bayer-z28

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I'm wondering... I'll have the heads off, so it's be easier to find TDC w/ a depth micrometer (Forgot the name)..

The cam.. 224/228 .637 .639 110+0

I know it's just insurance to be sure everything is working properly, but I'm not a PRO builder..


Sorry if this is a stupid Q..

DAVESS02

iTrader: (30)

I degreed mine. With a stock timing chain it was dead on. It gave me peace of mind though. It's a Comp 228/230 XRE on 110+1.

Hell'sChariot

iTrader: (24)

If the heads will be off, yes degree it. Otherwise dot-to-dot here.

bsf

iTrader: (7)

I have the XER version of your cam, and I did not. I advanced it ~2 degrees based on the timing marks on the Cloyes Hex-a-just timing set. In reality, I guess it could easily be anywhere from 0 – 4 degrees advanced. I did check PTVC. In the future I will degree the cam. I should have on this install, but I was too impatient and sick of spending money.

Bill Bowling

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I did mine dot-to-dot.

Bill

GregWS6&z28

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dot to dot also!

DaddySS

I always recommend that you degree it, takes very little time for a lot of insurance.

GuitsBoy

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I took the easy way... Every time.

ABQ99TA

iTrader: (17)

I went dot to dot

3.4camaro

iTrader: (1)

Even if you degree it and have a stock timing set, there's no adjustment. That's like changing out the heads and measuring the bore size of your stock motor, just to make sure.

bigsticksupra

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yes, but what if the cam was ground incorrectly?

hndakilr

i don't do it myself. dots are good enough for me

1fastz

iTrader: (16)

dot to dot here.

socmguy

iTrader: (18)

This has been done to death.
Dot to dot here

bayer-z28

iTrader: (14)

We dot-to-dot'd -=MOD=-'s MS4 and that thing still runs like a champ.


Good point.. I've heard that the MS4's have actually been degree'd close to 109 LSA...


THat's what I was thinking..





On a side note, would my stock timing chain be OK to re use?? What's it good to?

bigsticksupra

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put an LS2 timing chain in, it's like 30 bux at the dealer.

408z28

iTrader: (44)

The dots are there for a reason.... line them up and move on

(some) People are woried about as little as half degrees....but use a used stock single roller timing chain. Thats like wiping BEFORE you ****.......it makes no sense.

NemeSS

iTrader: (127)

dot2dot with stock chain
degree with adj. timing sets, cloyes, etc.

primer84z

iTrader: (7)

the only way you could **** up going dot to dot was if the dot on the bottom wheel was off and didnt represent TDC #1, in which case you motor would be running like **** if at all before you tore it down. I could see degreeing the cam being important while building a new engine that hasnt been running before though, just to be sure you didnt **** something else up. Or you could be a dumbass and think that dot to dot means perpendicular or some ****. Or adjustable sets, like stated above.

Camaro396

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Dot to Dot MS4 here.