In life you never get something for nothing - same is true for cams.  You
get increased upper end horse power and the expense of low end torque.

My former 1980 Rabbit PU at a nice Schrick 280 degree cam in a 2.0L block
(stock is around 256 degree) - it was very soft on the bottom end, but so as
you got above 4000 RPM *LOOK OUT* it was increditable!

The 266 that was advertised is a good cam for a 2L like the south African
kit has.  The idle won't suffer from installing it, emissions will still
probably pass and you will see a slight gain in power with very little loss
to the bottom end.  The 266 cams are nice.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Bill Marshall
Sent: November 19, 2003 7:12 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: FS, some stuff :) (cams)

OK, time to profess my ignerunce.  What does a different cam do to change
the
performance?  I see these cam upgrades for many different vehicles, and I
don't get it -- why didn't the VW engineers use that design in the first
place if
it's better?

Bill Marshall
'85 GL Tiico "Pandora"
Aurora, IL