Re: Kent Adjustable Cam Gear

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

the adjustable cam sproket(exterior) i got from Motortechnik   relativly
cheap(less than 100)  replaces the factory with now machining
necassary....i was thinking my self of theinternal sprket but since my
head is together i will spend my money else where....on the motor of
course...

my roc
it should be runinng by tues   waiting for the head gasket set

Brett Van Sprewenburg wrote:
> 
> Anybody else have one of these (Kent 16v Adjustable Cam Gear)?  Pretty
> nifty, except for the fact that the woodruff key-ways on both the end
> of the cam and the Kent gear are female...tough to lock them together
> that way.  The stock gears have molded in male keys for positive locking
> and timing location.  I ended up having to machine one from a larger
> 5/32 woodruff key I picked up at a local home improvement hardware
> store.  Somewhat annoying considering how damn much money one of those
> Kent gear things cost. :(
> 
> So, consider yourselves warned if you've been thinking about getting one.
> And don't even consider not using a key of somekind as the risk of
> non-cam rotation and certain spectacular valve death just isn't worth it.
> 
> Oh, and yeah, this does mean I got my 16v head back from being ported,
> polished and decked (for better compression).
> 
> ==Brett
> 
>  \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
> \/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net
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