camshaft recomendations

[Aaron]

hi guys

i have recently bought a new head for my 325i m20 i have double cut the valves and tripled cut the valve seats... i want to put a new cam on it but dont know which one to go for i want a slightly better performace cam but i dont want it to effect my idle, what specifications should i be looking for? any good brands and does anyone know where i can buy one for? i dont want to spend a ridiculas amount and dont want to buy a used cam

please help as need to do this asap as car is off the road at the moment

[maggspower]

What engine?

[Aaron]

sorry its a 325i m20

[reggid]

something around 270 advertised duration is a good compromise, without any increased compression more than this starts to make the engine a bit too soft off cam particularly the 25 6K1 engines.

i would look at schrick or dbilas for an allround daily driver, the catcams make good mid and topend power but take alot from the bottom end to do so and having measured various cams with schrick you get what the specs say on the brochure. With catcams the duration are fine but the lobe centres are usually quite a bit wider than the specs say and that is why they make top end but no lowend

[Acox99]

What are Kent cams like?

[Aaron]

thanks for that... does anyone know where i can buy them from?