Cams

Hiya all,

What cams would best suit the 2L TS engine?? I have heard of Cat cams, Kent, Piper and Newmann cams?? Anyone have any experience with the above or any other maunfacturers and have ye seen good gains?? I will be doing injectors, fuel pump and exhaust with all these mods.

Cheers,

Damien.

Hi Damien, are you trying to better what Alfa put into your 146???

Piston heads is twisting my arm at the moment If I get this job then the ball will be rolling

Oh !

What machine are you looking at ??????

There's a few cheapy ones that I will strip all I want is the engine and all the panels off it And then scrap the chassis as I dont have the space for that at home unless you know anyone with a farm haha

Originally Posted by Damien_C

There's a few cheapy ones that I will strip all I want is the engine and all the panels off it And then scrap the chassis as I dont have the space for that at home unless you know anyone with a farm haha

Oh ok cool, upgrading the engine bay so in the 146 is it ???

Originally Posted by techie

Oh ok cool, upgrading the engine bay so in the 146 is it ???

Basically ya I love my car too much the colour is too nice to sell it haha, and I know it hasn't been pranged or rusting away. No offence to the English Alfa owners but ye have some joke amount of salt on your roads

Sorry now to hijack your thread slightly but do you know anywhere in Cork that would do a timing belt on a 1.6 (mine) properly that has the tools to do it and has the passion to do it right???

No bothers man, I don't to be honest my friend could do it but it would be his first Alfa he works for Turners cross motors. If you want you can take a trip down to waterford with me next week as I will be going there I need a new cam variator on the Alfa and you can have a look at The Sweeps set up they are the only people where your car doesn't come back with extras.

Originally Posted by Damien_C

No bothers man, I don't to be honest my friend could do it but it would be his first Alfa he works for Turners cross motors. If you want you can take a trip down to waterford with me next week as I will be going there I need a new cam variator on the Alfa and you can have a look at The Sweeps set up they are the only people where your car doesn't come back with extras.

I'd love to but some of us have jobs already !!!
Could you ask them how much to do the timing belt on a 1.6 (excl. variator??)

Originally Posted by techie

I'd love to but some of us have jobs already !!!
Could you ask them how much to do the timing belt on a 1.6 (excl. variator??)

Lol, I work too ya cheeky bollicks

Emm roughly the 600 euro mark I would imagine. But I think that includes a service too.

You work !

The hours you put up here you must be on flexi time !!!!

€550 I was quoted in West Cork but not sure they know what they are at lately with some stuff I have discovered myself???

colombi and bariani fast road cams are ok give you good low down torque
and dont give you to much of a lumpy idle there about £395 plus vat the pair try e.b spares

Originally Posted by techie

You work !

The hours you put up here you must be on flexi time !!!!

€550 I was quoted in West Cork but not sure they know what they are at lately with some stuff I have discovered myself???

Lol, I am part time all right but work all the time haha have work tomorrow actally haa.

Emm the reason my old man wouldn't go to them is there dealership is like swinging a cat in a shoe box too small. I don't think there is any good Alfa dealerships in Cork. Maybe the Lee will change this and I really hope they do. Cos it will be good to see a good service brought to alfa owners in Cork.

Originally Posted by wrench

colombi and bariani fast road cams are ok give you good low down torque
and dont give you to much of a lumpy idle there about £395 plus vat the pair try e.b spares

Cheers Any link for me??

Alfa Romeo Parts and Alfa Romeo Spares from EB Spares - Specialist Alfa Parts Dealers

Cheers thanks for that

As said, C&B cams are your best option. Also have Autodelta or AH Motorosport options. You'll need it remapped as well. I take it your putting a two litre in it? Should be pretty cool when you're done.

Think the cams are a bit more expensive than suggested though...

It will have all the supporting mods done for them so I am just checking out my options??

What degree and duration should I get??

Originally Posted by Damien_C

It will have all the supporting mods done for them so I am just checking out my options??

What degree and duration should I get??

Fast road cams for TS engine I checked are usually between 260° - 275° but cam is a very complete design influenced by lift and timing as well. Can’t be compared purely on duration as different manufacturer might achieve the same or better performance with shorter duration and different other variables.

I would also consider getting someone good to polish the cylinder head if your looking at different cams. When you say your doing the injectors and fuel pump as well, does this mean renewing or upgrading

Originally Posted by gotcha

Fast road cams for TS engine I checked are usually between 260° - 275° but cam is a very complete design influenced by