Re: Homemade adjustable cam gear

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

Actually, the diesel VW's don't have a key on the cam gear, it's just a
tapered fit.  I don't know about belt width, pulley diameter, etc, but it's
worth looking into

John

'87 16v Scirocco
and lots of other stuff
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>>I was told that the older VW diesel cam gears are the same as the 16v.  Is
>>this true?  If it is, I plan on making my own adjustable cam gear.  I have
>>access to everything I need to make it and if the diesel cam gears are the
>>same, then I can get them a dime a dozen and practice, and maybe even sell
>>some!
>>
>>Dave
>>77 Rabbit 16v
>
>
>I'm pretty sure this won't work.  The gear would probably be indexed
>incorrectly, not to mention belt width, and teeth count/spacing.
>
>My advice would be to buy one.  EM Sport makes adjustable gears for
>both 8v's and 16v's, and sells them for less then most other tuners
>want.  They have a machine shop, with computer controlled milling
>machines...which is probably a necessity for a job like this.
>
>You can find a link to EM Sport in the http://www.scirocco.org links
>section.
>
>==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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