Madjackal 0 Posted January 19, 2012 My VR came with a box off stuff, among which was a pair of cam shafts. I was told that the car was fitted with schrick 268 Cams. On further inspection of the history, whilst Stealth did fit these, there is a later invoice which includes supply and fit of SP 263 Cams. So the question is how can I be sure that the spare set I have are the Shrick 268s? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madjackal 0 Posted January 19, 2012 Incidentally there are no VW markings on them anywhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swiftkid 1 Posted January 19, 2012 Are there any markings on them at all? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madjackal 0 Posted January 19, 2012 Yes, I think I have solved the mystery, I just called Vince at Stealth and he said check the ends for part numbers. If they contain the numbers 268 then they are the Schricks. And they do, so it seems they are! Happy days! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Posted January 19, 2012 was going to say dont the cams have any numbers stamped on the ends. So you've got 263s in the car and a set of 268s spare, cant all be bad ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robo22sri 10 Posted January 19, 2012 Want to sell the spare ones? ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madjackal 0 Posted January 19, 2012 yes! I put an ad up. looking for £450 (£465 posted) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted January 19, 2012 Lol, nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VW_OwneR_85 2 Posted January 19, 2012 what are the stock cams? and what are the gains by changeing to 263's or 268's? and to see these gains would you need a remap? cheers.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madjackal 0 Posted January 19, 2012 Well not being the expert I have just read a really long and quite contentious thread from 2009 all about cams and it seems the main points are that 268's are all about mid to top end giving an extra 10 -15 bhp. Some people who have them have reported that they have noticed a difference without a re-map although it is recommended for squeezing the most from the cams and also to improve engine life. The 263s it seems can produce a higher bhp and is a smoother increase across the middle of the rev range. That said I have a Schrick VSR and 263 cams fitted to mine and it is what I would call sluggish at low revs, pretty quick through 2-3k. Then I reach about 4k and the engine seems to think that the apocalypse has come and dumps a huge steaming turd of power in my lap. I should just add that all my comments surrounding this issue are what I have gleened from other people's experiences/posts. Have a look here, unless you are Kev who got so annoyed with this thread he almost started a punch up. :D http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?42729-vr6-cams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted January 20, 2012 Ahhh, they were the days, when I had nothing better to do than argue about cams :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madjackal 0 Posted January 25, 2012 By the way I'm putting these on ebay now as well as on here. Can anyone tell me what other cars they will fit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
