Hi-cam

[Rob74coupe]

are the ke70s with "hi-cam" badges the ones with k motors??

 

just wondering cos most of em i see at wreckers have 4As in em, if i knew how to tell the difference quickly it would be great, also hi-ace vans have hi-cam badges too don't they?? (i hate hyphenations)

 

what exactly does hi-cam mean?? is it just a marketing gimmick??

 

sorry if this has been covered before

 

cheers,

Rob

[irokin]

Gimmick. Doesn't mean shit. Has been talked about many a time.

[Rob74coupe]

  irokin said:

Gimmick. Doesn't mean shit. Has been talked about many a time.

 

so ke70s with hicam badges come with Ks AND As?

[irokin]

AFAIK the A's came with "Super response" or some other gimmick. K's had the hi-cam in order to "compete" with the Dattos who had already gone to OHC.

[Rob74coupe]

  irokin said:

AFAIK the A's came with "Super response" or some other gimmick. K's had the hi-cam in order to "compete" with the Dattos who had already gone to OHC.

 

cool as, thanks for that. i still cringe when i see Radial Tuned Suspension, my bro used to have a gemi and i could never convince him to get rid of the RTS badge.

 

Super Response would be fair enough if it had a 4agze or 4agte

 

how can you call a K motor Hi Cam though? the cam is in the friggin block, it should be Hi Valve

[Budowski]

"hicam" relates to an old story of the last generation K series engine buliders "Isamgunnabuildake Betttkengineiobie" where in his old age was going crazy and was tucking in K series camshafts into their owns beds and night and waking them in the moring by yelling out "HI! Cam" to greet them.

[Hiro Protagonist]

  Rob74coupe said:

how can you call a K motor Hi Cam though? the cam is in the friggin block, it should be Hi Valve

 

It could be higher in the block than other OHV engines (and thats an advantage because it means shorter pushrods)? Or maybe it's a high-lift cam, compared to previous K-series...

 

Or maybe it's just a marketing thing to try and sell new cars with old out of date engines....

[Rob74coupe]

  Hiro Protagonist said:

It could be higher in the block than other OHV engines (and thats an advantage because it means shorter pushrods)? Or maybe it's a high-lift cam, compared to previous K-series...

 

Or maybe it's just a marketing thing to try and sell new cars with old out of date engines....

 

yea, stupid bloody marketing ploy, i should go into pedders sometime and see if they can tune my suspension for radials as rolla's didnt come with RTS from factory..... does that mean i should be using cross-plys???

 

I'm pretty sure the cam has the same grind as as any other k, so it aint hi-lift, and as you said, the cam is fairly low in the block, so it aint hi-mount-cam, its a k motor so it aint hi-power... i guess it should just be buy-toyota.

 

what other gimmicks are there? i guess anything with an OHV or OHC badge.. i mean come on, is DOHC even worth advertising anymore?? my old valiant had ELB (electronic lean burn) but that actually worked (measured consumption from 32 mpg without to 26 mpg with) so its not a gimmick

 

anyone else got any cool examples??

 

cheers,

rob

[Trev]

The A series was called super responsive as they have a light weight bottom end that's good for revving, I don't really see it as a gimmick.

[4ages]

  Trev said:

The A series was called super responsive as they have a light weight bottom end that's good for revving, I don't really see it as a gimmick.

 

 

Yep took my 4A out to 100km/h he he :bash:

[tas_ae71]

i took mine out to 180... do you mean in 2nd gear or something otherwise that no big deal dude lol

 

also what would you think that a 4agte be more responsive than a 4age? you tend to have the upper hand with a sc/na than turbo :bash: