[urq] RE : She runs! No more cut out!

[Brandon Rogers]

one tooth made a big difference in feel to me.  Based on your post, it 
appears I had the cam advanced....

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
To: <laraa at sympatico.ca>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>; <skwpilot at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:24 PM
Subject: [urq] RE : She runs! No more cut out!


> Louis,
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> You may not feel the difference if it is off by a tooth in either 
> direction,
> since the ignition timing is not effected as long as hall is "in window".
> The engine whould still run fine.
>
>
>
> General rule is:
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>
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> Advancing the cam timing - tooth off counterclockwise  - gives better low
> end power - moves torque curve down the RPM spectrum.
>
>
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> Retarding the cam  - more power/toque at high RPM.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
> benswann at comcast.net
>
> [Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:33:29 -0500
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> From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca>
>
> Subject: [urq] RE :  She runs!  No more cut out!
>
> To: "'daniel dornseif'" <skwpilot at yahoo.com>
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> Cc: urq at audifans.com
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> Good ! I'll try this.
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> But you didn't answer my "philosophical" question : what is the effect of 
> a
> t-belt that is 1 teeth off ?
>
>
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> In fact, we should experiment this ourselves... on a disposable engine of
> course !
>
> So, the next urq owner that goes the engine swap route has a task:
>
> install the t-belt 1 teeth off in both directions and test drive the car.
> Then, we'll have a wiki tidbit to add to the knowledge base and answer 
> this
> question for good...
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>
>
> Louis-Alain]
>
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