Tony, I put in the Autotech cam set (supposed to be as wild as shrick 260's) along with the slightly larger 2 liter intake manifold a few months back. Before the swap, I had a high compression, low rpm torque monster (2008cc). After, I had a high rpm screamer. I lost a bunch of power down low, which sucks, but gained a considerable amount up high. I do have a cam gear that is currently dialed in to perfect top dead center, but I am reluctant to try to bring the power band down with the gear. Just when you think the car is going to make a lot of noise and not go anywhere at 3500rpm, it builds and builds and builds. I used to NEVER hit the rpm limiter on my car. The power just dropped off too quick. Now, it keeps going, and I have hit the limiter a few times. I am not a big fan of having to rev the motor out to get some power, but the power is awesome.
By the way, I took a look at your pics you posted. I noticed you arranged your camshaft bearing caps in the correct order when you took them out of the car. But, to the left, it looks like a big pile of lifters. I almost 100% sure those too are supposed to be reinstalled where they were pulled from. I like the intake manifold though, must look great with the red valve cover. Best of luck, Denis G. --- Anthony Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I installed a set of shrick 256 cams and a euro 50mm > manifold over the weekend. My first driving > impressions are just OK. I don't know if the car is > any faster. Its just that the power is moved to > 5000+. I am fairly certain that I have everything > dialed in properly, timing etc. I haven't checked > the > dpr current, because well, I can't find my harness. > The car also bucks slightly when crusing at 1000 rpm > in 1st. I have heard of this before. Is this a cam > thing? (I think my scirocco did this.) What do you > guys think of the cams you are running? I was just > hoping for the car to be a little quicker out of the > hole. My engine is a bit high mileage so I really > don'e like pulling the tach passed 7K and off the > end. > Although there is power there now. Maybe I need a > cam gear to bring the power down. Where do your > cars > pull from. This set up doesn't really start > hammering > till 5K. If it didn't take me a sunday to get them > in > there, I think I'd already gone back to stock. > Whats > wrong with me? > > ok thanks for listening. > Tony > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in > the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
