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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Tornado-red_gti on 07 February 2005, 12:29

Title: Fast road Cam??
Post by: Tornado-red_gti on 07 February 2005, 12:29

I've got a '90 8v Digifant. I'm looking to squeeze some bhp out of the
old girl. :evil:  I am thinking of changing the cam and maybe getting one
of those cheapo chips off Ebay.
If anyone has done this what difference does it make?
Is it worth it?

Cheers

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: tobz. on 07 February 2005, 13:12

I had one of those cheapo chips off ebay for my last 8v, I think it made the midrange response a little better but the car was completely standard other than the chip so it didn't make a great deal of difference. I'm sure that coupled with a kent cam and some sort of filter/induction kit the differences would be much more noticable. I paid about ?22 for my chip on ebay just to give you an idea. Make sure you get a proper copied IC though and not one of those resistor chips which aren't even worth the cost of the postage stamp!!!

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: Tornado-red_gti on 07 February 2005, 13:30

I've got a K&N panal filter fitted to my modified air box. I'll have a look in ebay this afternoon to check out what's on offer. Are the chips easy to fit?

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: davidhawkins_78 on 07 February 2005, 14:15

Piece of piss !!  :wink:

Any questions give me a shout ...

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: Tornado-red_gti on 07 February 2005, 15:19

Will do.
Have you noticed a performance change since you fitted your chip?

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: ...joe on 07 February 2005, 21:01

i've got a piper 285 in mine and to be honest although it makes a nice difference it idles like crap and can sometimes be annoying. if you use your car around town alot you may want something a bit less wild.

Title: Re: Fast road Cam??
Post by: Dizzie on 07 February 2005, 21:40

best bet is to start with a 4-2-1 brand manifold into a decent exhaust system. Then a performance air filter. After that it's expensive bits like a flowed head from TSR or a capacity increase. 8v aren't the most powerfull engine in the world, but you can tune them to 160bhp and they have buckets of torque.