Schrick Cam installation

[Alan Pritchard]

>There is a mark on the *back* of the cam sprocket, that is supposed to
be lined up with the top of the cam cover gasket.

Aha!!! I was looking on the front, where, iirc, it was on my cgt..........

>"Stock" idle timing is 12 DBTDC - I would advise starting there and then
adjusting for "optimum" with your new cam.

Yep, had some conflicting figures for that, I even recall the Bentley
mentioning a few different static timing figures....
Although this cam definitely  likes a good dose of advance to keep it idling
well enough. 

>> How does the ecu know where tdc is?

>On KE3, it doesn't.  The idle timing is set at the factory at 12 BTDC, 
>and a plate is riveted over the dist. nut so no one can mess it up.  The 
>ECU plays with it from there.  If you move it, the ECU still does the 
>same adv/ret things, but starting from your new "zero" point.
 
>Huw Powell

That's what I figured all along, with only one reference (Hall sensor) it
doesn't know if you adjust the timing, and all timing values after that are
from that point.
Anyway... I got on with fitting my middle exhaust section last nite from
custom autocraft, ended up with something in my eye and had to stop, when I
get that on I shall spend a bit of time with mixture and timing. Then on
with megasquirt....



Best Regards,
Alan Pritchard

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