Quote: Interesting thread. Lotta experts here. I didn't say he didn't have a timing problem. I said cutting it back 3-4 degrees wasn't going to solve his problem. Neither is degreeing in his cam - if his marks are lined up correctly.
Lining the marks up means nothing. I had a customer's race 440 in the shop a few years ago because he couldn't get it to run - a real pig. I checked the cam timing and it was hugely retarded -about 15 degrees IIRC. Did I mention the marks were aligned? The cam gear/ a MP double roller set/ was marked off one tooth. Seems he hadn't wanted to go to the trouble to degree it when the engine was built.
It amazes me all the guys who drop big bucks on an engine build but won't spend less than $100 and an hour or so to degree the cam.
There's never enough money to do it right, but always enough to do it over.
