Schrick Cam installation

[Alan Pritchard]

Ok, Installed my schrick 272 at the weekend. Took 2 hours with the right
tools on my 1990 90q. I tried loosening the manifold (ng manifold) bolts,
and cam shaft sprocket bolt by hand, to no avail, borrowed a 180nm 12v
impact wrench (£15 ebay) from a friend and it did the job perfectly.  I
could not find any tdc marks on the front of the engine, so wound the engine
to tdc on the flywheel,  put a paint mark on the dizzy-rotor arm, and one on
the cam belt-cam shaft sprocket. Disassembled and reassembled to these
marks. Started the car no problem, adjusted the timing to a smooth idle,
which was far too advanced, about 22 degrees btdc. Went back to 16 which it
was before. Idle was very lumpy, took it up to 18 btdc and drove it, no
knocking on standard unleaded (according to the fault codes anyway).  It
drives differently to how id imagined it, I expected to feel a surge of
power at 4000-4500 or there abouts. Instead in low gears it feels exactly as
before, until 5250, when accelerating it just keeps going at the same pace
until the rev cut!!! In higher gears accelerating from low speeds (ie 20mph
in 5th) is a bit painful. But generally I am very happy with the way it
performs.
So, a few questions....
Should I adjust my idle mixture?
Where are my timing marks??? There should be one on the cam sprocket, and
one on the harmonic dampener, but I cant find them!!!

Best Regards,
Alan Pritchard

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