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Old 24-11-2009, 08:58 PM
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Hi thinking of putting a bd 10 inlet cam in my 2wd cosworth the engine is a harvey rebuild to standerd spec with t34,greys,044 pump,500 intercoolerand A1 rally chip for greys is it worth doing or not? cheers
Old 24-11-2009, 09:05 PM
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Depends what you want from it, every upgrade is worth the money if it does what you want it to m8.
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Old 24-11-2009, 09:30 PM
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Just want the engine to make about 380 to 390 bhp. i've got the rocker cover off and i am changing the cam belt and thought it would be a good idear to make the bhp cheers
Old 24-11-2009, 09:51 PM
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Standard cams will be fine for that power mate
Old 24-11-2009, 10:03 PM
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you would also need a new chip or a recal if you step away from the engine spec it was written for,

imho, BD10s kill torque for very very minimal bhp gains, personally i would skip them
Old 25-11-2009, 06:39 PM
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cheers for your help
Old 25-11-2009, 07:48 PM
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i had my engine on harveys dyno it made 388hp with a bd10 cam on the inlet with t34.48 light blues and its making its maximum power at 6.5k
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