I can put a dowel into the number one cylinder and watch it go up and down with the piston, and off of that I can set the cams to pretty much open and close correctly with TDC and BDC, but I'm not sure that I can get it exact just from eyeballing it. I don't want to screw it up cause it's an interfearence engine.

Surely just changing the camshafts and re-timing it doesn't require removing the engine to look at a lower timing mark, right? So why would this be any different?

Thank you all for your help.
Krypt

P.S. A silly thought, but can't someone just get a protractor and give me the degree that the mark of the cam is at? :-P

Krypt

Any notes or advice helps.
Thanks again,
Derek

Krypt

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=161703
http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=161702

Here's the best link with pictures and everything. It's shows how to set the timing and remove the guide that likes to break. http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=105618

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Bump, i'll give you boobie pictures if you help me.

I can Has Boobie Pictures now?

there are two potential ways to put the cams in using this method. one is the correct way, and the other way is 8 degrees off.

this is because the idler sprocket has 19 and 36 teeth respectively. the cam gears themselves have 19 teeth to match the idler sprocket. so since 19/36 does not equal 2 you'll be off by about 8 degrees

and its so easy to do this and have a running 240, the only thing you'll notice is a loss of power. to the trained eye, its easy to tell if the cams are in the correct position, or are off by half a tooth

but anyway, jim wolf technology's website has a cam install writeup.

There's a picture of the Cams at TDC in one of the links I posted above, I think it's the third one. IIRC both cams should be pointing outwards.