Cams ???

[Johnny E]

Im going to get a cambelt change soon, so im thinking i might aswell get cams done aswell. Been reading about cams and found TDF and Fred on CS do a deal with a map.

Any advice please............

Ie will my car benifit from this or waste of money as its going to cost around 1200:up:

 

[Jimb0]

Do it, seing as your having the belts done, you wouldn't be paying an labour which would make it cost effective.

Nice gains and Matt at TDF comes highly recommended. I don't think I'd take my Trophy anywhere else now, and I live 160miles from them.

 

[keith185]

Will be in same position soon Johnny. For a standard intake setup I'd go for one of 3 options. BTM's supplied GT racing cams. TDF's supplied Cat Cams 428's or Ktec/519automotive supplied Cat cams 438's.

Still waiting on more results with the GT racing ones but results look good, especially torque.

428's are very tried and tested but timing them up apparently is a specialist job. Not real issue if you only take it to people who know what they do lol.

438's are same spec as 428's but with the idle/timing changed to have a more 'standard' timing setup iirc. And will idle bit smoother with no need to rely on the mapping to idle (someone correct me if I'm wrong)

Can't go worng with any tbh, id go to either TDF or RStuning for the remapping.

 

[liam1610]

I would go for either the gt racing cams as these have potentially the best torque figure of them all, but as stated above still awaiting more results.
I emailed k-tec regarding the cat cam 438's as wanted to know if they set them up using the cat cam timing tool or just standard renault tool and they come back and said standard tools are used to set these up, unlike other cat cam's.

When mine comes up for timing belt change or cam carrier needs resealing i will be fitting cams, the idle on these new cams seems to be rather good and power increase is quite impressive for the cost of all this.

 

[Johnny E]

Spoke to Matt at TDF today and might be going for 428's but not for a few weeks , im also waiting on the results from the gt cam's

 

[shiftspark]

438's are the same as the more aggressive 421's but with a lot better idle and run well on standard management.
My choice would be 438's but done at Tdf.

 

[Johnny E]

Cheeers Colin im getting it done my only problem is finding time between now and the Wigan sprint in April.............

And its got to be an over nighter

 

[shiftspark]

Sounds good Johnny , I am picking mine up friday :up:

 

[marrow]

Are TDF very good for routine servicing e.g. cam belts and the like? As good as RenTech / Birchdown?

 

[Johnny E]

Are TDF very good for routine servicing e.g. cam belts and the like? As good as RenTech / Birchdown?

Ive only heard good things bud. I normally use Birchdown and the only reason im not this time is that im getting cams and a map.

 

[Johnny E]

Sounds good Johnny , I am picking mine up friday :up:

Nice one.. You comming down to Wigan for the first sprint??

 

[shiftspark]

No I can't as I am working days and will be at Aintree strait from a 12 hr night , may fall asleep on the back straight lol

 

[Johnny E]

No I can't as I am working days and will be at Aintree strait from a 12 hr night , may fall asleep on the back straight lol

Im looking forward to Aintree as its only 5 mins from our house.