Technical has anyone done a guide for fitting the 866 cam?

[Benjammo]

hello

I know a lot of people have put the 866 into their cars, but I'm a real noob when it comes to engines.
I've looked through a lot of previous posts, but couldn't find anything that shows how to do it, just that once its done it'll be a bit quicker.

is anyone planning to fit one any time soon, or know where theres a good thread of someone fitting one?

or if anyones really bord, anyone fancy fitting mine and I'll do a guide?

 

[whitz]

no guides out iirc but its simple enough to do

take the old cam out, change pulley if needed, put cam in and time engine up and measure clearances which you will have to re-shim

Ash

 

[Benjammo]

its the timing bit I'm the most worried about, and how to measure the gap.

 

[whitz]

its the timing bit I'm the most worried about, and how to measure the gap.

easy and feeler gauge

Ash

 

[rallycinq]

However, the question really is:-

How good are the valves, guides and seats?

Make sure your current head is absolutely to spec before putting in a cam.

You can fit the cam using the standard dowel but there is no guarantee its in the right place for an 1108.

Cheers

D

 

[Benjammo]

The engines solid, as far as I can tell, she was serviced every 6 months with engine flush and gtx magnatex, ok she's done 96k I think but after not being used for nearly a year started first time after a jump, and seemed fine.
Erm, what's a dowel?

 

[EssexUno]

Mate just get a haynes manual for how to do it and go to a garage and ask them if they can tell you the valve clearences for a pu to 75 as thats what the cam is 100% used on. They can go on autodata and print it off for you.

I think inlet is 0.40mm +-0.05 and exhaust is 0.50mm+-0.05.

If you don't have the exact shims for the job then make the clerence bigger rather than smaller as you want it to be a bit tappy rather that seize up once hot

Dan

p.s. Timing these engines up is easy, will also tell you in haynes.

 

[rallycinq]

Erm, what's a dowel?

The little peg on the cam that goes into the sprocket.

Cheers

D