At the beginning of this your I got in contact with Geoff Bardal at Colt Cams in Aldergrove, British Columbia Canada. I was led to his company through the Volkswagen TDI circle in which he makes a performance TDI profile that people have had good reviews on. He also has done thousands of profiles on various gas and diesel applications and has also done extensive work on the Cummins 5.9L diesel.
I called him to price out a profile for my own TDI. While on the phone, I asked him about a performance profile for the OM617.95x and said he has one that he did back in the 90’s in which his customer was happy. He has not done one recently, but is experienced in the OM61x since has been to regrind or repaired several to factory specs.
After a little discussion of varying applications the 617 is being used in our circle, he thinks there is a lot of capacity to get more performance out of the 617 cam, even more so then his earlier profile.
He is very interested in the working with 617 folks to create custom grind for each custom use. He offered me for about $340 shipped, a custom grind that he will work with me to get it right, provided that I get him a cam to regrind. I think this a great idea but unfortunately for my engine, I still want to make other mods i.e. different turbo and IP mod.
However, I do think it is important to get some R&D in and if somebody who is further along then I am or is looking to improve on the stock setup, should contact him or even Delta and get a project going. The more profiles available, the better for all of us.
http://www.coltcams.com/
Colt Cams Inc.
2325 264th street
Aldergrove BC V4W 2L5
Canada
Phone: 604-856-3571
Fax: 604-856-3572
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