2009+ 5.7 Hemi Eagle
Yeah, you're probably right in that I should stand down and not take it personally. The thing is, I am OBSESSED. I have been into this vvt hemi for 5 years. That's when I bought mine. It's in my storage unit right now. I have been all over and through it. "Hands on" plus I have some other first hand experiences with these engines too. My hands on experience is every bit as valid as yours.
I am not some Mopar god, I am foul able, and what I say should not be considered gospel truth and go undisputed. Neither should what anybody else says on here or any other Internet forum.
What drives me are verifyable facts. Not hearsay. Not opinions. Not guesses. If I speculate, it's is based on solid info, personal experience and facts. I don't post to read my own posts or pat myself on the back. I post to help others, to educate myself, participate and contribute to the community that has helped me so much.
I welcome you to Prove me Wrong. I welcome it. I challenge you or anybody else to show me that I am mistaken. Please PROVE to me with your "hands on" experience that I am totally mistaken. I would love it because it would make me and everyone else who reads this thread more enlightened and better educated to the facts of the matter. Take plenty of pictures.
I looked into this again to verify my understanding and once again I found that the phaser is at full advance when the engine is at rest or at idle in stock configuration. The ocv, oil control valve, operates at 0% dc(duty cycle) to 100% dc. Zero% dc is full advance and 100% is full retard. If there is no power to the ocv the cam will remain in the full advance position. I read this on several sites and on several threads involving professional engine builders. But this was not enough for me so I called a couple builders for confirmation. Both of these guys who have built dozens of these vvt engines confirmed what I have stated above. I will not name these guys out of respect for them.
Don't believe what I'm saying? Good! I'm a skeptic too! I suggest you call Dave at Modern Muscle(FABO site sponsor), Andy at PRW, Stu @ Inertia Motorsports, Mike @ OST or any of the other builders out there like Arrington etc.
While you're at it, ask about the early 08 and older timing set on a vvt engine. Chris at Modern Muscle already addresses that in a post above. But please, verify it by your own hands on means.
I do not wish ill or failure to anyone. Especially not someone who is daring to be bold and use a G3. I certainly wish you the best of luck and I hope you can get all the bugs worked out and make your machine work and work brilliantly. I want you to succeed. I want you to conquer the competition.
Now do your research and show us what you come up with. I look forward to your contributions no matter what your findings. Best wishes and good luck.