need cam help please!

[zenkislider]

Ok so we rebuilt the ka24de and we lined all of the marks up on the timing chain when we did everything and it still dont seem to be running right, maybe off a little bit. So neways we went and bought these s13 exhaust cams but i get them home a look at them and realize that they are slightly different.

heres some pics:







notice that the sprocket bolts are in different areas and the little holes(dont know the name) along the cams are not in the same position. and one has a number 5 while the other has a 3 on it. These both are brown painted and both came out of an s13....so is one 248 and the other 240 or what? we were gona put these in with hopes of getting it right, but now they arent the same either. So do yall have any advice as to what went wrong with the timing?? all the marks lined up when we put them in but it still doesnt run correctly....its slow and the intake makes a weird noise whenever you hit the throttle....any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks.

[WI_S14_Goldie]

hey whats sup man..Its ur buddy from myspace. its wierd i just happened to bump into ya. LoL. Anyways compare the lobes and intake dots to the jim wolf technology site at dead top center Mode...if i remember correctly my S13 intake cam didnt have 5 stamped on it. i believe i its suppose to be either 2 or 1 and the exhaust should be 3. Its been a while but u should look it up..good luck.

[WI_S14_Goldie]

if u dont noe which one is the intake or exhaust look up what the proper stamped number should be..heres a few more info in case u need it, the intake cam is 240 and the exhaust is 248.

[zenkislider]

hey! yea the ok lol so we now have 4 cams from an s13 ans we thing we have two exhaust and two intake the 2 that we think are the exhausat on both have 5 on them...but one is oarnge and one is green...and isnt green suppose to be intake? i was wondering if you still had yours? could you put a pic of yours up of what numbers are on yours and were the cam sproket stud is located on yours because, we have two that are in one place and two that are in another lol so any pictures would be greatly appreciated...

[WI_S14_Goldie]

dont pay attention to the colors.. u have the jim wolf technology site correct?? look at page two. take the two cams that u believe are the exhaust ones and put sprockets on them. just hold them up and position the cam so the lobes match up with how the pictures are (dead top center) or how they should be when in the motor. and if they match up with the picture they're exhaust cams. an intake cam will not match up with the exhaust picture. ill go take a look in my garage for the numbers...

[WI_S14_Goldie]

haha. i figured it out the left one is an exhaust cam. while the right one is an intake cam. those are a pair of s13 cams one intake and one exhaust. compare them with the picture on page two and ull see...problem solved thats why ur timing was off. 240/248 is better anyways i heard, but makes less power than 248/248.

[zenkislider]

awesome thats what we were thinking but werent sure...thanks alot man! but these arent the ones that were in my car so thats not why my timing was off, well i got two exhaust cams for sure now, so im going to bead blast them to clean them up then we will probally put them in tonight.