Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?

[bencoates at yahoo.com (Matt Coates)]

For anyone that hasn't seen it, there is some good info about the flipped
exhaust cam on shannon's site:

http://www.scirocco16v.com/tech/exhaust_cam.htm

HTH,
Matt
87 16v
--- Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but the cam shaft has a gear at the end to connect to the chain. This 
> is where the woodruff key is. It stops that gear from turning on the cam.
> 
> 
> 
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
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> 
> >From: "Jason Adams" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>
> >To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>, 
> ><rfkellner@snet.net>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:17:10 -0700
> >
> >Never having done any cam work personally...
> >
> >Couldn't you just go without the woodruff key? arent the cams linked by a
> >chain?
> >
> >
> >Jason Adams
> >Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
> >84 rocco 16v
> >93 320i
> >98 Z71
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
> >To: <rfkellner@snet.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:27 AM
> >Subject: RE: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> >
> >
> > > yes.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris DeLong
> > > Fine Tuning
> > > 206.367.5503
> > > www.finetuningperformance.com
> > > Seattle, WA USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
> > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > >Subject: RE: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > > >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 06:39:57 -0400
> > > >
> > > >Chris, when you say 're-indexed' do you mean a new grove must be cut 
> >for
> > > >the key?
> > > >Thank, Rick.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > > >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Chris DeLong
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:05 AM
> > > >To: rfkellner@snet.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > >Subject: Re: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > > >
> > > >it will give you gains around 8 hp. Although the woodruff key must be
> > > >reindexed for the timing angle. otherwise you will lose about 10hp.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Chris DeLong
> > > >Fine Tuning
> > > >206.367.5503
> > > >www.finetuningperformance.com
> > > >Seattle, WA USA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
> > > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > > >Subject: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > > > >Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:05:43 -0400
> > > > >
> > > > >I have read that a relatively simple and inexpensive mod for a 16v is
> > > > >swap out the intake cam with a donor exhaust cam.  Does anyone have
> > > > >experience with this?  Any estimates of HP gain?
> > > > >Thanks, Rick Kellner.
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