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Old 07-12-2012, 07:33 PM   #249
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Crower did kind of poke at Subaru cams when the EJ205 first came out. They never really adapted to the STi and just kind of let the line run. They are known to be rather crappy cams in the community and lack the performance of others.
Likewise, BC cams have a similar rep and the EJ20 and EJ25 cams actually have the same lob despite the differences in stroke and rod ratio. Paraphrasing Brian himself to me on the phone back in 06 'we kept the same lobe because it worked well enough'.

Crower however does make some very good components for other platforms. As stated, the Subaru engines haven't gotten much love from mainstream companies before. The good stuff comes from the shops that are passionate about them.
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