Re: Shopping time!

["Owen" <rabeys@cadvision.com>]

In his post it reads he has a supersprint header, so the cam should make a
pile'o'difference.  

	just thought i'd clear that up.


Owen
87 16v
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571

> If I'm not mistaken the '86 8V still had the single downpipe exhaust. If
so the
> cam will make no difference until you replace the manifold and downpipe.
Any
> early dual downpipe manifold will fix this. Of course, a techtonics dual
> downpipe will make it even better or perhaps a header. I may be wrong.
The
> canadian cars may never have had this piece-o-shit exhaust. Check just to
be
> sure.
> Dan
> 
> Michael Helms wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys and gals,
> >
> > It's time for me to spend more money on my car.  I have thought about
> > what to do quite a bit lately, and have come to the following
> > conclusions.  So far, I am running a pretty much garden-variety JH
> > engine in my '86 with a Supersprint header and exhaust.  The Audi
> > 5000 TB will be going in within a week or so.
> >
> > The next logical thing seems to be a cam.  I have done quite a bit of
> > research on this, and feel that the Euro G-Grind is probably the best
> > thing for me.  This car is a daily driver, so I can't install some
> > wild race-bred cam that will turn my car into a raging monster.  I
> > can probably put my hands on a used Euro G-Grind for about $150
> > Canadian ... Techtonics sells a new Euro G-Grind for $120 American
> > (part #109 070).  This will work out to about $200 Canadian.  Any
> > thoughts on which direction I should go here?  Or recommendations on
> > other cams?  On the topic of cams ... is an adjustable cam sprocket
> > worth the $90 American?  Probably not with my shitty stock cam, but I
> > can imagine it would become useful with an upgraded camshaft.
> >
> >  The euro curve distributor is intruiging, but I just can't muster up
> > the $400 American for a new one.  Where can I find one of these for
> > less?
> >
> > When I do the Audi 5000 TB, I'll be porting and polishing the intake
> > manifold to match it up to the head.  I can't imagine there is much
> > else that i can do to the intake - shy of moving the battery to the
> > trunk and replumbinb the box to give me some sort of cold ram-air
> > setup.  I can see the advantages of having the battery in the trunk,
> > and I'll probably be doing that mod before the snow flies ...
> >
> > Any other ideas for squeezing some more juice out of this engine?  I
> > will be taking this engine out next summer for a rebuild (it has
> > 250,000 km on it right now, and still pulls strongly ... but by next
> > summer, I'll be financially ready to "do it"), so I'm a bit hesitant
> > to do any major head or block work right now.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- Michael Helms
> >
> > '81 Scirocco - the fixer-upper
> > '86 Scirocco - the daily driver
> >
> > Web Site:  http://www.continuum.org/helms
> >
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