Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Yes, but the cam shaft has a gear at the end to connect to the chain. This 
is where the woodruff key is. It stops that gear from turning on the cam.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Jason Adams" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>
>To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>, 
><rfkellner@snet.net>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:17:10 -0700
>
>Never having done any cam work personally...
>
>Couldn't you just go without the woodruff key? arent the cams linked by a
>chain?
>
>
>Jason Adams
>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
>84 rocco 16v
>93 320i
>98 Z71
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
>To: <rfkellner@snet.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:27 AM
>Subject: RE: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
>
>
> > yes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris DeLong
> > Fine Tuning
> > 206.367.5503
> > www.finetuningperformance.com
> > Seattle, WA USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
> > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: RE: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 06:39:57 -0400
> > >
> > >Chris, when you say 're-indexed' do you mean a new grove must be cut 
>for
> > >the key?
> > >Thank, Rick.
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Chris DeLong
> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:05 AM
> > >To: rfkellner@snet.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Re: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > >
> > >it will give you gains around 8 hp. Although the woodruff key must be
> > >reindexed for the timing angle. otherwise you will lose about 10hp.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris DeLong
> > >Fine Tuning
> > >206.367.5503
> > >www.finetuningperformance.com
> > >Seattle, WA USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
> > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > >Subject: Swap out intake cam with an exhaust?
> > > >Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:05:43 -0400
> > > >
> > > >I have read that a relatively simple and inexpensive mod for a 16v is
> > > >swap out the intake cam with a donor exhaust cam.  Does anyone have
> > > >experience with this?  Any estimates of HP gain?
> > > >Thanks, Rick Kellner.
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