Hi peeps. While S1 is in hibernation a friend of mine said he will fit his surplus Piper 285t cam into it. She is running 14 psi and has a 185bhp chip and was recently set up at MSD. Runs sweet as a nut and never misses a beat. Car has standard intercooler. Would any additional mods be required once fitted ? Also, with the chip, will it have the standard turbo or will it have been changed ? cheeRS in advance.

 

HI,

If you fit a different cam to what the chip was supplied for, the chip
will need alterations, as anything which alters the engine volmetric efficiency eg cam, turbo etc. will cause AFR changes, regarding the
turbo only by checking the a/r etc,, unless you know the car's
history, maybe better to leave the speck as it is, considering it has just
been setup and running sweet, unless you want to spend some cash.

DAVE R.

 

i'd stick with your standard ford cam mate, performance cams up the power, along with the power band on these

keep your ford cam in there and be happy

Second hand cams on these leave A LOT to be desired anyway, tends to be bad move taking a cam out of one CVH and moving to another because of the rate the cams wear at.

 

It's the old "need a bit more power" thing i'm afraid. A few people say leave the original cam in. What's wrong with putting a different one in for more power ? Does it harm the engine's life in any way ? If i don't put a cam in, what are the options for a bit more power without a lot of expense ? Reason i was going for a cam is that apart from k&n, exhaust and d/v, engine looks standard and wanted to keep it that way as car has original bodywork and is virtually un-messed with so was wanting to keep the appearance the same but with more perfomance.