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seanski44
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 Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: cams made in england? |
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Was under the bonnet (hood) and noticed that my cam had ENGLAND stamped on it - are they all made in England? or has mine been frankensteined before!
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Chrenan
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Could be a Piper cam.
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tux
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Indeed. An aftermarket cam is about all I can come up with too. Though I guess its not beyond the bounds of possibility that the OEM part was manufactured in the UK. After all, Britain still had a manufacturing industry back then!
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:42 am Post subject: |
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well, this cam came from a 931 my brother and I bought for bits.. perhaps it had been piper-ed! (the last MOT on that parts car was mid nineties!)
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John Brown
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:57 am Post subject: |
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The drive sprocket is not part of the cam and normally is not supplied with the cam. So a guess would be that the part is UK manufacture or specific to UK applications. Anyone check for different part numbers?
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| John Brown wrote: | | The drive sprocket is not part of the cam and normally is not supplied with the cam. So a guess would be that the part is UK manufacture or specific to UK applications. Anyone check for different part numbers? |
well, that's the bizzarre thing, I checked that the turbo cam was the same as the na cam before swapping them, but I don't believe I looked at the part num on the cam itself. hmm, is that it in the pic?
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Ozzie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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The cam timing wheel is separate to the cam.
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John Brown
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| seanski44 wrote: | | John Brown wrote: | | The drive sprocket is not part of the cam and normally is not supplied with the cam. So a guess would be that the part is UK manufacture or specific to UK applications. Anyone check for different part numbers? |
well, that's the bizzarre thing, I checked that the turbo cam was the same as the na cam before swapping them, but I don't believe I looked at the part num on the cam itself. hmm, is that it in the pic? |
May be beating a dead horse; but just to clarify. The picture is not of the cam. The part with 'England' is the sprocket or drive wheel. Remove the bolt and pull it off.
And, yes, the cam is the same for na and turbo alike.
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Mike924
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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PET shows the cam sprocket part number for an '85 924 (yours is an '86, right, Sean?) as 049 109 111 C.
The number stamped on your spocket shows it's an earlier 'A' variant and so must pre-date you car by quite a bit.
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| John Brown wrote: | | seanski44 wrote: | | John Brown wrote: | | The drive sprocket is not part of the cam and normally is not supplied with the cam. So a guess would be that the part is UK manufacture or specific to UK applications. Anyone check for different part numbers? |
well, that's the bizzarre thing, I checked that the turbo cam was the same as the na cam before swapping them, but I don't believe I looked at the part num on the cam itself. hmm, is that it in the pic? |
May be beating a dead horse; but just to clarify. The picture is not of the cam. The part with 'England' is the sprocket or drive wheel. Remove the bolt and pull it off.
And, yes, the cam is the same for na and turbo alike. |
no, you're not beating a dead horse, I got it the first time! 
and yes, I know the cam is the same.
and apologies for the messed up terminology. I was, of course, referring to the cam sprocket.
I won't remove the bolt and pull it off as it works a treat, but thanks anyway. It was merely an observation - I have far too much to be getting on with, taking a pic of it was a brief respite in the number of tasks I'm up to my neck in!
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Mike924 wrote: | PET shows the cam sprocket part number for an '85 924 (yours is an '86, right, Sean?) as 049 109 111 C.
The number stamped on your spocket shows it's an earlier 'A' variant and so must pre-date you car by quite a bit. |
yeah, as mentioned it came from an '81 turbo, as unfortunately the sprocket on my cam which was attached to my cylinder head previously was bent... (sprocket wheel appeared to wobble) - due to this and to the fact that I had the problem with the tappet, I simply switched the cam and sprocket together from the 931 head. (after having checked PET for compatibility of course)
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1981 168HP 931 S2 blue/tan leather - SOLD
1985 121HP 924 2.0l na modded - SOLD!
1992 968 lux SOLD
1989 944 2.7 lux SOLD |
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