Degreeing a Cam, or not.....
Following along to see what your final goal cam settings are.
Not easy wrapping everyone's head around this way out here in Internet Land.
So you are saying you advanced the cam now 8*, seems like a lot. And if you take into account the ground in advance degrees by the manufacturer.
Could be 10* to 12* cam advance by the time you are done.
From what I am gathering you are shooting for 108* lobe center on the intake and 116* lobe center on the exhaust.
Giving you a LSA Lobe Separation Angle of 112* when you are all finished if you are going to set it up as per mfg recommended specs.
Taking the true test with the degree wheel should tell you where you are at right now with your 8* cam advance setting.
Lots of keyway slots in that crank gear, the more slots the more chances of it not being right. Some people have even set their cam advance to 4* retarded when they really wanted it 4* advanced, not knowing what side of TDC to be working from.
So yeah, check, check, then check again.
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As stated by Kent Mosby earlier:
Since this picture I have moved the gears to 8*ADV. Hopefully this sets it up correctly
Following along to see what your final goal cam settings are.
Not easy wrapping everyone's head around this way out here in Internet Land.
So you are saying you advanced the cam now 8*, seems like a lot. And if you take into account the ground in advance degrees by the manufacturer.
Could be 10* to 12* cam advance by the time you are done.
From what I am gathering you are shooting for 108* lobe center on the intake and 116* lobe center on the exhaust.
Giving you a LSA Lobe Separation Angle of 112* when you are all finished if you are going to set it up as per mfg recommended specs.
Taking the true test with the degree wheel should tell you where you are at right now with your 8* cam advance setting.
Lots of keyway slots in that crank gear, the more slots the more chances of it not being right. Some people have even set their cam advance to 4* retarded when they really wanted it 4* advanced, not knowing what side of TDC to be working from.
So yeah, check, check, then check again.
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As stated by Kent Mosby earlier:
Since this picture I have moved the gears to 8*ADV. Hopefully this sets it up correctly