Advancing or retarding the cams position moves the power band. If you advance the cam by 4 degrees you roughly move the power down 200rpm, so you will have more low down power but less peak power. Retading the cam has the opposite affect, so this allows you to finely tune your cam to get the best results for your engine, gearing etc.
Correct, advance the timing gives more power sooner at the expense of top end power. Souldn't have too much affect on fuel or idle. Don't know how much you can technically move the timing, most seem to go 2 or 4 degrees either way.
Whoever said a vernier is no good with the stock cam?? I'm sure I read somewhere that EAs have pretty big cams (bigger than eb-el), and with a little adjustment can give nice top-end power.. You should read that "Cams, what to get?" thread.. very informative
yeh the reason i asked was that im in the same position as XRated, just after osme extra info and stuff. coz ive heard a few people say that advancing the cam timing by one tooth wood give u some decent low end power back. but now im told that i shood get a vernier gear first.
just out of interest how much degrees wood one tooth equate to? and how much top end wood u lose?
You need to get a vernier gear because 1 tooth on the sprocket will be far too much.
You really only want to move the cam about 2deg at a time, with 6deg either way from the original position being about as much as you'd want to go without knowing your piston to valve clearances.
Dialing in a cam without knowing it's specs is a very hit and miss affair unless you can spend a couple hours on a dyno to find the best curve.
You will only get very small gains (if any) with a standard cam, but it certainly can't hurt to try.
where did you order the gear from if you dont mind my asking?
the reason that I ask is because when i fitted my 1004@112 to my EA, i noticed a big difference in power. with the EF, the difference was a lot less noticable. im thinking i may need to fiddle with the timing...? ill need a dial indicator for this, and a clue on how to use one - will i find it very hard?
Jase
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