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Old 04-18-2011, 10:45 PM
hawesey_t hawesey_t is offline
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I finally got around to checking the cam and crank marks and running the dial guage test.
Here are the results:
With cam mark aligned the crank reads right around 15 BTDC
Using the dial method the crank is right around 1 BTDC at the 2mm drop

The engine has about 230k and there would be some stretch of the chain, so I think the numbers look pretty consistent. Either the crank pointer is way off, or my crank and cam are way out. I had never checked the timing on this car before so I don't know where they were set when it ran. It ran well and had more power than my sdl so the timing must have been correct..

So for the timing to be this far off the crank would have gone 345 with the cam in place. Does this seem possible?

If so I am guessing there are likely some damaged valves and damage to the crank gear.
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