E21 323i cam into 885 head

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Dixonzerstorer
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Post Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:07 pm

Ok so I was wondering if anyone had any info on putting an E21 323i cam in an 885 head?

I heard about this a few years back but wasn't interested at the time and I can't remember the details about it.
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Post Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:38 pm

I have the cam profiles on file somewhere and without digging them out there is really very little between them.
So little it is not worth the time and effort to swap them over. I think from memory the difference was about 5 degrees duration and the integral of the time/lift was pretty much identical.
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Post Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:25 pm

So not worth swapping but if you had both to hand and you were building from scratch the 323i would be a little bit better?

Thanks for the info as well bud