New member representing WADE CAMS

Wade Cams · 28-03-2007, 11:00 PM

Hi Ford guys (and gals). My name is Chris and l work for WADE CAMS.
One of your esteemed members (gthofan) also works at Wades. Scott, or Gunna as we sometimes call him (one of many names we use) has mentioned this forum to me, so, l thought l should join, even though l don't drive a Ford.

I'm a really old guy (just turned 54) and, in order to celebrate my mid life crisis, l decided to buy myself a VW Mk5 Golf GTI. Tornado red (because every-one knows red makes the car go faster) 6 speed DSG transmission, sunroof, satnav. I'm currently considering getting an APR stage 1 remap which will take the output from 147 to 188kws and 280 to 411nms.

Anyway, l love my GTI as l'm sure you folk love your cars.

If you have any questions about cams in general, or, even better, if you want to buy one from Wades....send me a PM, I'll do my best to help you.

Cheers

Chris
WADE CAMS

alesia · 28-03-2007, 11:03 PM

lol @ gunna as Scotts nickname. Welcome aboard Chris

peterban · 28-03-2007, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tensixty6

I'm a really old guy (just turned 54)

Careful with that O word!!!

Wade Cams · 28-03-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by peterban

Careful with that O word!!!

Naturally, l don't see myself as being old, but, when you talk to most young folk, they seem to think anything over 35 is positively ancient. Cheeky little tike's.

gthofan · 28-03-2007, 11:18 PM

there is a long story behind the name gunna heheh.

well done at finally joining the forums Chris. Expect the pm's to come flowing in now

and remember, you are only as old as you feel, behind the wheel of your car.

trick_xd · 28-03-2007, 11:22 PM

Hahaha now your in trouble .. you cant get away with anything now your Boss is in here

Hi Chris and Welcome to the forums ... there will be a lot of people wanting to know more specs on your cams now.

Cheers
Swanny

Allen · 28-03-2007, 11:25 PM

Welcome Chris... One thing I have always wondered when doing searches for cam specs, is why Wade dont have any Ford 5.0 cam grinds on the website...

The only brand that gives out their cam specs (That I can find) is crane... one of the reasons I think they are more popular with the 5.0 people...

**Polyal** · 29-03-2007, 08:06 AM

Spoke to Chris yesterday actually about a cam, very helpful and ill be visiting in a couple of weeks.

The new Golf GTi's are awesome, id take one over an XR5 for sure.

CaRtZ · 29-03-2007, 08:17 AM

welcome chris, always grest to get more people on the forum... expect to be recieving lots of (probably stupid) questions from me in a few months...

LTDHO · 29-03-2007, 08:22 AM

Welcome Chris.

Who votes that gthofan is changed to gunna?

EFFalcon · 29-03-2007, 08:59 AM

Thanks for joining up Chris, i've seen you hanging around fordmods fairly reguarly, good to see you around here too.
I'm sure you'll cop a few questions but its good to have somoene who we can get some good reliable answers from.

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fairlane_ghia

Welcome Chris... One thing I have always wondered when doing searches for cam specs, is why Wade dont have any Ford 5.0 cam grinds on the website...

The only brand that gives out their cam specs (That I can find) is crane... one of the reasons I think they are more popular with the 5.0 people...

Hi fairlane_ghia......exactly which engine are you referring to? We've got profiles listed for the Cleveland and Windsor (flat tappet). Are you talking about roller cams maybe?

Cheers

Chris

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LTDHO

Welcome Chris.

Who votes that gthofan is changed to gunna?

All l'm prepared to say about "gunna" is, it relates to Krispy Kremes. If l told you any more, l'd have to kill you.

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mcflux · 29-03-2007, 09:51 AM

He'd be talking about 302W roller cams Chris. Welcome aboard!

Allen · 29-03-2007, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tensixty6

Hi fairlane_ghia......exactly which engine are you referring to? We've got profiles listed for the Cleveland and Windsor (flat tappet). Are you talking about roller cams maybe?

Cheers

Chris

Sorry, I should have been more specific... I was refering to the EFI 302 windsor from EB - AU.

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by fairlane_ghia

Sorry, I should have been more specific... I was refering to the EFI 302 windsor from EB - AU.

OK, you're quite correct about not having any roller profiles listed on the website. We do have a reasonably comprehensive range of grinds however.

If you'd like to give an indication of what you're looking for, l could get one of our tech guys to make a recommendation. If you're not looking for something at present, that's fine, when you are, feel free to talk to us. I'd be surprised if we couldn't assist you, camshaft wise.

