My Reground Camshafts from Crower are in!!! Chevy Cruze 1.8L Turbo Build | High Performance Cams

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My Reground Camshafts from Crower are in!!! Chevy Cruze 1.8L Turbo Build | High Performance Cams.
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@4406bbldb 3 года назад

Again i really am enjoying your build of this. I was a development engine technician at Chrysler engineering and at 74 years old i can still feel the boost. This is so much better then adding a cold air intake like others do.:-)

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Thanks Don! It's been a while since I've done anything with a 4 cylinder, but it's definitely a fun project!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

The cams are finally here!

@802Garage 3 года назад

True RU-vidr! Delays opening his packages to show us. :D Gonna make a big difference. That is good pricing too!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

LOL... takes a lot of discipline to not want to tear into it and soon as something comes in. I was surprised at how affordable it was. I would have gladly paid $220 per camshaft.

@lancestephenson9375 3 года назад

Super excited to see how the build ends up. Iv been watching since the beginning.

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

You and me both! The JE pistons have been shipped. Getting sooo close. Thanks for following along. Means a lot.

@blackericdenice Год назад

I love people who understand how to make hp. There are so many people out here who think cold air intakes, throttle body spacer and headers is going to give them 40 hp.

@cmattdabrat Год назад

I appreciate it.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

On certain v8 builds it can. But not a small engine.

@blackericdenice 10 месяцев назад

@@dennisrobinson8008 100% wrong. Why do you think motorcycle engines are so strong? My 2011 Kawasaki zx-14 1.4 liter 4 cylinder make 175+hp @ 9,500 rpm. You ever hear v-tec? Honda engines are powerful because they have hot cams.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

@@blackericdenice Yes but to get 40 hp from an exhaust and cold air intake it would have to be an engine of sufficient power thats bottleneck on those components. So a 350hp v8 with an inefficient air box and crappy small cast iron exhaust manifolds will gain 30 to 50 hp from changing those components. I know vtec and vvt get small engine to make power. Especially with boost. So if you had a 1.5 to 2l vvt engine with a factory turbo and it made 250hp stock with a small down pipe and inadequate exhaust and poor air box. It too could gain a substantial amount by correcting the air box and exhaust.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

And I'm familiar with gsx making 200hp out of 1.0l and high rpm. Alot can be gleaned from the motorcycle builds.

@modeverything1 3 года назад

It would be interesting to see how they would work on a n/a engine. Those should really get that turbo spooling! I will have to keep Crower in mind when I'm looking for a custom grind!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Definitely should! They took care of me. Once It get the engine back in, I'm going to tune it NA, with the turbo going for a ride. Once I get that dialed in, boost time. All boost does is multiply what an NA engine does.

@manuelnunez8583 2 года назад

They regrounded a cam for me a few years ago for a lm7 and that truck has a punch!

@cmattdabrat 2 года назад

Awesome!

@ogm19881 3 года назад

Thanks for the explanation on the how they could regrind for more lift. I've always wondered how this works, I've always been like but they're taking away material how are they adding lift. Also I just bought a used complete engine for my 1.8 to do a similar build as yours but still drive my cruze while doing this. I'm definitely sending in the cams to crower.

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Awesome! They'll know what to do once they get them. Great group of people. I wish I had gone that route, getting a separate engine, but things are working out well. Just has taken some time.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

They can weld material to the lobe and add material. They can also reduce your base circle.

@jetcitynorthstar 2 года назад

I am local to Delta and have been planning on taking my cams to them for a while since I know they have experience with cams from my motor. After talking to someone on the phone it was clear that they had no need for the business and no interest in regrinding my cams. Definitely a disappointing experience from them. Anyway thanks for the tip, I'll give Crower a try.

@cmattdabrat 2 года назад

That was my exact experience. Just made every excuse to not help out. Glad I could help!

@paullatour7012 3 года назад

The old school guys like Crower, Iskey and Lunati cams are the go to guys. Tell them what you are doing and leverage their years of experience rather than trying to figure out some very complex cam science on your own!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Absolutely! Their customer service was top notch too. Super nice and took care of me.

@MegamanEXEv2 Год назад

I know this video is from 2020, but if you had been able to source some expensive cams with a decent return policy you could have sent those to Delta Camshaft. They can create tooling off of it, then regrind your cams to that spec. I helped them develop one of their LS camshafts off of a Sloppy Stage 2. From there, anyone who calls and orders in the future can ask for that regrind.

@cmattdabrat Год назад

That's cool. There are no aftermarket manufacturers, thus far, for this engine. So a regrind is the only way to increase lift and duration. They would not fool with it because they are hollow and I just don't think they wanted to hassle with an unfamiliar platform.

@dripperformanceandlighting5459 3 года назад

im ready to see this thing run!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

You an me both!

@jay1185 3 года назад

Freakin' awesome man!!!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Thanks!

@blacksupersport8311 3 года назад

Making me wanna trick out my DD Cruze lol wife would not be happy. Cool and informative videos dude 👍

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

LOL! You know what they say. Happy wife... wait... do it! Kidding kidding. Thanks dude!

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

I'm gonna try and do a 1.8 na build and see what it can make before slapping that supercharger on obviously one of the engines i have will be high comp and one low comp for boost

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

I'll probably tune mine with it NA, once dialed in, scale the tune for boost. I'm keeping my CR high and tossing boost on it as well. I may even try using some nitrous just to help with anti-lag and to get the car out of the hole.

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

@@cmattdabrat well shit atleast the na build will see what it can do in a couple months forged internals and springs valves as well retune and hopefully I can crack the 200 whp

@JaayyMan 3 года назад

Now that I think of it you look like Kyle from 1320video...only more hair 🤣

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

LOL!!! Hopefully the car will be on a 1320 video in the future.

