With one hour you are done. You don´t need to touch the exhaust cam at all.
Remove top part of intake manifold, valve cover, line up the gears, remove
all the intake cam bearing caps and remove the inner stud near the cam gear
so you can remove the intake cam without touching the exhaust cam.
Installation is the reverse of removal (don´t need to mess with any timing).
I don´t know how many extra hp but the car runs much better :-)
Inaki
----Original Message Follows----
From: James Blumenfeld <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Euro intake cam; worth it and how hard to install?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
Will an euro intake cam give me much additional
power on my 1.8 16V engine? I have a TT 2.25" cat
back exhaust and a home brew, rpm dependent fuel
enrichment device (adjustable for both rpm and
mixture), swiss cheesed air box and the rest of the
engine is stock. I've read that it might give 5
additional horsepower; is it worth the effort?
I presume that installation is pretty straight
forward; remove the valve cover, line up the timing
markets on the cam gears, remove the bearing caps,
(leave the exhaust cam and belt alone), slide out the
intake cam, swap the gear and reinstall (verifying the
timing). I would think it would take 2-3 hours. Am I
on track or destined for disaster? I've never messed
with cams or the timing belt before.
James Blumenfeld
87 16V GTI
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