Valve train reliability
07-18-2002, 01:14 PM
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Valve train reliability How big of a cam can I run without losing reliability and driveabilty with an A4. I drive my car on the street and highway a lot and I like to take long trips. BTW I have 3.42 gears, PT2900 in a C5.
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07-18-2002, 02:38 PM
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Re: Valve train reliability </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Mitch:
<strong>How big of a cam can I run without losing reliability and driveabilty with an A4. I drive my car on the street and highway a lot and I like to take long trips. BTW I have 3.42 gears, PT2900 in a C5.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">285/275 .705/.666 100 LSA <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
Driveability is for little <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> Nancies
No seriously I wouldn't go bigger than say a nice .220/.220 LSA 114 cam if you are really worried about driveability.
<strong>How big of a cam can I run without losing reliability and driveabilty with an A4. I drive my car on the street and highway a lot and I like to take long trips. BTW I have 3.42 gears, PT2900 in a C5.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">285/275 .705/.666 100 LSA <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
Driveability is for little <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> Nancies
No seriously I wouldn't go bigger than say a nice .220/.220 LSA 114 cam if you are really worried about driveability.
