gsi cam

[AdamK]

iv bought a gsi cam and had a look at fitting it today but didnt have a clue, am i right in thinking you have to take the head off and slide it in?

[Lewis.]

Yes it slides in the end of the cam box, which is held down with the head bolts. you will have to fully remove the head, and change the gasket while your at it, as it wont last long otherwise. I speak from experiance on this one lol

[AdamK]

alrite mate cheers did you notice anything from changing it? obviously its not going to make much difference but did it change?

[garyc]

you can get a special tool which allows you to remove the rockers without undoing the head bolts.

https://www.portlandtools.co.uk/Automotive_tools/Cylinder_head_maintainance/Vauxhall_Camshaft_tool_2097_1783.html

[mowgli]

well, you can push the followers down, and then having forced the oil out of the lifters, the followers & valve caps can come out, then the camshaft can be taken out of the front. now to get the lifters down will need a special tool . sykes pickavant did one, or you could make one with some decent plate. bolt it to the rocker cover & use a bolt/nut to wind them down

[Adam]

The tool Gary C posted works perfectly fine, ive used one several times.

[mowgli]

fair enough... i got beaten to it, and that looks a damn good price.

[Adam]

AdamK- What engine are you fitting it into

[AdamK]

1.2 8v

[mowgli]

i hope its an injection one..

[AdamK]

yh it is lol

[Lewis.]

alrite mate cheers did you notice anything from changing it? obviously its not going to make much difference but did it change?

I put a Kent AST2 in a standard C14SE, and it was terrible lol lost power, and wouldn't idle, so put the original back in. lesson learned, fancy cams + standard engines = phailz lol

also those holding tool things are rubbish, and you need 8 of the feckers, so at £80 its cheaper to do the head gasket lol

[Adam]

You only need one tool, just do one rocker at a time. Simples

[Damo]

Ive used one of the tools gary and adam are talking about when i swopped my 1.2spi cam for a 1.6 one. It was dead easy to work with i got mine from ebay for 8.50 delivered best money ive ever spent and on mine the cam seemed to make a big differance but i had a 1.8 throttle body with 1.4 injector and a 4branch manifold with decat.