finally figured out what im gonna do Options

[freddy121389]

so ive finally figured out what im gonna do, ive been listening to everyone and since my celica is my dd I'm going to do light modifications to it along with cams. Only thing is i know nothing about which cams to get. i know the 246 from webcams doesnt require any valve spring mods but anything below that it does, im not sure what i should use, any suggestions?

[presure2]

No, but that's just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.
If my only option was to build an n/a 5sfe, I'd want to get that motor breathing better up top, the 294 grind is a very mild setup, iirc mrturrari over on mr2oc has tried the 101 grind, and at least one other.
I'd definelty look at getting better springs and retainers, and whatever other mods so I could raise the red line to at least 7500rpm, and do whatever intake and exhaust mods were required to get the motor to make power up to there. (oversized valves, custom intake manifold, custom header...blah blah..and end up with a setup that would behave something like a beams motor, but without the vvti.
But that's just me, after running the boosted 5sfe for so long, and now with the 3rd gen, and driving steff and d's beams, I'm biased.
The money it would take to build a 5sfe that would be worth it for me is not the same as you, or the next guy.
That said, cams definitely are one of the best 5sfe mods out there imo, unless your planning on swapping down the road. (to me that's just money that you can put toward a swap.)
Hell, if you break it down, and do the install properly, your probably almost 1/2 way or more to a beams swap.
Think about it like this.
Say you get cams from webcams.
Your gonna spend 500+ on the cams, but then you gotta get the right sized shims. At 7$ each, you may get luck and only need a few, but be prepared to buy as many as 10 or more.
Then, you gotta pull the timing belt to do the cams, might as well replace that while you hand it apart..water pump, cam seal, oil pump seal all fall into the same category.
Sure, you can do it without doing any of that stuff, but always best to at least inspect and replace as needed.
Ya also have the valve cover off as well, so that's a good time to replace it as well, and bell, distributor comes out as well, so at least check the oring on it..
It can get close to or over 1k$..and that's assuming you can do it all yourself and have all the tools to get it done..
Just food for thought.