RE: Re: 16v Cams

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

>  But if you are the type of person that is scared to take
> the car past 6,000rpm, in fear you might blow the engine up, then
> you'd
> probably be better off with some neuspeed cams or something.  And hey,
> think
> of the 268 cams as an investment in the future (cause they will kick
> some
> booty with the 2.0L block :).  Or if you like your car to appear and
> run
> closer to stock (ie, don't like a burbling rough idle) then same
> thing, big
> duration cams are probalby not for you.
> 
> 
> So, how do you drive??
> 
very well.  o-}>

i have no problem revving it to redline, i do (not all the time of
course).  but when i find myself involved in a stop-light drag, you bet
i'll give it all it's got.  but whenever i do any sort of "spirited"
driving, i never let the revs drop below 4K.  i've always done this even
with the stock cams, it's just the nature of the 16V.  what i want is
the best 0 to 60 (or 80 or whatever) car i can have without making the
car completely useless for everyday use.  i have an adj. cam sprocket, i
was thinking of advancing the cam a little to move the power band lower
in the rpm range.  either that or finding someone that would be willing
to do a straight swap, 268's for 260's.  i really don't think that i use
these cams to the fullest.  since this is my only car, i want the best
all around car i can have, not one that only goes flat-out.  i still
haven't worked out all the problems yet anyway (i've got a bad O2
sensor), so i haven't really felt the full effect of these cams.  soon i
will be polishing the intake and port-matching them.  i'm sure that will
do something.  and i kinda like the lumpy idle, sounds menacing...

chris
86 16V scirocco

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