Cam Timing Overview / Primer?
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Drifting
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From: Potomac Falls VA
Cam Timing Overview / Primer?
Can someone either point me towards a primer on cam timing or give me a "for dummies" explanation? For a street engine, I am assuming i would want the cam timing to to be "zero" but when and why do you advance or retard the cam timing when installing a camshaft?
How do you decide what to do and when?
Thanks
Shane
How do you decide what to do and when?
Thanks
Shane
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Burlington Ontario
Can someone either point me towards a primer on cam timing or give me a "for dummies" explanation? For a street engine, I am assuming i would want the cam timing to to be "zero" but when and why do you advance or retard the cam timing when installing a camshaft?
How do you decide what to do and when?
Thanks
Shane
How do you decide what to do and when?
Thanks
Shane
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
They write entire books for this.
Soooo many variables. But for most street driven chevys the consensus is 4* advance is the best which means the cam is installed with the #1 cyl intake lobe center line installed 4* earlier. Example: cam with intake CL=110 after #1 piston at TDC would now be at 106* after #1 piston hits TDC.
Hope this helps ya,
cardo0
Hope this helps ya,
cardo0
