6.0-928S

If I remember correctly somebody sold a 'hi-performance' cam timing chain. Anybody know who? I did a quick search but only found OE or aftermarket replacements.
TIA, Hammer

RyanPerrella

I'm curious what would make a chain high performance. From my experience I would use only genuine Porsche. The oem chains arent as nice or as well made/built as the oe ones.

hacker-pschorr

If you are making changes the stock chain cannot handle, the stock timing belt doesn't stand a chance.

6.0-928S

I found it here, never mind.......
http://www.paragon-products.com/prod...05.501.05r.htm

IcemanG17

Good point......anything that would break the cam chain would have snapped the TB a long time before.......

6.0-928S

I'm not making changes. During my stroker build today I found rust on one of my new chains. As long as I was replacing it I thought I'd upgrade.

Hammer

RyanPerrella

My OE Porsche chain looks like the supposed racing chain. Its the only one with a silver finish. The bilstein one is crap and the iwis supposed OE chain they have pictured is a black color like the bilstein from what i can tell.

The OE porsche chain also has the colored side links for marking the cams together. Something that was missing on the febi/bilstein chain.

hacker-pschorr

I would do the same thing

mark kibort

I used the 968 racing chains. I still have the boxes, but they were not much more than stock chains
If you want me to take a picture of the box, I can do that, or at least give the part number.

here are the original chains vs the new 968 racing chains

mk

Vilhuer

Pelican parts sells them too. IIRR they are listed under 944 S2.

ROG100

Sold a lot of the racing versions. Made by IWIS - Prices just went up in January.
All the same part number.
Bilstein OEM = $12.95
IWIS OEM = $19.95
IWIS Racing = $29.95
Porsche Stock = $34.99

RyanPerrella

Roger,

Do you see much difference between the iwis racing and the porsche stock chain?

ROG100

Ryan,
Not a lot to my untrained eye.

6.0-928S

Rollers are thicker, links are harder steel for less stretch over time. I used to work in a shop that built Porsche race cars. We used to use them in 944/968s. We'd tear down the motors every season or after a failure & the chains would last forever with little or no noticeable stretch. At that time we bought them from Porsche Motorsports NA but I don't have an account there anymore.
I decided to buy mine from Roger. Good price, great service! Thanks Rog.

Hammer

mark kibort

look at the pic i provided which shows the stock chain compared to the racing chain. that is the chain we are talking about, and the one i used. it looked much more beefy when i put it on. seems like all of the advantages, but no drawbacks, except for $10 more cost.