Re: Bumping cam on a NA 2.2?

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> 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.....

On my car, I can dial-in however much timing advance (or retard) I want and
not trigger any fault codes.  Bump the timing more than 5-6 degrees and hot
days will give the knock-sensor a healthy workout ... from what I've heard,
though, it appears this may NOT be true of ALL NA '87 5ks.

> 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.......  

I know it well, having bought one ($350 back then) for my 4-cyl 4000 several
years ago.  Since the distributor is driven off the back of the cam, I don't
think you'd want to use one of these on a 5-cyl. motor otherwise you'll vary
the ignition timing along with the cam timing (at least on an NA car such as
my '87 5k) and that can't be a good thing.
  
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