agreed. want a huge, thumpy lope to scare off the neighbors? do it to it lars.
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My 20 min Google search on the question of, What are the benefits of an adjustable cam gear. The most common answer was it allows you to tune the power band to better suit your racing/use of the engine. Is there much to it beyond that? Would this really benefit us doing NA motors?
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well... you could also look at it like this... mcmonies cam gears are aluminum vs the stock steel ones. so there is a weight savings right there. that alone would sell me...
back in the day the rocket parts program sold actual adjustable gears for use in the quad engines, they got more power out of engines by doing a certain combination. it says it right in the gm rocket parts catalog. works best with their 226 cams iirc...
it may not help a whole bunch but for n/a every little bit helps.
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Ok I know Im alittle late on this and still new to the site but Im definatly interested in buying a set if available. Im gonna be rebuilding my top end soon and these would me a great asset.
Idk if anybody still cares about this but in response to the starting post the Saturn cam gears will NOT work on our engines. I compared them today at work and took some pictures.
The Saturn cam is the one on the left and the 2.4 cam is on the right.
Flipped over.
Chains are very different as well.
Yea thats one hell of a difference. Thanks for tryin though.
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Ya I was really disapointed, but oh well these custom gears look really promising.
yeah thanks for looking into it. sucks they are THAT different.
All I want... is a little of the good life
Ohhh my Lorrd
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awwww they're so pretty and will never be seen again.
-Trailblazer SS - not so custom 6.0L - custom intake - custom tune
- (1) 2.4L on an engine stand (1) blown trans (2) good quad trans (1) eco trans = party
^^ some could care less if you cant see the beauty. but at least we know its there and really, the only person you should be pleasing with you're car is yourself.
lookin freaking amazing, mcmoney. cannot wait to get a set. they really would be the icing on the cake for my current build.
All I want... is a little of the good life
anybody know how to reset this @!#$ tensioner, both are stuck
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Wow, and mine will be polished just like that!!!! Love it man, nice job.
Those tentioners, hmm not sure, mine never got stuck like that. Weird
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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Got to looking a Lil closer this time around,and i noticed something.
When your going to adjust the timing,can you see the timing marks pretty clearly with the chain cover on?
Im officially jealous of everybody that gets a set of these.
As for the tensioners... I have no idea. I remember having a hard time with these in my friends car but I cant remember how he ended up getting them in.
personally... i like the machined look better but the polished is BAMF too
All I want... is a little of the good life
mcmoney wrote:
anybody know how to reset this @!#$ tensioner, both are stuck
That's what mine always look like when I install them. Then I take a flat blade screw driver and pry lightly between the tensioner and shoe to fully compress the piston,then release and the piston pops against the shoe and tightens the chain right up.
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so... if my calculations are correct, with these being + or - 10 degrees for each cam there would be 100 diffferent combinations of cam timing we could try, yes?
thats a lot! lol thank god you already have some what my setup, mcmoney. auto with ho cams!
i really need to read up on cam timing and adjustability, i dont know enough about it yet.
All I want... is a little of the good life
the tensioner is fixed so the engine will be the car tomorrow
just because I like to show off
and for the timing mark it's hard to see at tdc you only need to rotate the engine to put the mark in the middle
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Never thought timing gears would bring such a smile to my face
