Interested in Camshafts, looking to buy
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QUOTE (SteezyTiburon @ Apr 7 2009, 02:20 PM)
Another quick question, I have an aftermarket cam gear, when I get this 1.8L cam short I retard or advance it? and by how much (my options are 12 notches each way)
this cam gear you have is for the Timing cam gear and goes on the Exhaust Cam
also check advantage of yamaha's SR cams...well worth the money, not even made anymore
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QUOTE (SteezyTiburon @ Apr 7 2009, 12:55 PM)
Thank you, I love how the members help me out more than the staff, no bull5hit - just straight to what I need to know, thank you sea-ray tech and Bommello
Excuse me? The staff here is NOT here to help you out. They are here to run the site, and keep folks like YOU in line. We help out when we can, but no one here should be spoon feeding anyone.
Cut out with the stupid leet speak stuff man. Go read the site rules, and then PM one of the staff to unlock this thread after you have read and UNDERSTAND THEM.
I've had my Colt cams in for what, 15K miles now? No chipping, no abnormal wear, no issues whatsoever. Only problem I had was installing them 5 or 10 degrees out of wack.
They are good cams for sure. There are other places that do them too, they HARDFACE the cams, which is adding new material, or they do like Colt does and grind material away. Since we have HLA's, it is the overall shape that matters to change lift and such.
Bill has sold 3 sets besides mine now if I remember right. You've got intake and exhaust stuff to do before you do your cams, that's like putting in an amp without any new speakers.
BTW, I'd pick up the SR cams while they are there for sure. I'd rather get full new cams than regrinds, but regrinds seem to work fine for me!
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QUOTE (SteezyTiburon @ Apr 7 2009, 02:06 PM)
Thank you, I eventually had my dad explain to me that basically universal cams are a hoax, I appreciate you finally pointing that out... I wish someone would've looked at my links cause I was looking at those ones the whole time.. so in the long run my only choices are the 1.8L cams or the colt cams?
1: You would only use the 1.8L intake cam, not the exhaust cam.
2: Colt doesn't make beta cams. They will regrind your oem ones to a different spec though. Crower does this as well, though I give up trying to contact them. System Upgrade makes 3 different replacement cams, though they are definately out of your budget.
3: Check out wikipedia and camshafts to better understand how they work. I have no idea what you are trying to say about a "universal cam".
