dc2002

Hi All,

Well I figured out the timing issues (Thanks Huw!!) and I realize that
yesterday I was looking at the timing mark on the front of the cam gear, not
the mark on the backside. The guys that did the t-belt before must have made
that front mark as a secondary reference??? It is actually at about 7
o'clock and there is no factory corresponding mark on the head that I could
see.

Anyway, I buttoned everything up this morning and she fired right up (thank
god!!!). I went for a quick drive around the block to see how she ran and if
there was pinging or hesitation. There was no pinging but a lot of
hesitation. I adjusted the mixture setting to get the highest idle I could
find, only about 600 or so. It still didn't run right. I knew I had
advanced the dist. pretty far before (I actually do not own a timing light)
so I backed off a little and got the idle to about a factory 900 +/-. As I
pulled out of the driveway I could tell that I nailed all of the settings
pretty good.

The car feels a lot better throughout the normal RPM range - the higher the
better- and with the settings I have dialed in, the idle is just a tad
lopey. I don't want to get on it until a few more miles get put on and
everything settles in, but third gear is going to be FUN!!! I think this is
a VERY nice upgrade and really not that difficult to do. I got the whole kit
with the upgraded valve cover gasket/seals and 10 lifters - around $360. I
took my time and had a couple hiccups (woodruff key) but all in all it was
about 4-5 hours total.

Power discs and Bilsteins, here I come....
Carl

Dwight V.

I wonder if they just copied the Schrick cam?
I have the Schrick (and no, I didn't pay $575 for it!) and it is like you describe; lopey idle, decent midrange and now pulls up to 5500 no problem. The car runs out of breath past that, which I suspect is from limitation by the throttle body not allowing any more air into the system. Definately an improvement though. You should be happy, especially if you've dumped the stock exhaust manifold.