Integrated Engineerings aggressive street / strip 1.8T Camshaft set for b5 a4 1.8t aeb do they really work? added bhp or at least to protect ur other internal components like they advertise??

 

Unless you're bat you won't see much of a gain. I'd guess maybe ten hp on a stock setup so not worth the trouble of putting it in.

 

I bet you'd have almost no gains and maybe even some losses - you'd probably lose some low-end drivability and shift the powerband upward. Cams aren't even needed with a big effing turbo, but a turbo like that would probably gain some power. Depending on how radical they are, they tend to enhance power at one part of the range at the expense of other parts.

 

good to know, yeah i figured that but just wanted to know just in case
i wanna upgrade my turbo but not something crazy big but enough to keep the engine running healthy for a while not for 1 year lol
maybe around 250 - 350 hp ??
just enough to make some of these v-techs out here in cali think twice about wanting to mess with my audi

 

cams are only necessary for greater than 450awhp. and then youd be putting a TON of money into the head. most built heads cost more than a whole stock car today.

 

yeah i was first looking into purchasing those IE cams cuz they add 97 bhp if your boosting at a cetain psi but in like a 18 or 24 months in the future i wanna get some new valves:

Ferrea intake/exhaust valves, IE guides, supertech titanium springs and retainers, new lifters

so i figured to sell my stock cams which look freakin nice still when the car has 200,000 miles on it, has always used synthetic oil. but i was planning on selling them and purchasing the new ones
but if the stock ones are pretty reliable then i might just keep them then because the other ones go for $750+ something and that could be used for other parts

 

It is not about how much boost your making, it is about the amount of power your making. No reason to run those cams on anything smaller then a GT30r pushing high boost, even the IE intake cam with the stock exhaust cam is designed for a GT2871r or larger turbo. Stock cam is perfectly fine for anything smaller than that, even Elim owners are making up to 350whp with stock cams.

BTW if your going to run Ferrea valves you might as run Ferrea springs, if you want to go Supertech springs then go with Supertech valves. You can save money by ordering them as a package which is how I offer them on my site. I can even do a package setup with Supertec valves and IE springs.

 

[QUOTE=Mike-2ptzero;1344790Stock cam is perfectly fine for anything smaller than that, even Elim owners are making up to 350whp with stock cams. [/QUOTE]

How about adding VVT? On my 2.7T, the cam angle change of around 20 degrees occurs at 4k rpm. Changing the cam angle should benefit low/midrange power (without touching the peak HP), or?

Seems like a great way of making more usable power.

Note: I keep my 1.8Ts around 22 psi (for sanity reasons) on stock blocks, holding from 2800 rpm on to redline. VVT conversion a good idea?