Jim,
Do I understand correctly that you found that TDC was NOT exactly 90
degrees apart for the eight pistons?? I must admit I never would have even
thought to check this. Finding TDC for #1 is all the further I've ever
taken it.
Bob
At 07:05 PM 10/17/99 -0400, TIGEROOTES@aol.com wrote:
>Tim and Chris,
> I degreed my cam in my hypo 289 a few years back and I was amazed by the
>inaccuracy of the crankshaft, so I used an average crankshaft TDC to go from.
> When I tried to set the cam to the cam grinder's specs, I couldn't get it
>close. I finally determined the aftermarket non-name-brand timing set had
>its keyways miscut by 7 degrees (14 crank degrees) putting my cam in
>"funny-car-territory"! I bought a name brand set, and it was spot-on.
>Jim Leach, Seattle
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
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rpalmer@ucsd.edu
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