TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

ok i did my search and now my eyes hurt and i didn't find the answer i needed. if i have my cam and crak dot to dot as they are now and i take the chain and jump one tooth in advance on the crank will this give me 4 degrees of advancement? we did this on my friend truck with this same cam and it screamed way better results than just dot to dot. when i installed this cam in my truck i went striaght up but now wish i would have done the same. i just want to make sure i'm doing this right.

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

no!! it will give you way more advance than you want. you can find how many degress of advance but dividing the # of teeth on the gear by 360. that will tell you how many degrees of advance you would get but you dont want to do that. you need an adjustable timming set.

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

with that kind of math it would have been over 16* but that would have sent his valve through his piston but yet it ran way better than before.

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

are you wanting to do this with the cam in your sig? why go through all the work for just some advance??? its not going to change too much really with the cam you are running

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

this thing peeks at like 6800 rpm and i don't want to turn it that fast and its in a truck so to lower the power band would be good for me. and this smae cam in my friend 5.3 ran twice as good when advanced then when it was striaght up.

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

interesting i am surprised that it peaks at 6800. my 228/232 peaks at about 6200 and i shift at 6500. i guess you will want to advance it then.

'02 SLP#686

iTrader: (1)

You need the multi indexed crank sprocket. A cam degree wheel is ALWAYS a good idea when moving cams from straight up. I tried to run my cam 4* advanced hoping to bring the power band down and the car wouldn't even run

Also turned out that my double roller was off by 1* advanced already... must have been slack in the chain.

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

what if i do the cam sproket 1 tooth?

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

how many teeth are on it?

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

you need to really get a degree wheel. what if its retarded some you new know. just a thought

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

ok one on the cam sproket and its 8* one on the crank and its 16 so i think i'll get the bushing from lpe to do it right.

SUTTERERMAN85

iTrader: (42)

good call. let us know how it turns out

TURBHOE

iTrader: (4)

will do. lpe said they had them for like less than $3 a piece at 1* increments so i figured i would buy a 4* and do it that way.