www.srtforums.com/forums/show...pagenumbe r=1

[3BarBoost]

Better yet, look at the results thread:

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/show...pagenu mber=1

Like I said, big power claims (Crane said 345 wheel hp?!) actual results less than stock power... Bit of tuning should improve that, but not an extra 100 hp.

[flashbk2]

3bar I don't believe crane's 345hp claim myself. What I do know is that the pt cruiser 2.4 responds well to crane's -10 which is not as radical as the neon guys tend to go . It gave me a much more pleasurable motor to drive in my '01 . If I could be assured of no short-term timing belt failures I 'd be running a -10 or -12 in my GT. I believe the amount of gain would be in-line with mopar's stage 1 but if done right would cost 2x as much plus I don't know if the stock injectors or pcm would handle/supply the needed fuel. So in fact you might need stage 1`or stage 2 to make the cranes work effectively. That being said the cams I believe would themselves give another 15 to 25 hp.

[sakigt]

Just heard there are some tuning issues. Sounds like once they figure it out the car should thro down some impressive numbers. My b/f just moved in with a neon freak so Im sure Ill hear all about it

[sabishop]

I keep thinking about 3bar's mention of "Exhaust" improvements. Is there anything less than a "custom fab job" to improve exhaust for the turbo? Does anybody have plans for a header for this car? Sounds like a million seller to me.

[Cal Cruzer]

There are no "headers" for the GT since the turbo housing is built into the head pipe. Someone did post a pic of a complete head pipe with a new turbo that they are working on for the SRT that looked interesting. Exhaust Depot makes a 3" down pipe for the SRT that he says can be adapted to the GT.

[phatdad]

I think cams make a world of difference I rode in Flashbacks car both ways and it was a major diff with cams. I have a auto and Flashys car is 5 speed he is quicker at the start but I can pull him at speed. I feel this is the cams and gears my cams are not at stock settings either.I feel a set of Crane 10 cams would wake a motor up quite a bit but would also need gears to tune them correctly

[WinDaddy]

I was just looking through the Crane online catalog yesterday. They make several PT Cruiser cams and one grind is specifically for the turbo engine. I think it's either 193-0012 or 193-0014