r140 & 285 cams

[GregR]

I have a contact who is selling both sets of cams if anyone's interested. 2nd hand, OIRO £120.

HTH

Greg

[Shug]

I have a contact who is selling both sets of cams if anyone's interested. 2nd hand, OIRO £120.

HTH

Greg

285H or straight 285s... The H lets you keep the hydraulic lifters, the vanilla 285 requires a change to solid lifters...

[Rich H]

You will also need an emerald to cope with the fuelling

[GregR]

not for me... but thank's for the advice rich You'll also need DTHTBs etc with the 285s - but for someone who wants them, they'll prolly know that

[Rich H]

Nah, you don't need DTHTBs but it would help!

[robin]

Nah, you don't need DTHTBs but it would help!

The 285H on a plenum run horribly - have you got this spec in your car? I imagine it's OK once it's revving but idling and anything less than about 2K must be a nightmare ... I've tried it, and it ain't pretty!

Robin

[Rich H]

No, I got the 270's I think. No real way of telling, but the bloke told me when I bought them (Via e-bay IIRC!) they were 270s. We timed them to that anyway and they run fine. they could do with timing correctly, the bodge it and scarper method we used should be pretty good but prolly conservative. (Vernier calipers, a brass rod, a piece of ali tube and a block of wood! Very heath robinson!)

[Shug]

Nah, you don't need DTHTBs but it would help!

The 285H on a plenum run horribly - have you got this spec in your car? I imagine it's OK once it's revving but idling and anything less than about 2K must be a nightmare ... I've tried it, and it ain't pretty!

Robin

I ran the 285H for a while on a plenum while I waited for my DTHTBs and airbox to arrive. Like you say, fine on full throttle, but a lumpy mess at idle - and that was with them timed uber-conservative (like 85/50 lift at TDC as opposed to 110/100)