Mark's 316 M52/2.8 + Cat cams & Jenvey ITB's

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Very nice mark, PM`ed about your bumper as discussed at acey..


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[e21-Mark]

My cars over with RPM and having the engine dropped in. It's also going to be run up on the dyno to see what sort of power it's making whilst running all Motronic. I'm wondering if now I know there's a hotter cam in there, should I be running a vernier cam belt pulley to get the most from it?

A change of plan / circumstances means I'm also fitting Wilwoods front calipers and EBC Greenstuff pads under my split rims.

Anyway, any advice re the vernier please guys?

[Millar]

the pulley will help you do those last little bit of fine tuning, especially if its got a decent advance/retard scale on it. depends how precise you want to be really.

[e21-Mark]

I understand what it's for but I guess I'm thinking that if it's making good power without one, will I really see much in the way of an improvement?

[tommi_e21]

i dont think you really need it, your not building a high revving engine so you wont need to make those fine tunes that you need high up,
there not too expensive to buy however and they do look very pretty

[e21-Mark]

At £90 plus the time, effort and expense of fitting, it needs to do way more than look pretty.

[Duracel79]

My cars over with RPM and having the engine dropped in. It's also going to be run up on the dyno to see what sort of power it's making whilst running all Motronic. I'm wondering if now I know there's a hotter cam in there, should I be running a vernier cam belt pulley to get the most from it?

A change of plan / circumstances means I'm also fitting Wilwoods front calipers and EBC Greenstuff pads under my split rims.

Anyway, any advice re the vernier please guys?

Mark

PM Sent.

Ben

[murran]

it depends on the spec of the 2.7.
generally the adj. pulley is required if the 2.7 has had the block decked or much taken off the head. as obviously the cam and crank pulley will be slightly closer, requiring the cam to be slightly retarded to retain the original cam timing.
sometimes in these cases you may also need a custom cam belt (a tooth shorter) if alot has been removed from the block. as theres not enough adjustment to get the belt tight enough.

[e21-Mark]

Thanks guys. Although my engine has made good power without one, I think I may bite the bullet and fit one anyway, so there's a bit more room to play when it goes to be live mapped. Thanks for your input - much appreciated.

[e21-Mark]

Decided to nab Nas' idea for using the VAG gauges when these popped up cheap.



Have also fitted Wilwood calipers up front with EBC greens. 2.7 finally in and am running it in for a few hundred miles before ragging it. Z3 quick-shift too. Coming back Friday!

My split rims are finally finished too but not worth taking any photos till I have the use of a decent camera tomorrow. I know I'm biased but they look freakin' awesome!

[nas80]

nabbed my idea lol... its cool. these guages are the only ones that would look ok in an old beemer.

I forgot all about these, I still need to buy some senders..

[e21-Mark]

Yeah, they should look much better.

I'll text you a photo of my rims tomorrow Nas. Absolute pornography. Engine is ready to fire up too.

[Millar]

that car is going to be such a weapon once your finished running it in.

[nas80]

Iz dey phat rimz n tIngz lol.

yea looking forward to seeing pics, your wheels are pretty rare too ain't they. my alloy rad comes tomorrow. ill send you a pic of that,

shiny stuff is awesome eh.

[tommi_e21]

cmon im excitied i want pictures of your shiny new wheels