Vauxhall redtop sport/fast road camshaft advice please.

[voodoo57]

it looks as though the red top in the mk2 escort has standard cams whilst everything else has been uprated, had a chat with a pro engineer and he reckons at the moment, 220 to 230 bhp,  (was running 275 with a turbo at 4psi) i want to upgrade to sport/fast road cams, but don't want to pay silly prices for a pair of camshafts, any ideas/advice on who does a good deal? it's a road car, capable of 160mph but i am not looking at drag racing or track days, just driving to 70 /80, then off i go! i know the cams will give between 12 to 18 bhp increase, and for now, that will be more than enough!

[welshpug]

so its not turbocharged any more?

if so it wont be over 200 on standard cams! many camshaft manufacturers will regrind road cams to a stage 1 or if possible stage 2 kind of profile.

[voodoo57]

with the turbo, it was 275 bhp on 4 psi so still running hi compression, has a rally head, wossner 86mm pistons fully forged, arp suds/bolts and a few other bits have been done to it, i can only go by what the engine builder said? so is it better and cheaper to have the cams re-profiled or buy new ones made for the purpose intended?
thanks again.

[stealthstylz]

Reprofiled cams are cheaper especially if you're only going to a fast road type profile.

[welshpug]

wossner



shudders.

playing with fire adding boost there, hope you have a good mapper!


125 bhp over stock with just 4 psi seems a bit much, if its had a worked head and higher compression pistons I'd imagine someone has put cams in already surely

[Phil H]

Numbers don’t add up to me either - no dyno plots? Then it’s just pub talk.

[voodoo57]

Yes, it could certainly be pub talk, i can only go by what the guy said before me, i now for def' it cost him in excess of £2,300 to build, I am not running a turbo, just throttle bodies, the cams def' look hi profile, however, all will be revealed once the ecu is connected etc etc..... so! just in case the cams are nothing special......... back to my original question?

[voodoo57]

i think i will go for a re-profile, seems to make sense, why pay out more just in case it turns out to be Nothing at all.