anthonyblue Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 a buddy of mine has bought them then found out he is having a baby which means the zed iis going, so he offered me them for 350/400 unused in the box....but my zed is totally standard except exhaust and intake system....is there any point? any gains? or shall i tell him to sell them on? Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 27, 2010 Author Posted July 27, 2010 also 440 injectors and 550....not sure on price but again would like to know if its worth while or worth a miss Quote
Wookiee22 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Changing cams means a complete engine rebuild, probably not worth it for the cost unless you are changing pistons, rods, bearings, studs etc and going for a high power FI car. Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 27, 2010 Author Posted July 27, 2010 sorry to be stupid but fi is turbo/super charger yes? what about injectors? Quote
Wookiee22 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Yes, FI = Forced Induction, NA = Naturally (or sometimes Normally) Aspirated. Again, uprating injectors will only be worth it for a FI build - more air being pushed in means you need more fuel as well. What setup was your friend running? Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 27, 2010 Author Posted July 27, 2010 what about the air from the intake, would that be suffiecent to upgrade injectors?....hks twin turbo, long life exhaust, hks racing suction, 440/550 in jectors...to be cosworth cams, kinetix racing intake ( which im hopig to have) racing exhaust manifold ( not sure what though ) and coilovers not sure what and upgraded brakes again not sure what....possibly left some stuff out though....couldnt remember everythin lol Quote
Wookiee22 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 No need to upgrade injectors unless going FI, as far as I know. Quote
Wookiee22 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 what about the air from the intake, would that be suffiecent to upgrade injectors?....hks twin turbo, long life exhaust, hks racing suction, 440/550 in jectors...to be cosworth cams, kinetix racing intake ( which im hopig to have) racing exhaust manifold ( not sure what though ) and coilovers not sure what and upgraded brakes again not sure what....possibly left some stuff out though....couldnt remember everythin lol Sounds like a nice setup. Got any pictures? Any chance you could get him to post on here? Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 27, 2010 Author Posted July 27, 2010 will try...seein him tommorrow....was wondering readin a post off the fire breather...bigger injectors would make flames dont you think? Quote
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 was wondering readin a post off the fire breather...bigger injectors would make flames dont you think? not if you tune the car properly , just fitting the injectors without a remap will make your car run very badly. Cams we only say to fit if you going to rebuild the motor with higher compression to much work just to fit cams and get a very small return. Quote
M13KYF Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 I wouldn't buy them and try to sell them on. You might end up with them for a while Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 28, 2010 Author Posted July 28, 2010 condition though...i got a 53 plate 33k blue in ex condition and his has around 80k ish and condition isnt up to much....one of the boys is looking at ditching the scooby for it....will keep u guys informed.. Quote
anthonyblue Posted July 28, 2010 Author Posted July 28, 2010 haha...will see what hes doin with it, and let everyone no.. Quote
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. Quote
ZMANALEX Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Quote
Dblock Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Thats alot of work. I did wonder why that wasnt any cammed Z's. Quote
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Heads off ? surly not, AFAIKS its just the front covers to get at the timing chains,sprockets etc, and just cam bearing caps etc, otherwise it would mean head of in order to replace lifter buckets, should the clearances need attention. Quote
yokomo Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Heads off ? surly not, AFAIKS its just the front covers to get at the timing chains,sprockets etc, and just cam bearing caps etc, otherwise it would mean head of in order to replace lifter buckets, should the clearances need attention. yep it is head off irrc when mine was done . Quote
Dblock Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Heads off ? surly not, AFAIKS its just the front covers to get at the timing chains,sprockets etc, and just cam bearing caps etc, otherwise it would mean head of in order to replace lifter buckets, should the clearances need attention. yep it is head off irrc when mine was done . do you have hotter cams? Quote
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 Can somebody tell me just why its an engine strip to replace the cams?, certainly doesn't look like it in my manual. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Heads off ? surly not, AFAIKS its just the front covers to get at the timing chains,sprockets etc, and just cam bearing caps etc, otherwise it would mean head of in order to replace lifter buckets, should the clearances need attention. yep it is head off irrc when mine was done . Can you please explain why the heads need to come off? i am a pretty fair mechanic/engineer and having looked at the manual i still fail to see how changing cams can necessitate head removal. Quote
carlswift Posted September 1, 2010 Posted September 1, 2010 Do you know the spec of the cams at all? I.e. the peak power range etc.? Cheers Quote
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