KR cams

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:37 pm

Hello all,its been quite some time since my last post as the A4 is now long gone and replaced with a merc!
boooo i hear you cry!
and the missus wanted rid of the 16v coupe so that has sat dormant on the drive for best part of 6-8 months.
But a reprise perhaps?
as is a womans want,she saw me jump start it the other day and has now decided to keep it for now at least.
some of you may know that i rebuilt the engine a long while ago and in the process i put in a pair of KR cams.
The car always ran ok after that but i was never convinced about the running of it,when timed with a gun the timing marks always moved around a bit and i could never get it to idle spot on,it did when the original cams were in.
i have always suspected those second hand cams possibly for wear or even that i should of put just the inlet cam in and left the original exhaust cam in.
Anyway,im thinking of putting some original cams back to stock or do i try and locate an ABF cam setup for a bit more oompf?
Any advice gratefully received.
Does anyone have any of these parts?

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:29 pm

tbh unless you have had other work done,head,manifold exhaust etc the cams alone will not be very noticable and for sure stock cams will idle/run better although I've had no real issues with the kr's in mine wihich were dialled in with a gun.

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:32 pm

p.s think I have some stock cams somewhere if your stuck.

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:58 pm

If you have that would be great!
I did have a full head and spare cams a good while back but they took room up in the garage so I binned them.that will teach me.
I did a bit of basic porting on the head when I put the cams in but if I'm only getting minimal increases then I'll go back to stock.i take it when you say manifold its a case of getting a 20v one and cutting off the spare pipe/sealing it off?

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:58 pm

that's an option and is how mine is as off the shelf isn't really available but I'm sure a vw option could be modified by a competent fabricator.

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:00 pm

And I'll let you know this week sometime as to what cams I have.

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:06 am

had a look and cams I have are 027 which I believe are stock 6a/9a are you looking at changing both or just the inlet?

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:00 pm

027 I'm sure that's correct,yes I'm looking to swap both cams.

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:32 pm

How does £25+the cost of postage sound.

Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 9:40 pm

Yeah I think I could manage that,

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:03 am

have pm'd you Rob

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:35 pm

ever get the feeling you've got shafted for a set of cams....still sfa heard Rob...