@matmichalke5734 3 года назад

I’m in Washington and have bought cams from delta and they were great, maybe it was just something they weren’t interested in tackling

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Did you buy off the shelf grinds, or have yours reground? From their videos, I thought I'd have a great experience, but I called to make sure it was something they would be interested in. After a month and a half of my cams sitting there, a phone call a week, and having the cams sent back with one of them broken, I can't say I'd recommend them. Crower was super friendly, on top of things... even with the guy handling my account resigning, which was a little setback, it was still a world of difference in experience. Perhaps it's because John retired? I don't know, but I wouldn't recommend them for custom grinds outside of Honda cams.

@johnsnow1355 Год назад

Im guessing shims needed to keep the Installed height on the lifters.

@cmattdabrat Год назад

The lifters are hydraulic. Only .015 taken off, so the lifters take up the slack.

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

We gotta meet up in tx one day n do a vlog to share info for cruze owners aimed at the NA guys

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

I would totally be down for that! Once I get mine up and running of course lol. Hey Matt, get some more content up. Some longer videos so I can swing people your way. ATM, there's some cool short clips, but we wanna see MORE!!! :)

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

I tried to get more last night at a meet/digs but phone kept acting weird I'll try an do a vlog today at the homies place for Christmas

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

@@matthewrodriguez552 Awesome!

@superkampion 3 года назад

Amazing unpacking. Great tips great video. Thank you as always for the Cruze content.

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Thanks! I appreciate it. More to come!

@6.2_Troy 2 года назад

Dose a regrind like this require upgraded springs ?

@cmattdabrat 2 года назад

For NA applications with overhead cams, it doesn't because they don't require that much spring pressure. I did however upgrade my springs to keep the valves seated under boost.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

How did it run while you got it back together?

@cmattdabrat 10 месяцев назад

Lumpier, but still in the tuning phase. Almost dialed.

@gallostuned 3 года назад

you have the contact to send some like ... we have a project 1.8 turbo Chevy Cruze! we want to send our trees to crower I just need the contact! And a question which injectors do you recommend me put in!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Nice! www.crower.com give them a call. Number is at the top left. What are you hp goals? I went with a set of Injector Dynamics 1050x.

@JalopyTechnology Год назад

The cam was parkerized...thats why its dark gray

@cmattdabrat Год назад

Good to know!

@tikithegoat1996 Месяц назад

Do I just send my cams in and they send them back because when I went in the crower website I couldn’t find the same size cams you got.

@cmattdabrat День назад

That's correct. Send them in and ask for a regrind.

@Jenkins137 Год назад

How much of a raise did you get va oem lift and duration , going to send my Zzp larger fuel lobe intake cam with a oem exhaust cam and try and get more out of them but don’t know if it’s worth it ?

@cmattdabrat Год назад

Not much lift, but more duration. An extra 30º at .050 and .15 more lift. If nothing else, you could call them up and or send your cams to them and they'll tell you what they can do. They were really helpful with telling me what the stock specs were, how much lift and duration the regrind would add, and even ground in some advance for my turbo application.

@dennisrobinson8008 10 месяцев назад

@@cmattdabrat.15" lift or .015" lift. ? .15" on a lacking factory cam with barely. 3" or .4" lift is a big deal. Also the 30 degree of duration. My assumption is for that much duration increase you need to retune the ecu.?

@zannovotni368 2 года назад

Do you know stock lift and duration?

@cmattdabrat 2 года назад

I'll look it up. I posed it somewhere. The reground cams have .015" more lift, but another 20º+ of duration at .050.

@simonsurette4577 3 года назад

You should Dino it

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

I definitely will. Once I get my street tune dialed in, I'm going to take it to a dyno and tweak it to get ever once of power out of it.

@JCnordic2983 3 года назад

Oh a sohc is Soo much easier!

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

DOHC isn't that much more complicated for the amount of adjustability you get with dual vvt.

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

Ok Matt I'm indecisive should I send in my other 1.8 cams in or swap out my exh. For the intake cam I have

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

Send the other cams. You can't swap them without some issues with timing and the camshaft exciters reeking havoc.

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

@@cmattdabrat damn

@matthewrodriguez552 3 года назад

by anychance do you have the specs for the stock cams

@cmattdabrat 3 года назад

The stock cam specs are: Intake - 205º @ .050 and .393" lift. Exhaust - 196º @ .050 and .353" lift.

@agustinantoniobuelvas3337 Год назад

@HalferLandPerformance Год назад

Delta isn't the best, always saying a cam is too hard unless it's a GM or Ford cam they already cut

@cmattdabrat Год назад

They just need to flat out state they'll only do what cams they have been doing. Crower gladly reground mine and their customer service was top notch. Didn't have a good experience with Delta. They acted like I was a bother the whole time. Crower even had recommendations for the grind for my boosted application. Even learned something while I was on the phone.

@HalferLandPerformance Год назад

@@cmattdabrat Yeah we have been working with Crower for over 6 years now cutting our Honda Acura V6 J series Stage 1-2 camshafts. For the most part they are spot on. But also as Delta they never cut a J series cam until we came along so they don't have the development time in the cams (only specs and what some people may have said worked well or didn't) but we do Being we dynoed and are indeed all of them, they simply cut them. One thing I didn't like was the zero proprietary nature of our specs with Crower being open to anyone taking them. This is why we stop reporting back what the cams do (AKA gains) and we even sent in some random specs to cut just to throw people off our scent, as competition literally openly said they would just copy our specs which they have or at least try to but they got the wrong specs 🤣🤦