Johann Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I have them Ill post some specs later...I'm using cams made by Catcams in Belgium in my NA,And they were expensive. Let's put it in VS words, way to pricey for most people on this board to even consider. This also because stronger and larger stroke valve springs were needed, double springs btw. A couple of dollars for a spring might appear cheap but with 40 needed things add up.A Swedish company is offering drop in cams for turbo application. Cams are also made by Catcams and price is near 940 Euro's = 1483 Dollars for cams alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZT5 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I'm using cams made by Catcams in Belgium in my NA,And they were expensive. Let's put it in VS words, way to pricey for most people on this board to even consider. This also because stronger and larger stroke valve springs were needed, double springs btw. A couple of dollars for a spring might appear cheap but with 40 needed things add up.A Swedish company is offering drop in cams for turbo application. Cams are also made by Catcams and price is near 940 Euro's = 1483 Dollars for cams alone.I dont think this is unreasonable if they give the desired results. If they will make your engine maintain torque to 8000 rpm it would be worth every penny. so what are the results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I dont think this is unreasonable if they give the desired results. If they will make your engine maintain torque to 8000 rpm it would be worth every penny. so what are the results?For the specs disappointing but when mentioning that a completely stock unported head was used including a stock exhaust manifold I think the results are more than satisfying.230+ crank under heavy load.But this thread was about turbo applications. I just wanted to show that cams can be had for these engine's. Just be aware that <--'98 cams can't be used in '99--> heads because of the different placement of the cam's axial bearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 300+_T5R_855 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Did they re grind an existing camshaft or start with a blank? Did you have to use lash caps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Did they re grind an existing camshaft or start with a blank? Did you have to use lash caps?These are steel cams. Used "under bucket" shims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boost3237 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I have na cams for the new motor ill put dyno sheets up of before and after cos im keeping the same tune to break in the new motor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownTurboBrick Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I have them Ill post some specs later...w3rd, will be testing these cams on my car in the next few weeks. pulled dynos last weekend with stock base line. we'll see what aaron's cam's aggresive profiles will do. according to the specs everything about an auto t5's power curve will be worse and better. all the bad gets worse, all that's good gets better, but we'll leave that up to the dyno to tell us. my main concern is i don't blow my motor up, and 2nd it's a streetable cam. i don't want to be dealing with a car that goes o-30 in 10 seconds and 30-100 in 3 would suck to get around town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynodyno312 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Anyone know if the cams from the S60r are any hotter than a 2.3L T5 and if they would drop in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Anyone know if the cams from the S60r are any hotter than a 2.3L T5 and if they would drop in?. Just be aware that <--'98 cams can't be used in '99--> heads because of the different placement of the cam's axial bearing.Yes they are somewhat "hotter" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think the head should be addressed before thousands are spent on cams... NA cams are cool because they spec out better than the turbo cams and generally can be had for next to nothing. If you have the inclination and time, along with a source for them, there is no reason not to. If you are expecting to find the secret weakness of the stock hardware setup, it is not the cams. (start with turbo, manifold, port work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynodyno312 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yes they are somewhat "hotter"I have a 2000 so I was curious. Any idea of how much power, if any, they would make over the stock cams? Worth the change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightinchunk Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 would i be able to na cam my p2 01 t5? probably seems like a stupid question, but it seems like modding the p2 cars are more of a oh yeah! than the 2000 and older volvos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Carbon_R had custom cams made.....don't think they re-ground. I'm pretty sure his were made from blanks, but I'll let him see this thread and tell you for sure. ajhehr also has custom cams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajhehr Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 so these are the stock turbo cam specsand these are my "hot cams" look for these in jons car soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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