ca16 cam

[Sx Olli]

Is it worth me trying to find one? Does it actually make any differance?

[Pete C]

Does make a noticeable difference, fitted mine this weekend, car now feels smoother and more torquey from about 2500rpm upwards

Also I may be imagining it, but it does feel less laggy. Worthwhile IMO

[Sx Olli]

if i find one for sale, how much do they go for? and what sort of damage am i looking for?

[Jeff]

If you find one in a scrappy you should pick one up for peanuts (<£60). On the rare occasions they show up here they usually fetch £100 or so

Dunno exactly what you're looking for damage wise but checking the lobes are smooth and it's not bent would be a good start

[Sx Olli]

cool dude, thanx for your help jeff

[ratdat]

I'm selling some nice low mileage ones

HERE

[Jeff]

You only need the inlet cam AFAIK

[Sibbers]

Does make a noticeable difference, fitted mine this weekend, car now feels smoother and more torquey from about 2500rpm upwards

Also I may be imagining it, but it does feel less laggy. Worthwhile IMO

Did you manage to do it without taking the cambelt off and refitting? I'm gonna do this soon (just bought the one pimped in this thread ) so hopefully it'll be a doddle... think I'll chuck it in gear and use tippex to keep everything marked up.

Where did you go wrong with yours in the end?

And did I do a good thing buying that cam...? Am I gonne be happy when its done??? (please say yes, please say yes, please say yes etc..)

[ratdat]

You only need the inlet cam AFAIK

Yup, but I'm selling mine as a pair because they only have 50k on them As far as I know, the spec on them is....

CA16DE

In lift - 8.5mm
Ex lift - 8.5mm
In duration - 248
Ex duration - 248
In opens - 15 BTDC
In closes - 53 ABDC
Ex opens - 59 BBDC
Ex closes - 9 ATDC

CA18DET

In lift - 7.8mm
Ex lift - 8.5mm
In duration - 240
Ex duration - 248
In opens - 0 BTDC
In closes - 60 ABDC
Ex opens - 59 BBDC
Ex closes - 9 ATDC

[Pete C]

Did you manage to do it without taking the cambelt off and refitting? I'm gonna do this soon (just bought the one pimped in this thread ) so hopefully it'll be a doddle... think I'll chuck it in gear and use tippex to keep everything marked up.

Where did you go wrong with yours in the end?

And did I do a good thing buying that cam...? Am I gonne be happy when its done??? (please say yes, please say yes, please say yes etc..)

Nope, I don't reckon you can do it without removing the belt because as soon as you release the tension it'll slip off the bottom pulley. I found this out to my cost.

In order to remove a cam, you have to remove the back timing cover, which means taking both cam wheels and the belt tensioner off. I thought I'd get away with it, meant I ended up putting it together and taking it apart again 3 times! Don't do what I did

Yes you did a good thing, definitely made a positive difference

BTW I got my CA16 cam for FREE

[Sibbers]

Coolio, ta