mantaboy89 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I'm building up a 2.2 cih to put in my cav and need a good fast road cam, if anyone knows where to get one or has one for sale please let me know, also need a full gasket and seal set and was wondering if i can use a 2.0 carb manifold on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamchop77 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 GAsket sets are available from just about every motor factors, about 40 quid for a full engine set. 2.0/2.2/2.4 are virtually the same apart from a few gaskets, mainly the inlet/exhaust one. 2.2 ones are around but arent listed, go for the 2.4 one as the 2.2 heads are virtually the same. Cam - the 2.2 needs a bigger cam than whats listed as the motor soak up duration on bigger capacity cih motors. Kent list all theirs for 2.0 so a fast road/rally cam will behave like a fast road/mild cam in a 2.2. My 2.2 had a 244 kent in and was quick but still had loads of low down power. You can use a 2.0 carb manifold but you will need to drill 2 new holes in the right position to line up with the dowels on the 2.2 head. Also you will prob need to port match the inlet to the head as the ports are a different shape, you will prob lose a bit of power as the entry angle to the head is different on the 2.0 and 2.2 hence they have different designs of side draught inlets for the different heads. Prob run best with a 38 dgas. HTH Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaboy89 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Cheers mate, need to try and find a good balance between power and economy as shes my runaround aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelmantagsi Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) I have a friend who is an ex Opel Factory technician, he took his Manta and parts to NZ He has boxes of engine parts, mostly factory for the 2.2 engine I have seen boxes of engine bearings, seals and many many other 2.2 CIH parts We are going to sort through what he has and he is interested in selling some of what he has. The plan is to list the items and post in the parts for sale section, but if there is anything you want let me know and I will talk to him first I know that he has a set of fast road Cams for a 2.2 as well, also boxes of valves, stem seals, gaskets. Derek Edited June 14, 2012 by opelmantagsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
611 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Enem in Sweden http://www.enem.se do some cams and stuff for the CIH and are very helpful. The site is not the easiest to work out but with a bit of google help you can work out most stuff. They are about the same price as Kent stuff. Be interesting to see what Derek's friend has but if you get stuck for any bits let me know as i have a few other links i can dig out from my searching for stuff! http://www.vauxhall-car-parts.co.uk/ were quite cheap for the bottom gasket set when bought mine. not sure if they do a complete set. i got a 2.0l set and then got the exhaust gasket from ebay. Scott at www.vauxhallcarpartsuk.co.uk was very helpful and said they can get most stuff from Germany at a good price, i just dropped him a list of bits i needed and have some stuff on its way. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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