Re: G-grind cam for 87 8v.

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Additional info:

http://www-pal.usc.edu/~jan/cars.html

Scroll down to Power Upgrades, Collin's 4 ( and all the rest of them )
will shed some light on this. Short answer is some cams are not the same
quality as others based on the stock they are made up from. Check the
FAQs, do some independent research, report back with real life info.

hth,
TBerk
head rebuild _next_ year.
PS- This guy Collins is opinionated, but seems it's from experience.




Shawn C Meze wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:10:21 EST HOTGTX@aol.com writes:
> >I purchased my G-grind cam from Autotech.  I paid $100.  for it.  I
> highly
> >recommend the g-grind.  Just make sure you have a good exhaust system
> >so you can see the full effect.
> >
> >Dave
> >85 Scirocco GTX
> 
> WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-
> WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-
> 
> Was this a HOR cam? None of the G-grind cams they make never use a German
> Billet and are known to fail. With the 3 people which I know of that
> use(d) that particular cam, a lobe (and in one case, several lobes) went
> flat within a year of using the cam.
> 
> Now if you were smart and put away your receipt in a safe place for it,
> then you got nothing to worry about as it does have a lifetime warranty.
> Just kinda sucks waiting for it to go flat like that is all. Anyhoo, just
> wanted to offer up what little info I had on that cam.
> 
>               Shawn Meze
> 86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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