Cams,wild or mild?

[1802is]

Hi all i getting some cams for the is,but was wandering what best to go for. I'll be using the car as a daily driver with the intention of spending lots of time on the track.Any suggestions/advice and shared experiences would be of great help! Thanks Douge.

[1802is]

Wow!! thanks for the helpful replys guys,your a real friendly bunch!:rolleyes:

[Boyracer]

Mild (Shrick 256 degree) if you do not change anything else on engine.

[futron.sim]

My engine is currently running Shrick 256 cams and I think its a good compromise between daily driving and track use. Power on low revs is definitely lower compared stock cams but its not that terrible.

[kowalski]

Wow!! thanks for the helpful replys guys,your a real friendly bunch!:rolleyes:
Your an ass. here, We don't like ass's. Don't be an ass.

I would go wild if and when I do it over again.

[bmwpower]

Your an ass. here, We don't like ass's. Don't be an ass.

I would go wild if and when I do it over again.

Where do they like asses? :)

Wild = which one?

I'd be interested to know what to use for a dedicated track car.

[kowalski]

Where do they like asses? :)

Wild = which one?

I'd be interested to know what to use for a dedicated track car.

R3v likes ass's. Bimmerforums likes ass's.

in saying wild i was referring to cams.
9.86 mm lift, and 264 duration is what i have, they made a noticeable difference for sure, but I'm going to bigger this time around.

[D. Clay]

Cams for the M42 are expensive. Especially Schricks. At least compared to other engines. Try Delta Cams (Google them) for a reground set. 265 duration is mild, 270 is fair and over 275 is getting up there. I wouldn't do cams alone - only if I was building the engine from the ground up. A chip is the best bang for the buck. About 4 HP.

[1802is]

Hi all,i have 3 things i'd like to say,firstly i'd like to thank you all for your replys(sincerly).Second,my second post on this thread said what i felt,this is the first forum i've been on that has made me feel like i don't excist(sorry for the poor spelling)maybe it's because i don't drive a e30 318is,maybe it's because i'm new,or maybe because i only had 2 post count,i don't know.You all seem pretty well established within yourselves and don't seem very welcoming.Now i'm not expecting you all to drop everything and reply to my post,but a little acknowledgement would be nice,one reply would be nice.But instead,i have to make a sarcastic comment to get a reaction from you.I apologise for the comment i made,but felt it was the only way to get something out of your "community".Thirdly,i am not an ass,please don't treat me like an internet troll,i have joined this site because i am installing a M42 engine into my classic bmw.Thanks again,1802is.

[beegeezy]

M42club is a good forum, nice friendly people here. But sometimes it can be a little slow, there arent as many members on here as some other e30 forums. If you dont get a reply in what you feel is an appropriate amount of time, just bump the thread. Easier and nicer than being sarcastic.

[haledj]

M42club is a good forum, nice friendly people here. But sometimes it can be a little slow, there arent as many members on here as some other e30 forums. If you dont get a reply in what you feel is an appropriate amount of time, just bump the thread. Easier and nicer than being sarcastic.

+1 I like having less people here because it means we have a higher concentration of good posts. We can have more good information here in a one page thread as you have in a 10 page thread on some "other" forums

[dvmotorsports]

there is a place in nor cal that will custom grinds cam for a reasonable price. this is exactly what metric is doing. i dunno what schrick does though. they are grinding my cams for $300.

their site is here (http://www.drcamshafts.com)

[E30nate]

there is a place in nor cal that will custom grinds cam for a reasonable price. this is exactly what metric is doing. i dunno what schrick does though. they are grinding my cams for $300.

their site is here (http://www.drcamshafts.com)

thats funny. i live like ten minutes from where they are, and never even heard of them. i have an extra set of cams that i might have reground.

[colin86325]

Here's where I'm sending my intake cam to be hard welded
http://www.webcamshafts.com/


It's about $360
I believe they do Metric Mechanic's stuff. I'll post when i get my engine together.

[dvmotorsports]

thats funny. i live like ten minutes from where they are, and never even heard of them. i have an extra set of cams that i might have reground.

well, hand tight and i will post the finished product with a performance report. or maybe when i am in the area (which is frequently) you can drive the car and compare for yourself.

[fabe]

is it possible to custom machine a pair of cam sprockets to get the desired cam degree, since the cams can be adjusted +/- 6 degree???

Figures plucked from Brendan purcell's website:

Camshaft : Duration: inlet 252 exhaust 252
Lift: inlet 10.2 exhaust 10.2
Lobe height: 1.8755-1.8803"

[Boyracer]

???

Stock cam sprockets are already adjustable, why do you need other adjustable cam sprockets? :confused:

[fabe]

???

Stock cam sprockets are already adjustable, why do you need other adjustable cam sprockets? :confused:

bcos it's only +/- 6 degree???
What i mean was whether is it viable/feasible to have higher degree ie 270 using the existing stock camshafts but mate them to custom sprockets.