which cam to use

now then people can any one recomend what type of peformance cam to use. just about to finish building my mk1 cab. 1.8 bored to a 1.9 ported polished head large throttle body matched to inlet manifold. would like quite a realiable cam but not sure what make or degree to go for any help.

Ill get an exact profile degree/duration for you asap . im running a tsr donnignton bottom end ( 1.9) ported and polished head with stainless valves , supersprint 4 branch , mk2 throttle body ( isnt it fun drilling and filing the hell out of the inlet ) and a very lumpy cam . i know my cam is a tsr one but ill have to find out the profile for you . where are you because i can get race power to custom make you one for exactly what you want . the only thing that you have to be care full of is using a cam with such a high profile/lift is that it would contact on a standard head , the head needs reliving around the buckets for the cam lobes to rotate properly , but with a cam of this size you would need to convert to and older solid lifter head . ( non hydraulic that is ) n e way i got 142.8 @ wheels  , i also had the box rebuilt with a 1.6 close ratio gear set !! it does rip , gearbox rebuild is a must have ?280 @ kent transmissions , stainless 4 branch ?260 thru rimstyle ( speak to gary ) . Im going to be annoying now and tell you that i got it all ( the block + head ) off ebay for ? 150 !! if i can be any more help in any way please do ask .

will look into that and maybe contact tsr had lots of fun on throttle body thaught about a 4 branch but had i magnex on an older mk1 gti and it kept braking pain in the a--- put me off a bit

yeah , this normally happens because people dont uprate the front and rear engine mounts , the engine rocks when u boot it and the movement eventually cracks the welds in the exhaust . thats y the standard fannymoulds have a flexy bit in them . dont bother uprating left hand and right hand engine mounts , the excess vibration will make it seem like you dash board is gonna fall off . the engine has i think a tsr 102 cam and previously a piper 285 . they both ran @ 146-147 bhp , just drive differntly , i think the tsr one has a wider powerband . Have a look @ newman-cams.com they give good advice on fitting and applications . they basically copy schrick and piper camshafts but sell them alot cheaper . Race power motorsport (kent) are the nuts 01732886622 (i think) have a chat to Paul , he can talk for hours tho ,  you have been warned !!  :mrgreen:

chears mate youve been a great help will use some of these companys and hopefully be ripping up tarmack in a couple of weeks