had kent cams fitted today, BUT they ahve been set up like they are standard, not as kent intended. Idle seems fine, had full exhaust system and modified air box done at the same time, it sounds really good, BUT the car feels slower! much slower low down the revs, between 5k-6.5k it gets really lively but its a bit pants before that? any ideas guys? Assume its cos ti needs setting up right and chipping? Also its leaking oil quite badly from what looks like where the pulleys sit, its going in 2moro to have its cam seals checked, will i be doing any damage by driving it in the mean time?
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cams are in! car feels slower
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had kent cams fitted today, BUT they ahve been set up like they are standard, not as kent intended. Idle seems fine, had full exhaust system and modified air box done at the same time, it sounds really good, BUT the car feels slower! much slower low down the revs, between 5k-6.5k it gets really lively but its a bit pants before that? any ideas guys? Assume its cos ti needs setting up right and chipping? Also its leaking oil quite badly from what looks like where the pulleys sit, its going in 2moro to have its cam seals checked, will i be doing any damage by driving it in the mean time?
Volvo S60 T5
they cocked that up then, get them to check it all again to ensure its all set up correctly.
Sounds like the cam seals leaking, I would hold back from driving it till sorted m8
mate u know how mine is...
but mines set to wot kent recommend.....
felt quite a bit flatter low down , an the 2500 pull of the willy dint seem to be there, hit 4500 rpm tho an it jus takes off........
felt a bit slower tbh to begin with , but the times down the strip are slightly better, so sumats workin hehe
would sort the leak out tho,
tbh the power band doesnt seem to be all that much higher up the rev range.......jus a lot more power in the band if u know wot i mean, all the 60ft/1/8 mile times are quicker too so the 2500 push of the willy lump is stil there jus not as noticable with the extra power of the 4500 one........IMHO
Who did it?
Really shouldnt time the cams into std, thats the main reason we call it cam timing, because its specific.
If its leaking from the pulyl area they probably pushed the cam seals all the way in till they stopped rather than keeping them flush with the carrier face and keeping a gap behind.
i felt that also, but wasnt sure if it was jus me not drivin it for 3 months an expectin to much wen i did finally drive it lol
but with the times , and the more i drive it, the low down power doesnt seem to be affected much at all, the 2500 kick is stil there but doesnt seem to be as strong as before, but i expectd this, but like i say gets to 4500 an things start gettin good, until limiters stop play, the car is pulling really strong even 100rpm befor limiters, so i reckon it rev a bit higher very nicely
will be even better wen its sorted properly with ecu n new mani n sh*t
Hi Ben, they didnt really know what they were doing with timing the cams, and because every mm counts so to speak, im gonna let Andy GDI do them, at least that way i know they will be bang on.
As for cam seals, you reckon they pushed them in too far? will driving the car like this, albeit carefully, do much harm?
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