1800 camshafts
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1800 camshafts
Hi I have a 1800 G marked G from a shimmed head that is cracked can I fit it into a hydraulic cylinder head I had to grind the head to clear the lobes but I don’t know further down the line
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Re: 1800 camshafts
The "G" cam is a hydraulic lifter cam.Franco169 wrote:Hi I have a 1800 G marked G from a shimmed head that is cracked can I fit it into a hydraulic cylinder head I had to grind the head to clear the lobes but I don’t know further down the line
The old shim bucket heads used different cams. Those are not interchangeable onto newer heads. Those cams come from motors that are produced before 1983.
If you are uncertain of whether the cam will work in your motor, then rather get a new cam or use the existing one.
The "G" cam has a legendary reputation that has no basis on fact and is revered as a performance upgrade. It's a stock profile cam for fuel Injection engines.
If you are building a high performance motor go buy a high performance camshaft.
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Re: 1800 camshafts
There were G cams in solid lifter mk1 gti as well. they will not work in the later hydraulic heads.
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Re: 1800 camshafts
Good day I have a shim type (solid lifter) G cam and would like to know if there is anyone here that could tell me what the STD profile is for it I want to put it in my 1.3 and I am not sure if it will fit and if it will work
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i am completely unsure how to 'tell' you what the std profile is. if you are sure it is a solid lifter cam and your head is a solid lifter head then it will work.
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