E30 Zone

Hi
is there any difference in 1987 , and 1988 on cams ? as i ve been offered a cheap new 87 one , but wany it 4 a eta conversion , so want it to be better than leaving in the 320 one , ????

When I built my 2.7 I searched for ages on this subject and found the only differences were between air-con/non air-con camshafts

Don't buy a febi camshaft though, mine was and despite running in correctly then using good quality synthetic oil was worn within 3000 miles. Chocolate camshafts from GSF

Even a good used genuine one would be better.

Cheers,

Iain T

There's a lot of choice out there for cams, e.g. Bilstein do OE replacement cams for the E30, or there are a number of 'fast road' options. I have a 273 CatCam in my 325i. It makes a difference - pulls much better at the top end, though I need to get her chipped / remapped 'cause the cam should rev to 7500. FYI, Schrick make their cams under licence to Cat, so if you go for a CatCam you're buying a Schrick for much less money!

Cat's distributers in the UK are:
Quality Engineered Products
25 Junction Road
Burgess Hill
RH15 0HR
West Sussex
Tel: 01444 243720
Fax: 01444 243720

I would thoroughly recommend them.

Also, if you're changing your cam I'd recommend new followers too.

Templ8e30 wrote: Don't buy a febi camshaft though, mine was and despite running in correctly then using good quality synthetic oil was worn within 3000 miles. Chocolate camshafts from GSF

So im not the only one!

Iain......different cams for cars with air con and those without?? Could this cause problems with the little project we undertook a few weeks ago??!

Sorry to go slightly off topic.

Shouldn't do, I don't know what the differences are but looking at the cam out of your old engine and the worn GSF one I took from my 2.7 there doesn't appear to be any difference in lift/duration or profile.

Can't see why air-con would need a different cam

BTW Dan your old head is away getting crack tested, results soon.

Cheers,

Iain T

Oh Jesus, I put a Febi camshaft in mine a short while ago...........

BTW, I have air con and it all works fine (the engine and idle), I wasn't given the option af any camshafts, just the one I bought and was told 325i from the year dot onwards.

The car drives very well actually!

Nice one Iain, look forward to seeing what they say.