Cam desusion

[AliC]

There is a piper 285 cam for sale, it came off the 98BHP vtr, will this fit my 2001 furio? As well as that will i need to then get followers, springs and pulleys? Be sure on this one for me please, rep to help!

[b0t13]

it shud fit fine, not sure on the other parts tho..

[MaRiO89]

I told you in the PM..;)

[AliC]

cheers m8!

[AliC]

Just one more thing lol, if i do cam my car with the cam, will the engine be able to cope with such a wild cam?

[MaRiO89]

Yeah, the std parts like conrods etc will handle it fine...

[dan_vtr]

yes it will fit, not sure it would work properly though?

being as it was designed to work on a 1600cc engine, not 1400cc??

[Quick]

Check pipers site
http://www.pipercams.co.uk/NewPiperWeb/redesign/PiperCamFrames.html

Looks like the same cam for 1.4 & 1.6!

[MaRiO89]

As quick said, the cam is the same on the VTR as the 1.4's..

Aslong as you use a silvertop VTR cam for the silvertop 1.4 and a blacktop VTR cam for blacktop 1.4's..

[dan_vtr]

:oops:

***bows down***

[CampDavid]

1. You don't need to change anything, though if over say, 70k, i probably would, replacing with standard parts are fine

2. Car will cope with the cam, it's not that wild. IIRC it's only 266 degree not a 285, so will be ok. Get it mapped up though. Chipwizards are the place

[leeds106]

if its a 266 than you wont need to even upgrade the springs its a straght swap and will run as smooth as a standard cam will with no remap done



if its a 285 then your gonna need to change the springs etc and will need a remap to get it to idle smooth although in a vtr engine it will idle jwithout a remap just not great

[AliC]

Guys thanks a million thats all i need to know and more!

[CampDavid]

if its a 266 than you wont need to even upgrade the springs its a straght swap and will run as smooth as a standard cam will with no remap done


No it won't, mine currently isn't mapped and I'd say it's not that smooth!!

[bullit]

as above, not great

[Jazz]

...as above, would have thought a remap would help get the best out of the cam tbh :)

[AliC]

Yea think the map is the best way to go! How much did it cost ya's for a map?

[leeds106]

No it won't, mine currently isn't mapped and I'd say it's not that smooth!!

well both myself and fuzzy orange run the kent 266 cam and ours runs nice and smoothly and both idle as well as with standard cam



mines in a 98bhp vtr engine and fuzzys in his quiksilver engine

[AliC]

Yea but the kent 266 runs on the standard injection where as the one up from that needs mapping!

[CampDavid]

well both myself and fuzzy orange run the kent 266 cam and ours runs nice and smoothly and both idle as well as with standard cam



mines in a 98bhp vtr engine and fuzzys in his quiksilver engine

ah, sorry, I thought we were on about the 16valve.

8 valves with a 266 deg cam are usually ok I think

[AliC]

Did you notice good gains from the 266?

[MaRiO89]

It will give you about 14bhp with a map and increases torque abit aswell..

You will defo notice it..lol

Will also rev properly..7k! :d

[AliC]

so do you think i should go for the 266 or go one higher?

[scottyvtr]

Ive had a chat to guy about cams etc and he was saying it was a bud idea to put in the cam (cam, belt and pulley) and re-map will cause idle probs and we should not do it - thoughts !!!!!!!

didnt want to start a new thread sorry for the hijack !!!!

[AliC]

dont worry bout it m8, i would have though that a remap would have done the opisite? What do the rest of u's think?

[scottyvtr]

dont worry bout it m8, i would have though that a remap would have done the opisite? What do the rest of u's think?

lol cheers mate !!!! so would i now im well confuddled !!!!:panic: