Re: Homemade adjustable cam gear

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>I was told that the older VW diesel cam gears are the same as the 16v.  Is
>this true?  If it is, I plan on making my own adjustable cam gear.  I have
>access to everything I need to make it and if the diesel cam gears are the
>same, then I can get them a dime a dozen and practice, and maybe even sell
>some!
>
>Dave
>77 Rabbit 16v


I'm pretty sure this won't work.  The gear would probably be indexed
incorrectly, not to mention belt width, and teeth count/spacing.

My advice would be to buy one.  EM Sport makes adjustable gears for
both 8v's and 16v's, and sells them for less then most other tuners
want.  They have a machine shop, with computer controlled milling
machines...which is probably a necessity for a job like this.

You can find a link to EM Sport in the http://www.scirocco.org links
section.

==Brett

  \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net

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