Hello, I have a kentcams cvh32 camshaft.
I know it is for na engine, but will it work in a rs turbo engine?
Regards, polle

 

In theory any cam will work. But in this case it is not recommended since the N/A cams will have alot of overlap on them compared to a turbo camshaft, which will make your car suffer in driveability.

 

thought it was for a xr2i that cam ? wont be anygood in a turbo if im right.

 

Yes P B I think you are right, it was for the EFI CVH for the last of the XR3i MK4 and the MK3 XR2i 8V

 

OK thanks, I am not going to use it then.

 

If you're looking for a cam the only one I would recommend these days is from Newman Cam's.

 

I may have to do this despite a newish Piper Cam :'(.

Do Newmans only do solid lifter cams or can they do hydraulic items as well? I am aware that Solid lifters can bring about more accuracy with valve timing etc but I don't really want to be forever adjusting them, especially when there is pipework to remove on a CVH (yes, I am lazy!).

 

They did do a hydraulic - but it was worse than Kent/Piper/No cam at all (Wrote off an engine of mine ) - loads of people had issues and they stopped.

If done properly, the newman solids only require setting up once.

 

I now run a car cams jobbie

Hopefully all issues are now solved
Means a custom grind to own spec
Then had the cam and buckets dlc coated

So fingers crossed fit and forget

 

How long have Newmans Been doing Cams for the CVH? Ive known they've been doing them since roughly 2008 when I 1st heard about them. I ask because my S2 has an unknown 'high lift' cam as an ex mechanic of mine told me, Its packs a punch mid rev range, but low range its a tad 'lumpy'.

 

To be honest you can make good power on cheap cams now and they last well. As well as other more expensive cams if the engine is set up right. Solid is a good cam but a lot of dosh but set right do last well 😆

 

It's not about making power, it's about material quality and reliability, most cam's these days end up in bits in the sump taking out your engine along the way... the Newman is the only one I will fit and even then I've seen one fail a few years ago.

 

Agree with this totally. You'd be silly to believe Newmans are far from failsafe, but they are the best of a bad bunch

 

Stripped lobes off my Newman.

crappy material I think

 

Is there any truth in the 1.4 mfi cams (OE FORD) work in the rs turbos, think it may have been jano who said they were about the same camshaft on here moons ago

 

Reflecting what you've said, done around 8k on a newman cam and solid lifters they havn't needed adjusting yet

 

Ford state this info in their own documentation i can show you.

 

Cool so it is true then. When I checked the spec on the parts listing and cross over there was no match but they work. What they like ? Just bought a job lot from Daventry cheap as chips 😊

 

I ran a N/A XR2 cam with my MFI turbo. Made reasonable power with stage one chip with no probs.

Adder

 

I thought RS turbo ran the XR3i cam, with a different pulley to retard the timing slightly. Probably wrong but sure I heard it from somewhere