Another cam question...

[davegreg]

So, VXR8 with a walkinshaw cam, headers, sport cats and catback....whats it like come MOT time? And since it's my daily driver, much difference to mpg?

[leigh1050]

You should be ok m.o.t. time ad long as you get the cats nice and hot.Mpg will be slightly worse than you're getting now.

[snowwolf]

What's drivability like in traffic, can you just let the tick over speed in 1st gear clutch up take the car smoothly along ?

[r8black]

It's a it jumpy rollin in 1st but its ok

[pah250]

snowwolf said:

What's drivability like in traffic, can you just let the tick over speed in 1st gear clutch up take the car smoothly along ?

Depends on the combination of the cam and the map, but on mine the answer is no, not without the car starting to kangaroo anyways...

However this is a small side effect as far as I'm concerned given how awesome the lumpy idle sounds

[The Hofff]

Is the Walkinshaw cam bigger than MF's?

[mailer555]

The Hofff said:

Is the Walkinshaw cam bigger than MF's?

this is also what I would like to know, as I'm looking for a cam, but going to install up here in Scotland, no I dea what profile to go for.

[jonnM]

The Hofff said:

Is the Walkinshaw cam bigger than MF's?

That's a hard question to answer.

When I rang Walkinshaw to discuss a cam upgrade they said they didn't know the spec of the cam they use in the LS3 upgrade. I was told they get them in from Oz without information on lift/duration/LSA etc.

And Monkfish didn't want to disclose their cam spec.

[007 VXR]

jonnM said:

That's a hard question to answer.

When I rang Walkinshaw to discuss a cam upgrade they said they didn't know the spec of the cam they use in the LS3 upgrade. I was told they get them in from Oz without information on lift/duration/LSA etc.

Got the same answer years ago when after fitting cats to my car i asked what cells they were!

Turned out they were standard ones not 100 cell

[arh1a]

snowwolf said:

What's drivability like in traffic, can you just let the tick over speed in 1st gear clutch up take the car smoothly along ?

007 What's your drivability like as you have the MF cam? I'm ultimately considering a MF cam (for the lumpy idle) or keep its drivability the same and go for the TVS2300 (for power). I know you have the best of both worlds there

Edited by arh1a on Thursday 5th June 17:56

[007 VXR]

arh1a said:

007 What's your drivability like as you have the MF cam don't you? I'm ultimately considering a MF cam (for the lumpy idle) or keep its drivability the same and go for the TVS2300 (for power). I know you have the best of both worlds there

Yes, i do have a MF Cam
Drives like stock in traffic and goes like st when you let her loose


P.S If you can aford it do both, Pulls and drives so much better.

[anonymous-user]

Also worth noting there's more than one Monkfish cam and it's spec has changed over time as they've done different cars.

Roger, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[monkfish1]

wormus said:

Also worth noting there's more than one Monkfish cam and it's spec has changed over time as they've done different cars.

Roger, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Correct Though from a driveability point of view, they are pretty much in the same ballpark.

[EmmaJ]

PAH250's VXR8 on idle sounds

[TheLeatherman]

EmmaJ said:

PAH250's VXR8 on idle sounds

Does it go any good though??? I've always been a fan of cars at full noise!!!

[EmmaJ]

TheLeatherman said:

EmmaJ said:

PAH250's VXR8 on idle sounds

Does it go any good though??? I've always been a fan of cars at full noise!!!

It's pretty nippy though we obviously only got to see how fast it was up to 70MPH

Looking forward to TR to see what it can really do

[donk r8]

davegreg said:

So, VXR8 with a walkinshaw cam, headers, sport cats and catback....whats it like come MOT time? And since it's my daily driver, much difference to mpg?

I have all of that and a little more, had it mot'd a month or so ago. Very lumpy idle, doesn't like crawling along but you learn to drive accordingly. Its not a daily driver s it makes it a bit more of an event when i do, plus WP do two cams, I have the wild one...........;) PM me if you want further info..

[TheLeatherman]

My idea of wild is a cam for a 5.7 LS1 is in the 250's with around 650 lift. Well that was my daily driver cam for many years!!!

Anything less is very tame.........but then again we didn't face emissions every year.

Who did the Cam and tune for PAH250??

Edited by TheLeatherman on Thursday 5th June 20:05

[pah250]

TheLeatherman said:

Who did the Cam and tune for PAH250??

I have Walkinshaws wild cam in mine. They have done all the work including the tune.

Edit: quick vid below:

http://youtu.be/9t-tmDfcTMI

Edited by pah250 on Thursday 5th June 20:48

[pah250]

EmmaJ said:

PAH250's VXR8 on idle sounds

Thanks

Looking forward to thunder road