Best cam to use on metro turbo
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Rebuilding my metro turbo engine in my spare time and im at the point to put a camshaft in. it did have a kent 266 cam but dunno to use it or not so need some advice on should I stay with the cam Ive got or to buy another. Dosnt matter if it runs lumpy on tic over but needs to perform all round eg fast road,track day, and so on any advice would be greatful thanks

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I seriously doubt it!

alot of people use the sw5 and the avonbar phase 2 turbo cam.

My small bore turbo project http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=473901

Also alot of people dont use these.cams :)

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Be4 others bite my tongue of yes I have searched as much info as I can but most people only want it for a pacific use and it mostly fast road and sound like im back to square 1lol looks like ive gotta look at some graphs and see where it leads me

Get an Avonbar Phase 2. Was fantastic in the upside down skip.

Not sure a cam will be much use to you in the ocean though.

Hahaha well im guessing the phase 2 it oiut of the questions and dunno how right this is but they performe **** with 1:5:1 rockers dunno how true that is but going on research

We ran ours with 1.27 pressed steel rockers. Good for over 200 bananas.

If its just a road car and not revving past 6500
Go with the na mg cam or kc500
I did not like my p2 not for the road anyway had no balls off boost :(

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Any cam that needs a high CompRatio to function in NA mode would not be good, as you are going to lower the CR for the turbo most of the time. So you'd get a very anaemic off boost performance.

as for the 266 (free as you have one)

It is (very) near a MG metro cam but it has about the same lift as that cam with 1.5 rockers. So i'd just keep it and use 1.25 rockers with it.

just my 2 cts.

That sir, is not rust, it is the progressive mass reduction system

http://aseriesmodifications.wordpress.com/

Well most of the time it will be on the road and putting people in there place but I be on the track as much as I can and yes your right sir yun it will be free but id rarther spend money and get it right so I dont have to strip the engine again been looking on some graphs and the best choice I can work out would be kent 276 would this be better than the 266 cam?

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In the 13's at last!.. Just

Why do you reckon the 276 is better than the 266 ?

It is very hard to compare camshafts just by looking at the numbers to be honest

you can have a cam that is 100% identical on paper that is totally different in actual lift profile (the 276 was apparently just a numerical mid way point between the 266 and 286 and not really developed like the other two )

just to illustrate . same numbers two different profiles. difference is that one of the cams has 30 degrees of dwell

My limited experience (NA) with the 276 was tepid at best.

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That sir, is not rust, it is the progressive mass reduction system

http://aseriesmodifications.wordpress.com/

Thats true and I suggest it as the 286 would be good but the power band starts from 1500 to I think 6500 but the 276 has it from 1000 to 6500 but I dont think the 266 has not enough lift
as like people say the love and hate phase 2 cam the 276 has similar quality but would better suit my needs

The 286 will be utter shit. Stick with what is proven to work, forget everything you know about what works well on N/A because this doesn't apply to boosted engines for cam selection. Sw5, Mg metro, 266, avonbarphase 2. Take your pick from those, those are the most used cams on here for a reason!

Dear lord what ever you do do not fit a 286!I made the catastrophic mistake of fitting one just because I had it and it made me utterly hate the car. I have the n/a MG cam fitted now and the car drives divinely on the road and gave me what I needed to see of a Mk6 Golf gti in MK! That can't be a bad thing.

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Ok thank might as well stay with what I ve got then as like it been said it free as I have 1 so I cqn spend more money on sum where else that needs it

Do avonbar still produce the phase 2?

dont forget the MED T3 cam is essentially the same

avonbar are now shut, but the cams are being produced by the original owner under the name AVR Classics

but once again he's proving hard to get hold of so give him a call or even better collect and pay in person to ensure you get one!
orrrr

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Yeh I wouldnt bother lol never had a problems with med

I can rember when avon was shutting down people where going crackers as they were selling off
my friend drove a very long way and got some bargain I know he bought a head and load of odds and sods but there name still proves them