Walkinshaw cam upgrade.....

[davegreg]

Just planning ahead for a few upgrades to my R8. Anyone had the Walky cam installation? Just wondering on how long the job takes. Already got their 'Performance' catback fitted, may get the rest of the exhaust done at AAS at a later date. Looking at getting autobox remap and 50k service at the same time as the cam. Few days work at Walkinshaw ya reckon?

[r8black]

Got mine at monkfish two days fitting love it

[FoxdieUK]

Would be nice to see a before and after dyno graph

[davegreg]

r8black said:

Got mine at monkfish two days fitting love it

Was that just the cam, or the full £6k+ cam package where they do the full exhaust as well?

[davegreg]

FoxdieUK said:

Would be nice to see a before and after dyno graph

I'm only really after the lopier sounding exhaust note - any power gains is purely a bonus!

[BrutusHSV]

Monkfish cam and rockers lifted Brutus by around 50hp.

[davegreg]

BrutusHSV said:

Monkfish cam and rockers lifted Brutus by around 50hp.

Was that just a cam change - or the full exhaust pack as well?

[leigh1050]

Paul Pah250 had a Walkinshaw cam fitted now supercharged.
I had the Monkfish campac done can't remember the cost but it took about two weeks also had it undersealed at the same time so the cam change probably doesn't take to long.

[davegreg]

Yeah I heard Paul's car (pre blower) at the Malton meet a few weeks back - awesome! Think the cam was done by the previous owner from what he was saying.

[wav8]

Mine has walkinshaw cam think vxr8fq is getting his done may be worth a pm

[DJZ1]

Had the cam done at Walkinshaw on my Bathurst S along with uprated fuel pump and injectors,and headers.Cam gives the 'lopier' feel /exhaust note you refer to plus makes the car 'rock' at idle.
Have better top end for sure but the other bits help as well

[DJZ1]

Had the cam done at Walkinshaw on my Bathurst S along with uprated fuel pump and injectors,and headers.Cam gives the 'lopier' feel /exhaust note you refer to plus makes the car 'rock' at idle.
Have better top end for sure but the other bits help as well

[ARAF]

davegreg said:

Yeah I heard Paul's car (pre blower) at the Malton meet a few weeks back - awesome! Think the cam was done by the previous owner from what he was saying.

Sarge 4x4 - but he's away in France at the moment, so you'll have to search out his posts, rather than waiting for him to answer.

[r8black]

davegreg said:

r8black said:

Got mine at monkfish two days fitting love it

Was that just the cam, or the full £6k+ cam package where they do the full exhaust as well?

Monkfish started work on Tuesday and I'd collected her Thursday night that was cam work only and some other bits
But yes engine Lund is completely changed and exhaust note has changed also and she pulls like a train
Absolutely love it fully recommend having one fitted

[davegreg]

r8black said:

davegreg said:

r8black said:

Got mine at monkfish two days fitting love it

Was that just the cam, or the full £6k+ cam package where they do the full exhaust as well?

Monkfish started work on Tuesday and I'd collected her Thursday night that was cam work only and some other bits
But yes engine Lund is completely changed and exhaust note has changed also and she pulls like a train
Absolutely love it fully recommend having one fitted

Going to get it booked in for later in the year (probably with Monkfish), get the autobox remap done at the same time. Cheers for the replies guys.

[007 VXR]

I have the MF Cam, Love it

[BrutusHSV]

davegreg said:

Was that just a cam change - or the full exhaust pack as well?

This was subsequent to having the full wortec system. Around 100 bhp gain in total.

[bimbleuk]

davegreg said:

I'm only really after the lopier sounding exhaust note - any power gains is purely a bonus!

If you really just want a more lopey idle then that's possible with just a tuning tweak. Septics like to call it a "Ghost cam".

[Sarge 4x4]

Hope you make sense of this as I have missed last nights sleep cos we were late back to Eurotunnel (bds), but we won 1st diesel, 3rd in production and 22nd overall.

I have had all the work done on all the four VXR8's I have owned at Walkinshaw Performance and have always been over the moon with the results, my Gen-F is with them at present.

PAH250's car had the cam done at WP and lots agree it sounds fantastic, time wise never bothers me to much as I have other vehicles but from memory I think they had it a week.

We all have our own choice and favourite places for mods on these fantastic cars, my preference from day one has been WP, are they the best for the job ? your choice but as I have said many times "I am a very happy returning WP customer"

Back off to France this week so no time to pick up the Gen-F, never mind as good things are worth waiting for.

[davegreg]

Sarge 4x4 said:

Hope you make sense of this as I have missed last nights sleep cos we were late back to Eurotunnel (bds), but we won 1st diesel, 3rd in production and 22nd overall.

I have had all the work done on all the four VXR8's I have owned at Walkinshaw Performance and have always been over the moon with the results, my Gen-F is with them at present.

PAH250's car had the cam done at WP and lots agree it sounds fantastic, time wise never bothers me to much as I have other vehicles but from memory I think they had it a week.

We all have our own choice and favourite places for mods on these fantastic cars, my preference from day one has been WP, are they the best for the job ? your choice but as I have said many times "I am a very happy returning WP customer"

Back off to France this week so no time to pick up the Gen-F, never mind as good things are worth waiting for.

Cheers for that Sarge - more food for thought.