Piper cams

1. huggy54 Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744

   #1 18th January 2009, 12:58

   Just a quick one guys i have a saxo vtr V reg silver top, gmc manifold, magnex exhaust, de-cat, raceland induction kit and now are looking at cams to get a bit more performance out of my car, a remap will come later in a few months. are Piper fast road/race cams any good for my car and will they fit or are there any better cams available i dont want to spend too too much. i'm not too clued up on when it comes to cams. any help will be appreciated
2. Dboyvts Established Member Joined: Apr 2007 paisley Posts: 1211 supercharged vts, R324r gtr, Rb30 R32 gtr.

   #2 18th January 2009, 13:22

   Try gmc they were doing a good price on piper cams all profiles for the same price. May be idea to give them a call
3. huggy54 Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744

   #3 18th January 2009, 13:57

   might just do that, but does any1 know how they compare to catcams. newmans etc etc
4. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #4 18th January 2009, 15:23

   Definately try gmc, I got a set of piper bp285's for my Vts for 340 delivered. The cans they came from straight from Piper!
5. AJ_SAXO Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Newbs, Berks Posts: 1553 Mk4 Golf 2.0l GTi

   #5 18th January 2009, 15:27

   i have the piper 270's for my 90bhp vtr and they're meant to be for 3 plug ecu but i have single plug, and i asked pugperformance and hey said it will still fit perfectly
6. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

   #6 18th January 2009, 16:33

   piper cams are expensive and cams are cams. Can get a perfectly good profile from Newmans for £165+VAT+delivery
   
   about £200 delivered
7. huggy54 Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744

   #7 18th January 2009, 17:35

   i got a mate who wants to sell me his Piper fast road cams, he's never fitted them and i think he brought them in error, but he dont know much bout them funny enough. as he got em ages ago. i have no idea wether they fit a mark 2 silvertop vtr or not
8. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

   #8 18th January 2009, 17:53

   i personally rate the newmans over piper after using both
9. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #9 18th January 2009, 18:08

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Sparco_Tom i personally rate the newmans over piper after using both

   How come? Am curious as I've just bought Piper cams.
10. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

    #10 18th January 2009, 18:12

    value for money basically got more power out the newmans
11. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

    #11 18th January 2009, 18:30

    What sort of power differences you get? How much you pay for the Newmans? Sorry if this de-rails the thread.
12. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

    #12 18th January 2009, 18:32

    ph3 newmans on vts £240quid
13. kissmyvtrse Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2008 kettering Posts: 163 saxo vtr

    #13 18th January 2009, 22:49

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Sparco_Tom ph3 newmans on vts £240quid

    that is good value for money, so how can kent cams justify £600+? as thats what i have seen them for sale at. defo think il go for newmans