Engine timing questions...

[Jim Green]

--- Bill Phelps <wphelps at rizzo.com> wrote:
> Having pulled the head off my 5KT a few months back,
> I'm finally getting it
> all back together. However, unfortunately I also
> have parts from a
> dissassembled 4KQ in the garage and am not sure
> which cam gear is which.
> Both have the same part number, however there are a
> few differences...
>
> Cam gear 1 has the part number and "Germany" stamped
> on the shallow dished
> part of cam (the "spokes" if you will) There is a
> small dimple on one of the
> cam teeth oriented 180 degrees away from the
> woodruff key slot. The reverse
> side has a square mark between two of the teeth
> which does not concide with
> the dimple on the other side.
>
> Cam gear 2 has the pn and "England" stamped on the
> deeply dished side along
> with a notch instead of a dimple oriented 180
> degrees away from the woodruff
> key slot....
>
> Since they both are from 5 cyl motors, I'm guessing
> it does not matter
> overall. But any ideas which came from the 5KT and
> what is the real timing
> mark (the one that lines up with the top edge of the
> head)?
>
> The 4KQ was an 87 and the 5KT was an 86...

They should be the same, you really have to pay
attention on the cars a few years newer because they
switched to the supertorque belt.  The new belt's
teeth are square vs rounded.  I think it was around
'89 or so depending on the model, but I'm pretty sure
no 4k's or 5k's had them.


=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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