What are your current Adj. Cam Gear Settings?

[EricW]

could you advance or retard the timing without a cam gear?? like remove the gear and set it at like a tooth advance and it would be something like one degree or am i just totally wrong and nee to get an adj. gear????

If you move the belt on the cam gear it will advance or retard about 10 deg i believe. If you knew how much you wanted the cam gear to be advanced or retarded you could have the slot for the key welded up and reground in a different spot so it would be always advance/retarded.

I think you quoted him wrong... he says bottom end is advanced... top end is retard.

Yeah I went and read it again. I was wrong. oops.

[A20A1]

Someone said 8 degrees... Anyways count the grooves on the gear (42)... then divied it to 360 to get the spacing of the teeth...

360* / 42teeth = 8.571428571429*

So thats way more then 5* that was recommended

[A20A1]

Anyone have both EFI and Carb stock cams? I wonder if the key slot in the EFI cam is in a different position then the Carb Cam.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

I have my stock cam gear is that what your talking about Mike?

[bobafett]

nah i think he is asking if the EFI and CARB cams are keyed differently, meaning the timing would could slightly different.

i THINK i have one of each stock cam, but i have no idea how to tell which is which at this point

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Well I'm going to adjust the cam gear before work tonight. 3* advanced for my first attempt.

[A20A1]

nah i think he is asking if the EFI and CARB cams are keyed differently, meaning the timing would could slightly different.

i THINK i have one of each stock cam, but i have no idea how to tell which is which at this point

But they could always key the distributor slot to counteract the difference in the cam gear slot... I dunno hehe

I just thought it would be interesting... another option vs trying to mess with the stock cam gear and re-slot it as mentioned above.

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

So i have a CAI, 4-1 header, and full exhaust. Im planning on getting either a delta 272 or a colt tri flow cam shaft, probably the tri flow. What would be the best all around setting for my golden eagle cam gear?

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

Im trying to avoid doing it if possible, i was hoping someone else has already done it.

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

Well the place around me wants $80 for 3 runs on the dyno, so i guess ill do one stock setting, one advanced a little and one retarded a little. They give full color print outs with WHP, torque, and A/F ratio.

[gfrg88]

Well the place around me wants $80 for 3 runs on the dyno, so i guess ill do one stock setting, one advanced a little and one retarded a little. They give full color print outs with WHP, torque, and A/F ratio.

thats not bad. you should do a before and after cam dyno too

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

How hard is it to put it on?

[AccordEpicenter]

took me like 15 min

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

The manual says you have to take off the driverside wheel and altanator and all, whats the easiest way to do it?

[MessyHonda]

well i got one too...man with 80 bucks you can get like 3 tanks of gas...just go to a empty street and test it. i will try to take everthing off my car that weighs it down and then put it on and test it...wutever gives me a the best 0-60 will be the lucky number. your car is tight tho...i bet your pusshing 135hp+

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

So what do i have to do to change it? can i just take off the bolt or do i have to adjust the tension then take it off??

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

Is that the easiest and best way to do it or are their other ways?

[MessyHonda]

bump...i need to advance it to get low end....i lost some when i did my CAI but thats why i have the cam so i can change it....il try to get a timing light.

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

I have mine set at -3 degrees.

[Toohardtohandle]

Hey Little Bit, what were your findings? Did you run the car on the dyno? What was the end result?

[Justanothermike]

But you can always follow the rule of thumb.

Advanced for initial/low-rpm bump in power.
Retarded for midrange/high-rpm bump in power.

This is a good rule to fallow. But advanced was about 5hp lower in the lower rpm and 10hp less in the higher rpm. Retarded it was stronger almost all over. 5hp more in the low end and 10+ more in the top end. I would say -3 is optimal and if u have a more agressive cam -5. After 2 dyno tunes retarding the cam was optimal both times.

[Toohardtohandle]

Thanks,

I have a Triflo Stage I, and currently in search for a cam gear. My CAI just arrived today and with any luck I'll have it on by the end of the week. The guys on the site are trying to get enough people interested in having a adjustable cam gear production done for our cars. Hopefully it will come together pretty soon?

Thanks again for your imput.

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

This is a good rule to fallow. But advanced was about 5hp lower in the lower rpm and 10hp less in the higher rpm. Retarded it was stronger almost all over. 5hp more in the low end and 10+ more in the top end. I would say -3 is optimal and if u have a more agressive cam -5. After 2 dyno tunes retarding the cam was optimal both times.

I agree, i found the best results to be -3.