CAM DURATION ON STD VW CAMS <OEM>???

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Guys

I need to find the cam duration for the

"G" -253 deg (?)

"B"-?

"A"-?

"L"-?

"D"-?

cams.

Can anyone assist? GOOGLE hates me.

[rsarlie]

A cam is same as g 25* degrees

L and K cams are the same i think,motly found on carb golfs,degrees 23* im not sure,dont know about the others

[1.6carbster]

A cam is NOT the same as G, A=238 deg,with 10 odd mm of lift, G=252 deg, with 11.? Odd mm of lift

[Mk1-8valve]

@1.6carbster, what diff. did the G-cam you had before make to your power and drivability, Where was the power band?. I'm interested to know. Thanks

[1.6carbster]

Before the G cam: car ran out of steam @ 4800rpm.
With G cam: power started @ 3000rpm,and peaked @ 5300rpm. Consumption was 10km/l even while gunning the car.
With the 268/272 split cam. Power REALLY kicks in @ 3600rpm and still HAULS @ 6200rpm...

[GolfPlayer]

G cam has same specs as A cam, with only difference being the A is advanced about 4 degrees compared to G. A works well on all stock 1.6 8V motors. G is OK for carb 1800, std on K-Jet 1800 motors. There, upgrade to 286/276 for better results. B is the same as A, but with the bearing journal on
cam cap nr 4, in stead of oil sprayer. L is actually some diesel cam that VW chose for the early 1.6 and 1.8 carb motors. Almost OK on 1.6, but runs outta steam at about 4500 rpm on 1.8. Useful for one thing only, and that's as a paperweight or doorstop. Rubbish. Useless. K, I can't comment on, except that a solid lifter K can be cut up to 276h. I had one of those in my old GTI 3.
D is stock 1.6i cam. Not tooooo bad, but A still works better. And oh yeah! Best of luck fitting a G into an 1.4i MP9 engine. Makes OK-ish power, not spectacular. But idles quite kuk. Even Unichip can't sort it, maybe an ECU reflash could.....

[rsarlie]

read

http://www.vwclub.co.za/vwforum/viewtop ... t=cam++cam

according to them a and g are the sam,for interest sake i put a standatd 2.0l mp9 cam in today and it had 250 written on it

[Mk1-8valve]

Thanks 1.6carbster, so a G-cam should work nicely in my 1800 carb motor, power coming in early at 3000rpm until 5300rpm. I hoping it will give me more low-down torque and better drivability.

[1.6carbster]

Yeah it'll work leker in your car,but a 268,for driveability's sake,wil work PERFECT. Yov should consider it.

[Mk1-8valve]

Thanks Chris,

You maybe have a pic of the G-cam for me? If so, plz email to michaelg@lekana.co.za

I am able to swop for a g-cam, dont know if someone is willing to swop me for a 268 cam, how much do 268 cams go for 2nd hand??

[1.6carbster]

Damn,wish i still had my g cam,i'd have swopped you...lol.
268's go for r700 odd bucks.
BTW,sory, i got no pics...

[Mk1-8valve]

Gti King is willing to swop me the g-cam, but I have not seen what a hydr. G-cam looks like, & I don't wanna get the wrong G-Cam. I know its got a 049G stamp on it though.

[ssshannah]

G cam has same specs as A cam, with only difference being the A is advanced about 4 degrees compared to G. A works well on all stock 1.6 8V motors. G is OK for carb 1800, std on K-Jet 1800 motors. There, upgrade to 286/276 for better results. B is the same as A, but with the bearing journal on
cam cap nr 4, in stead of oil sprayer. L is actually some diesel cam that VW chose for the early 1.6 and 1.8 carb motors. Almost OK on 1.6, but runs outta steam at about 4500 rpm on 1.8. Useful for one thing only, and that's as a paperweight or doorstop. Rubbish. Useless. K, I can't comment on, except that a solid lifter K can be cut up to 276h. I had one of those in my old GTI 3.
D is stock 1.6i cam. Not tooooo bad, but A still works better. And oh yeah! Best of luck fitting a G into an 1.4i MP9 engine. Makes OK-ish power, not spectacular. But idles quite kuk. Even Unichip can't sort it, maybe an ECU reflash could.....

a solid lifter K can be cut up to 276h? that's interesting. Anyone to elaborate on that? I'm aware the thread is old but hoping to get more info on this.

[gt'79]

G cam has same specs as A cam, with only difference being the A is advanced about 4 degrees compared to G. A works well on all stock 1.6 8V motors. G is OK for carb 1800, std on K-Jet 1800 motors. There, upgrade to 286/276 for better results. B is the same as A, but with the bearing journal on
cam cap nr 4, in stead of oil sprayer. L is actually some diesel cam that VW chose for the early 1.6 and 1.8 carb motors. Almost OK on 1.6, but runs outta steam at about 4500 rpm on 1.8. Useful for one thing only, and that's as a paperweight or doorstop. Rubbish. Useless. K, I can't comment on, except that a solid lifter K can be cut up to 276h. I had one of those in my old GTI 3.
D is stock 1.6i cam. Not tooooo bad, but A still works better. And oh yeah! Best of luck fitting a G into an 1.4i MP9 engine. Makes OK-ish power, not spectacular. But idles quite kuk. Even Unichip can't sort it, maybe an ECU reflash could.....

a solid lifter K can be cut up to 276h? that's interesting. Anyone to elaborate on that? I'm aware the thread is old but hoping to get more info on this.

Somewhere i heard the same, called Mastercams and they could not confirm this. This the times i miss Nellis. im sitting with 4 of those K-cams

[Howie-WP]

This the times i miss Nellis. im sitting with 4 of those K-cams

RIP Nellis, you are still fondly thought of and missed