Re: Bumping cam on a NA 2.2?

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In a message dated 95-09-22 08:41:45 EDT, you write:

>
>I find this interesting since changing the cam timing will also change the
>ignition timing ... advancing the cam 4 degrees on my '87 5k made a fairly
>noticeable improvement off idle (which is exactly what I wanted since it's
>got a sluggish slushbox) but I also lost a bit above 5k.  Any variable cam
>gear for 4cyl VWs will work but I used one from Techtonics Tuning that was
>$80 or so.  Also, the well-known VW trick of bumping the timing at idle by
>another 5-6 degrees worked well on my car and didn't cost anything...
>
>

Yo, jeff, you wan to make sure that you don't have a fault code for the
dist....  The 5ktq dist (which I think is the same as yours) will only allow
a +/- 2 degrees of adv/ret from TDC with the crank, then you get an error
code 2312.....

Regarding the cam gear, gots one, you don't really need it tho, unless you
are playing with it often, but what I'm referring to is the centrifical gear
by Franco that adv at low retards at hi RPM.......  

Scott