Up and Running!!! Adjustable Cam Gear????

[ed armstrong]

Good point, can you compensate a 4 degree cam advance
with a 4 degree retard on the distributor ??


--- Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> ed armstrong writes:
> > About the adjustable cam gear....I recently
> contacted
> > TT motors in Oregon about their adjustable cam
> > sprocket for VW 8v four cylinders. They said it
> would
> > fit a Audi I-5. Same number of teeth (45?) and
> > dimensions. Cost was around $120.  Timing could be
> > advanced/retarded +-6degs.  I'm still considering
> > getting one for my project 90q turbo.
> 
> Don't forget, though, that the adjustable timing
> sprocket will change
> only the cam timing on a 4 cylinder car, but on the
> 5-cyl it will also
> change ignition timing.  The ignition distributor is
> driven by an
> intermediate shaft off the timing belt on the
> 4-cylinder cars, but is
> cam driven on the 5-cylinder.
> 
> -Ti
> 01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
> -- 
>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch
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> 


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