mad cams

[Sheff's Cordy]

ive been told uprating the cams in an abf engine doesn't have any affect on performance is this true.

 

[RobT]

dont do it - the std ECU cannot cope

 

[Baxter]

dont do it - the std ECU cannot cope

yeah mines been cammed and its runnin kinda lumpy, ive heard getting it remapped fixes it. i know not everyone has remap money spare but thats what ive heard solves the problem.

 

[Sheff's Cordy]

Thanx will keep that in mind before I do ought, remaps dont seem worth it when running N/A.

 

[Baxter]

Thanx will keep that in mind before I do ought, remaps dont seem worth it when running N/A.

yeah when i spoke to guy in the place that does remaps in my town im only looking at around 10 bhp increase, but you get more gain from your cams as they will be runnin really good.

 

[Sheff's Cordy]

I see, I have to decide which duration to go for I would still like it to be drivable round town etc.

 

[RobT]

hot cams dont work with a stock abf or adl ecu - even a remapped one - the stock ecu uses a map sensor for fuelling and uprated cams mess this up totally - you will be wasting your money unlkess you move to standalone ecu with throttle position sensor/rpm/temp for fuelling

 

[Baxter]

I see, I have to decide which duration to go for I would still like it to be drivable round town etc.

welll..ive got cams in mine at the mo, kent ones. The only downfall ive found sooo far with them is the fuel consumption which cos im still running the standard ecu is (problem solved when you get mapped) erm...car runns quite rich on idle too (solved when mapped) lol but you definatly notice the perfomance increase with cams. il make a video and post it on youtube of what cams do on idle, hope this helps.

 

[Baxter]

ive been told uprating the cams in an abf engine doesn't have any affect on performance is this true.

Made a vid of mine mate with kent cams, see what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUyOE6sPH9g

 

[Icecavern]

I'm sorry, anyone that doesn't listen to Robs advice is foolish. What he doesn't know about tinkering with the 16v engine probably isn't worth knowing.

Pete

 

[Cupra Kid]

^ True Story - Has to have the maddest MK2 available.

Search for Robs and F2 Stu's build threads, both highly tweaked valvers

 

[ibizacupra]

welll..ive got cams in mine at the mo, kent ones. The only downfall ive found sooo far with them is the fuel consumption which cos im still running the standard ecu is (problem solved when you get mapped) erm...car runns quite rich on idle too (solved when mapped) lol but you definatly notice the perfomance increase with cams. il make a video and post it on youtube of what cams do on idle, hope this helps.

not solved by map tho most likely.. as its not mappable on lambda control, which it gets upset by seeing wider duration/overlap cam..

 

[Sheff's Cordy]

Cheers thats cleared alot up n saved me some hassle.

 

[Baxter]

not solved by map tho most likely.. as its not mappable on lambda control, which it gets upset by seeing wider duration/overlap cam..

so how do you solve it then? remove the lamba?

 

[RobT]

change the ECU to one that does not use lambda or MAP for fuel control

 

[Baxter]

change the ECU to one that does not use lambda or MAP for fuel control

how would i do that?

 

[truCido]

pay Bill for a nice custom one