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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 12:50

Title: Performance cams?
Post by: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 12:50: hi does any body know where i can get a performance high lift cam for my 1.6 driver?

i was told that the 1800 cam fits, anyone have any info on this

Thanks

Thrash

p.s will get pics of car when she's back from garage
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: hobbiniho on 02 March 2008, 13:04: 1.8 gti 8v cams and 8v exhaust manifold should see you right with minimal cost just make sure you get it set up right though :grin:
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 13:36: thanks mate, now for the ebay search :laugh:
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: DarnPB on 02 March 2008, 14:33: Ebay search?? :shocked: There is one in the 'parts for sale' section here!! :wink:
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 14:36: lol i didnt think about that, ill go and have a ganders

Thanks

Thrash
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 14:42: Just had a thought and a question, am i better off getting a gti 8v cam or a high lift cam for a 8v?

and sorry i ask to many questions

Thanks

Thrash
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: Dolly on 02 March 2008, 14:46: bit of a hijack but related, i always use tipex or something and put my own marks on the cam and crank pulleys as well as the timing marks...

if you take a cam off the pulley and put a new one ie performance one... does the cam only fit oneway onto the pulley? if not you could be all over the place?!

only ask as im thinking about camming my engine up.
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: hobbiniho on 02 March 2008, 15:57: Quote from: Thrash on 02 March 2008, 14:42
Just had a thought and a question, am i better off getting a gti 8v cam or a high lift cam for a 8v?

and sorry i ask to many questions

Thanks

Thrash

i think high lift ones for an 8v gti would be too much and probably quite expensive, the standard gti cam will be plentiful and if you get the exhaust manifold aswell and it will make a noticable difference with minimal cost :cool:
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: golf mk2 tornado red on 02 March 2008, 20:17: i was goin to go down this road with my 1600. got a few good ideas search for it wasnt that long ago september time .mew had a few good tips. think hes been down this road
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: MeTsU on 08 March 2008, 09:48: Quote from: Dolly on 02 March 2008, 14:46
if you take a cam off the pulley and put a new one ie performance one... does the cam only fit oneway onto the pulley? if not you could be all over the place?!
Yea, only goes on one way. On the pully, you'll notice a notch and on the cam, there's place for a woodruff key - A Woodruff key or half-moon key, is a semicircular shaped, removable key that fits into a matching keyway cut into a shaft, leaving a protruding tab. The tab mates with a matching slot on a device mounted flush upon the shaft e.g. a pulley.

That way you can't get your "alignment" incorrect. :) Hope that helps.
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: jamie_pyrite on 08 March 2008, 11:11: *cough* I've got a gti cam for sale ;) PM me if you're interested - I've got pics.

Was going to put it on my 1.8 Driver but decided I'm going to go all concourse standard on the car :)
Title: Re: Performance cams?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 08 March 2008, 11:54: I bought a Techtonics 268 cam which is a little bit more aggressive than a GTI cam. I'll be fitting it in the next couple of days.

It was $130 plus $90 shipping (OUCH!). Even so $220 for a cam is better than Ã‚£220+ for the equivalent Kent cam. If a couple of people ordered them at the same time you could save even more as I suspect $90 shipping would cover more than one cam.