RE: [T3] FI cams

["Steven Cooper" <steven.cooper@optusnet.com.au>]

<x-flowed>I'm aware of the different sizes of cam gear which available to compensate 
for manufacturing variances.  The reason I asked the question is because 
there is mention on "shoptalkforums" of different timing of valve opening 
for cams supplied with FI and carbed engines.  There is also discussion that 
the FI cam is better suited to the ratios of the automatic gearbox.

This is contrary to everything I have read, which says that all 1600 cams 
have the same valve timing, lift and duration. I have also never seen 
aftermarket FI cams advertised.  I suppose if there ever was such a thing as 
an FI cam, you could simply find an aftermarket cam which the same specs.

So, can we definitively say that VW never supplied different cams with FI 
engines? (Apart from gear size and fixing method)

On a separate, but related, question - do the stock FI dizzys retard timing 
of no 3 cylinder?

Steven
72 AT Vert FB
Australia 


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