Hello all...time for me to chime in. You can get a
mild B grind for the 1500 or even a 275 (That's what I
bought) The standard cam is under-cammed fot the 1500
engine.
If you go to http://www.tsimportedautomotive.com and
look under Cam Specs, you can find a cam for your
1500. Ted Schumacher is a wealth of knowledge and will
not try to sell you something you don't need. Check
out the site and give him a call. I had Ted rebuild my
engine and incorporate a 275 cam.
Nothing gained here...I'm just a very satisfied
customer trying to pass on a good resource.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
69 BGT
Alexandria, Va.
--- mgraziano@mindspring.com wrote:
> My 1500 has the piper 285. Very lumpy idle. But I
> did combine it with head work, twin SUs, and headers
> (with Monza). We advanced it (or was that retard) 4
> degrees via a double chain vernier gear set, which
> brought the power range down to about 3K. At 3K,
> you can feel the power erupt.
>
> If I had the cash, I would have had the cam and
> block ground for cam bearings.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> > I think the technical term is 'wiped'. There
> doesn't seem to be a mild cam
> for the 1500 engine from Kent and their most
> realistic offering looks to be
> closer to a 286 than a 276 which you might find a
> bit tiresome unless you
> really spend time and trouble to get right (eg you
> could retard the cam a few
> degrees to try and tame it down, spend time on the
> induction and exhaust
> system, time on the chassis dyno.
>
> APT (aptfast.com) have a range of cams for the
> Triumph engine and since they,
> like yourself are in the USA they would be worth
> contacting for advice and
> maybe a cam.
>
> I think my recommendation would be to simply have a
> new standard cam unless
> you are on a budget and can get a performance cam
> cheaper. A cam on its own
> is going to struggle to produce much of an increase
> without a decent head,
> intake and exhaust systems and so on and without
> them the peak power might be
> more than offset by what you might lose at the
> bottom end.
>
> Get in contact with APT and see what they say.
>
>
> Daniel1312
>
> Daniel
>
> In a message dated 06/10/00 00:55:24 GMT Daylight
> Time,
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu writes:
>
> >
>
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Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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