Cam timing

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

Guys,

	Well, I replaced my spark plugs Monday night.  While I was in 
there, I checked my cam timing, because my 5KCSTQ didn't seem to have the 
low end torque it used to.  Wow, it was _RETARDED_ one tooth, instead of 
advanced one tooth. (Not to mention the mechanic who last worked on the 
car!)  Now everything is starting to make sense.  Here's the story.

	Last winter, I had a business trip to Az, while we had a monster 
snowstorm here in Flint.  My 5KCSTQ ended up staying at the airport for 
the full 4 days, since my wife couldn't get out of the house to go pick 
it up.  When I returned, I turned the key, and it fired once, then 
stopped, and would not start.  I ened up returning the following day, and 
I had to resynchronize the distributor with the crank to get it to 
start.  Then it worked fine.  Seemed weird to me that the distributor 
would turn, but anyway, it worked.

	Now I know what happened - I was not using the timing belt cover, 
because I wanted to be able to change cam timing.  I guess some snow got 
into the belt, and it flipped two cogs.  (OK, I admit, that retarded 
mechanic was me, alright?)

	I had noticed since then, though, that the high end HP is 
fantastic.  Now, with the cam advanced 1 tooth, the high end is a little 
soft, but the low end torque is much better.  Hmmmmm, an adjustable cam 
pulley would really be the cat's meow!   I know it was mentioned a while 
back, but who has these adjustable cam pulleys?  How much?  I can deal 
with the 2312 code for "No Hall Signal" - I want that pulley!

Later, ---------------------------------------------------------- 
Graydon D. Stuckey 	'85 Mazda RX7 GS, no toys 
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu 	'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, has toys
Flint, Michigan USA	'89 Thunderbird SC, lotsa toys