EBTom · 29-03-2007, 11:42 AM

Welcome to the forums!
Expect a PM from me sometime soon. I scored a stock ED cam off ebay for $25

frd_crzer · 29-03-2007, 02:57 PM

welcome to the forums chris. Scott love ya nickname gunna haha:P

Sundeep · 29-03-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by gthofan

there is a long story behind the name gunna heheh.

Are you sure it's long??? I reckon it'd be a short story :P

Tensixty6, does your GTI have custom plates ***GTI or GTI***?? I think I saw it on Chandler Hwy last Friday. Those cars stand out to me but I know nothing about them.

Sundeep

Jason[98.EL] · 29-03-2007, 05:03 PM

welcome aboard mate

pm sent re cam

jason

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 05:15 PM

I've been advised by an AFF Director that only official sponsors are permitted to "sell their products" on this forum. I fully understand this policy and apologise for breaching the rules. It was not my intention to do so.

Until Wade Cams is accepted as a sponsor of AFF, we will refrain from discussing camshafts in any way, either directly by posting or by PM. We would not like to be put in a position of being banned from this forum.

Sorry for the inconvenience guys and once again, my apologies to the forum leaders.

Cheers

Chris
WADE CAMS

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Dose

Are you sure it's long??? I reckon it'd be a short story :P

Tensixty6, does your GTI have custom plates ***GTI or GTI***?? I think I saw it on Chandler Hwy last Friday. Those cars stand out to me but I know nothing about them.

Sundeep

My number plate is MK5GTI, but, l'm sure l wasn't on the Chandler Highway last week. There's bound to be other GTI's around with custom plates.

**Polyal** · 29-03-2007, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tensixty6

I've been advised by an AFF Director that only official sponsors are permitted to "sell their products" on this forum. I fully understand this policy and apologise for breaching the rules. It was not my intention to do so.

Until Wade Cams is accepted as a sponsor of AFF, we will refrain from discussing camshafts in any way, either directly by posting or by PM. We would not like to be put in a position of being banned from this forum.

Sorry for the inconvenience guys and once again, my apologies to the forum leaders.

Cheers

Chris
WADE CAMS

I see where the admin is coming from, but you didn't exactly advertise.

Anyway, can we discuss the opportunity for forum members to get a slight discount like fordmods?

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efgiar · 29-03-2007, 06:26 PM

welcome to the forums

u didnt advertise products so to speak but just let people kno who u work for

and if people happen to pm u regarding deals u could do as an insider then if uve heard of the saying "wat happens here stays here" that applies to pm aswell

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 07:02 PM

There are many ways to "advertise" and l accept that we infringed the rules.
It would be my hope that the people in charge of AFF will grant WADE CAMS the opportunity to become a sponsor....provided we can afford it.

Until then, we won't get involved in any camshaft discussions through AFF.

If members wish to contact us direct, naturally, that's totally different.

Be patient, hopefully we'll soon be welcomed into the AFF family.

Cheers

Chris

XRated · 29-03-2007, 08:36 PM

Hi mate and welcome aboard.

That's a substantial increase in Nm for the GTI. What does the remap include? Just a computer change? What are the GTIs supposed to do stock down the 1/4?

Cheers

gthofan · 29-03-2007, 08:40 PM

chris, can you let everyone know about the temporary edit you had installed, i cant recall the increase it gave.

mark_TD · 29-03-2007, 09:40 PM

Hi Chris,
Welcome to the club. Just to let you know my cam that I got through Wade about 4 weeks ago is awesome and I am very impressed with the performance of the profile.

Wade Cams · 29-03-2007, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XRated

Hi mate and welcome aboard.

That's a substantial increase in Nm for the GTI. What does the remap include? Just a computer change? What are the GTIs supposed to do stock down the 1/4?

Cheers

A stock standard GTI with the Direct Shift Gearbox will do the 1/4 in 14.747. The standard GTI will do zero to 100 kph is 6.9 seconds wheras the APR stage 1 claims 5.9.
The APR remap is done via the directport, linked up to the APR head office in Alabama via the internet. It takes around 15 minutes and, at $2,000 works out at approx. $2.22 per second. I have to say l'm a bit sceptical about the claimed torque figure. To go from 280 to 411nm seems a bit hard to accept.

APR stage 2 and 3 involve a complete 3" stainless steel exhaust, new turbocharger, carbon "air ram" and so on. Stage 2 claims 228kw, stage 3...243kw.
Some performance shops in Europe reckon they can get 300kw. Given that we're dealing with a FWD car, the whole notion of a 300kw engine seems absolutely idiotic. How the hell could you expect to get traction.

2tufracing · 29-03-2007, 11:19 PM

hey mate.. im getting my EB 5.0L rebuilt and im getting a wade regrind my engine builder spoke to u recently he should be sending the cam in very soon his name is james its only for a very mild profile.. should be good hanging to get it back lol. make sure us take care of it huh lol.