twincams

[s13-ste]

why comment if nothing constructive to say.people get smart sittin at computers dont they.

boo fucking hoo.
man i know fuck all about cams but know a distributor is not the worst problem in the world.
bottom ends shit themselves. most in ireland have had a shit life.
and honestly if you know nothing about them yourself i cant understand why you would buy one. buy a car you now something about and save yourself alot of stress worrying about things.
Google is your friend

[bnollie]

boo fucking hoo.
man i know fuck all about cams but know a distributor is not the worst problem in the world.
bottom ends shit themselves. most in ireland have had a shit life.
and honestly if you know nothing about them yourself i cant understand why you would buy one. buy a car you now something about and save yourself alot of stress worrying about things.
Google is your friend

Ste no need to be a dick.

The man asked a question for people who know about cams.

Not people who own a 200 with no engine.

[burner]

vicious in here tonight aint it

Lad, first off no matter what you read here BRING SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THERE CAMS

Rust is the killer, get a good shell and thats half the battle. Check sills, pockets, chassis rails, floors (the whole car) for ROT.

running wise, for a cars 20+ years old they are def gonna have wear and tear
Gearboxs shud be fairly on in all gears, maybe a small whine but anything loud and its goin to go at some stage. Enignes, well maintained they cud last as long as anything else but listening out for noisey bottom ends, burning oil, shud pull well tru all the gears. Dont mistake the release bearing in the clutch for a bottom end either, they noise after a few hundred miles.
Diffs should be tight, maybe a whine again but nuttin serious.....shud be easy to lock up. Brakes, spongey pedal is common enuf on most that ive driven but foot to the floor almost and there is a problem somewhere.

Not to put a downer but unless you know your cams.....running one and repairing one is headwrecking....you cud spend every nite of the week under it and still not be happy so getting a good one is crucial.

[pole drift]

One major problem is that the giggling pin can fall out of the laughin shaft

[grange]

One major problem is that the giggling pin can fall out of the laughin shaft

haha ^^^^^ man go on2 irshcoupes go 2 cloko hes based in dundalk he will help u with anything u need 2 nw witout the abuse

[Prodrifter86]

why comment if nothing constructive to say.people get smart sittin at computers dont they.

Wow your being a bit cheeky
might want to calm down a bit there the lads are only trying to help you

[blusrule]

and honestly if you know nothing about them yourself i cant understand why you would buy one. buy a car you now something about and save yourself alot of stress worrying about things.

Stupid comment, how are you supposed to know anything about a car if you never owned one? You learn about whatever car you have sure

[batman026]

you might notice that this site is anti twincam(understatment of the year) best posting this thread on ae86irl as people over there know how to function without a sr20 under the bonnet

[richiek]

burner cheers for the help,info there could be handy.
ya i googled lots of things to do with cams,getting as much info as i can before i go buying.thats what forums like this are for,swoping info and basically enjoying it.just doing a bit of research.
@prodrifter86 no its not being cheeky i asked for help,the man just admitted he knew nothing about them so if that was me i wouldnt comment,i wouldnt say "stay away from buying cars".it was smart and theres lots of that shite and attitude on this site thats not needed.ive bought my fair share of cars,hondas,mx5, and others.i didnt know much about altezzas before i got the one i have now but u learn as u go along as ive done with the tez.
i know there could be problems potentially bigger then that but i know the car has this fault at the mo so wanted to know whats invloved.
the one ive seen just passed the nct so must be someway in good nick.

[pole drift]

Sr86 ftw