grumpyvette Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Why you don,t use the stock nylon coated aluminum gears on a high performance engine build BTW, if your still not convinced, think about WHERE all those little pieces of nylon go and what they do,if your clueless...they tend to block or restrict the oil flow into the oil pump pick-up and get ground up and forced into the oil passages by the pump gears The CLOYES true roller style is vastly superior how come its 180 degs out of phase? I get this question all the time, well here’s something I see lots of guys don’t understand, ONCE YOUVE INSTALLED A CAM WITH THE TIMEING MARKS YOU MUST ROTATE THE CRANK 360 DEGRESS BEFORE DROPPING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR, while its true that if the, timing marks are positioned so the crank is at 12 o,clock and the cam gear is at 6 o,clock that the cam lobes will be in the position that fires #6 cylinder that HAS NO EFFECT AT ALL (on finding TDC,) for aligning the degree wheel with TDC,or THE timing tab pointer, for degreeing in the cam, the piston passes thru TDC TWICE in every firing cycle once on the firing/power stroke and once on the exhaust stroke, the cam rotates at exactly 1/2 the speed of the crank so to make it easy to line up the marks they install it with the marks at the closest point 6/12 for easy indexing, rotate the engine 360 degrees to the #1 TDC power stroke and the crank gear will still be at 12 oclock 12/12 but the cam will be at 12 o,clock also, rotate another 360 degrees and your back where you started. its simply easier to index the cam at the point where the index marks align closely. look at how the cam lobes themselves open the valves when the cam is just installed the #1 cylinder valves are slightly open and the #6 are closed per "Lunati" ‘’YES YOU ARE RIGHT - WHEN CRANK IS AT TWELVE AND CAM IS AT SIX THEN #6 CYL IS FIRING AFTER YOU LINE UP YOUR MARKS AND INSTALL GEAR THEN ROTATE YOUR CRANK ONE REVOLUTION AND THEN DROP THE DIST. IN - AT THAT POINT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Wow....That's damned good info right there. May I use this on another site? Gotta keep that information flowing through the Z community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 sure, anything Ive posted is free to use,but keep in mind its CHEVY V8 RELATED, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 That's ok. It's still Z related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 these might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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