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would it be worth it?
i need to do the belt soon and i have a injected engine kicking about so could use the cam off that?

at the moment its a standard 1.8 8v carb with a weber.

rich

hey up rich i have a 1.8gti cam shaft on mine and i did notice pickup was a hell of alot better than the standed 1.6 cam shaft if you got to do the belt you might as well dude

I have a Inject cam for sale if anyone else wants one!!!

For anyone else who has done this mod (sorry for the threadjacking) how much did you have to alter the jetting on the carb? I'm going to drop one into my head this weekend when i finally reassemble the thing, but i don't want to run the thing too rich/too lean.

markh and me didnt have to alter the jets it ran perfect but i did check it when i got home with my emissions tester and it was fine

well thats that then
ill stick it on when i do the belt,
thats for the advice

Yes - def worth sticking the GTi cam in!!! One of the best things I did! While we're on the subject - anyone had a problem with the Weber having a flat-spot around 4/5th's throttle? I changed the cam and weber at the same time. Fitted new jets, and the only thing I can think of is fitting the jets the wrong way around (if that's possible??). Sorry for thread-jacking slightly, but I thought I'd ask as everyone here has done the mod.

Yes it#'s possible, I did it on mine the first time around and noticed the same thing

Funky Diver wrote:Yes it#'s possible, I did it on mine the first time around and noticed the same thing

So I've put them in the wrong way around?? That's as good news as it is embarrassing!! Many thanks

In fairness... it is a bit voodoo magic as the instructions AREN'T as clear as they could be... lol

Also the 1.6 GTI cam is even livelier than the 1.8 GTI, if you're using the shim top tappets. LMK if you need one