holmeshi has anyone got an uprated cam that goes into a 2.0litre mark 3 golf head. cost and degrees please. does anyone know what the max advisable is regards
Chris SYou dont want to go any more than 270 degrees, unless you are on a racetrack.
no such userIs the engine still in the mk3 golf or useng the mk3 enigne managment? it’s engine management really doesn’t get on with bumpy cams.
as for how bumpy of a cam to fit it very much depends on your driveing style and what else has been done to the engine and/or what you are going to do.
You can lob a (266) 270 deg cam like the Kent GS2H in a stock and forget it’s there and it wont bring on enigne managment light on at idle, if carbed or digifant I’d say push towards 277 deg. you can tell it has a cam, it’ll want a bit of extra fuel to idle smoothly. but still very drivable round town.
no such userYou may want to look at cams listed for the 1.8’s they fit and there is a lot more choice
Its worth looking at Newman cams, don’t need verniers or crappy offset keys to time them to TDC
http://www.newman-cams.com/pdf/volkswagen.pdf
btw, Degrees are are very crude way of comparing cams, different companies start measuring in different places, also the shape of the lobe itself has as much effect on idle than the actual duration.
Chris SAs things stand at the moment it looks as though a re jetted Weber 34/34 DMTL from a Citroen CX 2.4 litre (115 BHP & 182 NM) is being fitted, it should give a good compromise between power & economy.