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your a link off on the chain.
I am pretty sure, glowing manifold was the kicker.
the cam not performing as well as it should.
we all noticed a big difference in the low end with the rv cam.

the cam gear mark should be at like 11:45 vs 12:00
as the tensioner takes the slack up on the left, faceing the motor and moves the chain mark up to the 12:00 position.

my bet is you are one or more links advanced on the cam.


This was what my mechanic and I thought as well, but we were almost sure that wasn't the case, although as of now I would not count it out. We wired up the cam gear and never touched the crank with the head off. Could you please explain more, so I can fix it. So would you mean to take the chain off the sproket and move the sproket back one link then attatch the cam to the gear again? As you said I knew that the cam was legit, as I chatted with EB at length before I decided to buy it. I'm just confused which way to go with it. Thanks

Edit: So with the engine at TDC(zero mark with the crank pully), take the cam gear off and while facing the engine, move it counter-clock-wise back one link and then re-attatch it?

Last edited by pdonahue; 04/27/10 01:40 AM.
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