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Rudes333 May 4, 2009 07:03 PM

I am a little lost. Maybe timing issue
 
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Well I am a little paranoided as well. I had to get the head resurfaced because I overheated and the head gasket blew and it was just a mess. Anyways I put everything back together and the car started right up. It did start to idle like I had aftermarket cams. I would drive it and it was fine til I would put it into idle to come to a stop and the car would shut off. I didn't do it everytime either. So I get the timing light to look and my timing is way off. Like -10 degrees. I should let you know that I am using the voodo box for now and the timing plate it comes with is suppose to bring it back -6. So I take out my new plugs to see how they look and this is what I see
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After playing with the timing plate and doing a little seaching and reading on this forum I am thinking that I could be a tooth off. But now when I just took everything off this is what I see
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What do you guys think?

hustler May 4, 2009 07:36 PM

use a square to see if the top cam sprocket marks are straight up and down. Every time I question it and shift one tooth either way, the truth reveals itself.

Also, do yourself a favor and chop the front of the valve cover off, and mark the accessory pully so you can do this shit on the fly, without grabbing the wrenches.

TURNS101 May 4, 2009 11:45 PM

How much was the head decked?

Wayyyyyyy too much????

Rudes333 May 5, 2009 10:45 PM

I am no sure how much they shaved down but I looked n I still had some to go.

gospeed81 May 5, 2009 10:50 PM

Last guy (last week) that had his cam gears like that was a tooth off. It looks like if you got the intake right on the mark, then the exhaust would be a full tooth off.

But do what hustler said first...judging by eyes sucks -especially in timing belts-. Get the right tool, and square it up.


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