Camshaft choice

[Moose v8]

Help please, 92 plate 4.3 Griff camshaft kits, engine standard apart from Act trumpets and induction hose as well Clive ford's equal length manifolds, what would be a good company so to speak., possibly do headgaskets while it's stripped

[rev-erend]

So what do you want help with.

Camshaft selection, direct replacement, alternatives. Suppliers ?

[magpies]

there are quite a few Rover V8 specialist, talk to at least two of them and discuss what is your aim and use of the TVR

some examples are:

Rover V8 Engine Tuning - Lloyd Specialist Developments Ltd

J E Developments Home of the Rover V8 - John Eales

V8 Developments

JRV8

[stevesprint]

There is nothing wrong with the 4.3's original Kent H214 fast road cam or the modern equivalent is V8 development’s Stealth Cam which is very similar and also a very good compromise. The Kent 218 is the MOT friendly version of the original H214.

I wouldn’t go much lairier unless you can live with a little slow speed shunting around town and at 1,800 rpm.

[rev-erend]

This cam table is useful ..

http://www.wolfitt.com/kentcamdata.htm

G33 produced a great page on cams with input from Rob Robertson at V8 Devs..

http://www.g33.co.uk/pages/technical-tuning.html

Edited by rev-erend on Tuesday 19th May 13:31

[Belle427]

The MC1 is a good all rounder, the Stealth Is a step up but requires pocketed pistons so I was told a year ago.
Both good cams but are more expensive than the rest.

[Zener]

TVR Powers 885 is supposed to be a nice all round real world cam too would need to check if pistons need valve notches however with supplier, mentioned already but Realsteel have a good range of camshafts too and know the RV8 well

[900T-R]

4.3 always has the valve reliefs, they have a much shallower bowl than others (effectively being 3.9 pistons with the bit that would have stuck through the top of the block due to the longer stroke, machined off) so they're something of a necessity especially seeing as the standard cam on these was the 214 which has pretty high lift...

After long deliberation I went with the 885 cam which suits the revvy nature of the car well and displays no driveability quirks at the other end of the rpm/load scale, I don't think you can do a lot better than this...