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cam timing adjustments #299905 06/19/02 03:50 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16 Los Angeles M mooshu888 OP Junior Member
OP mooshu888 Junior Member M Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16 Los Angeles	Has any z-techers installed adjustable cam sprockets? If so, (1). what is the timing adustments for the intake & exhaust? (2)Since I'm a newbie mechanic, do you adjust the sprockets with the timing cam tool in place once you find TDC?

Re: cam timing adjustments #299906 06/19/02 04:18 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,692 Warrenville, IL Z ZetecRacing Member
ZetecRacing Member Z Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,692 Warrenville, IL	to get the adjusted correctly you need to goto a shop with a dyno and have them tune them. other wise you may be losing power. Joe Hartley "yes I know it's a MTX Zetec but it beats having a ATX Duratec" Champagne 96 GL MTX some mods dynoed at 114.2whp and 124.4wtq (pre CTA intake) 16.858 @ 80.76mph (yes it's slow but still faster than D Davis) AIM: ZetecRacing My Site My Profile

Re: cam timing adjustments #299907 06/19/02 06:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16 Los Angeles M mooshu888 OP Junior Member
OP mooshu888 Junior Member M Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16 Los Angeles	Thanks!!!!I tried to D.I.Y just a few minutes ago & sure enough ....It died!!! Well, not really....it seems to idle roughly just a liitle. Time to go through the S**T & zero it to TDC!!.....( I hate re-installing the drive belt by myself!!!) Thanks for the input!!!

Re: cam timing adjustments #299908 06/20/02 11:23 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 5,805 Rockford Mi USA T Terry Haines Member
Terry Haines Member T Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 5,805 Rockford Mi USA	I'd invest in a degree wheel and a dial gage before you go much further, mess with it too much and you will have intake & exhaust valves touching each other.Setting cams is a precision job,I'd bone up on before you get too carried away with the sprockets..... V6 MTX 'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!" 'Its only nuts & bolts!' 'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....! Haines Motor Sports Inc, Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning' SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'... Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk ..don't talk about it DO IT !!!

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