are S52 cams that hard to come by??

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Post Sat May 04, 2013 10:22 pm

has no one here ever done a S52 cam swap, or ever schrick cams??
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Post Sat May 04, 2013 10:28 pm

I snapped my S52 cams up in the blink of an eye for £350 about 4 years ago, for Schrick your looking at £900 minimum from memory
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Post Sat May 04, 2013 10:42 pm

Schrick upgrade ones dan need soild lifters hydros not up to it past the 7000RPM. its race spec cams not for me in a car a drive every day
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Post Sat May 04, 2013 10:56 pm

rich318i wrote:Schrick upgrade ones dan need soild lifters hydros not up to it past the 7000RPM. its race spec cams not for me in a car a drive every day
do you agree?
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Post Sun May 05, 2013 4:13 pm

I have some but won't be fitting them until I know the engine I have is a good one.
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Post Sun May 05, 2013 6:15 pm

rich318i wrote:
rich318i wrote:Schrick upgrade ones dan need soild lifters hydros not up to it past the 7000RPM. its race spec cams not for me in a car a drive every day
do you agree?
Are you telling me or asking me? :)

Solid lifters are only needed if your building a race engine