[TR] mild cam update

[jerryvv at roadrunner.com]

Gary with regard to your question on the cam sprocket holes. I don't know the specifics of your cam but some need to be degreed upon installation and can not just be bolted up as the stock cam was. This is a maybe and maybe not answer because of the lack of specific cam information. If it needed to be degreed and was not then the cam timing could be incorrect. Who installed the cam and were there instructions furnished with the cam? Were these instructions followed during installation?
JVV

---- Gary Nafziger <nafzigerg at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I'm loving all the input.  Nice to hear what others have experienced. 
> Answering one question on timing, I had it set around 18
> btdc............mechanic said he set it back a littl.......i'm guessing around
> 16.  He mentioned low vacuum being a problem which I don't understand.  He
> said i had no leaks but around 10lbs.  and need around 19 lbs to make it run
> better coming off idle.   He said the only alternative to smooth running off
> idle was higher rpm.
> 
> in reading back through old notes I made i see someone
> mentioned that there are alternate sets of holes in the cam sprocket.  bolts
> on with 2 bolts but 4 holes.........two are offset.  would this make any
> differance?  
> 
> gary n.