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Old 03-06-2011, 02:17 PM
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Been awhile since I've done a cam install (6 years maybe?) and my cam sprocket looks lined up with the dot on the crank fine, but I wanted to get another set of eyes on it to be sure before I go tightening everything down.



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That looks like dot to dot to me.
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Looks good man!
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I thought so, but wanted to be sure! I didn't want to have to take everything apart again because it was "off". The first cam install I ever did was basically two cam installs - forgot to put the lifter trays back in, and didn't realize it until the car was COMPLETELY back together and I saw I had some left over parts....LOL.
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It's perfect, keep rolling....
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looks lined up to me
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looks good but never hurts to ask.. I put mine all together and it wouldn't run right (turned out to be and o2 problem) thought maybe I got it a tooth off, so I ended up taking it all back apart for nothing.
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Looks pretty good to me.

When using the dot-dot method, its pretty obvious when your off.
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advance that puppy! Nah, looks spot on to me.




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