07-03-2015, 10:42 AM
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Two weeks after I had the timing belt replaced on Bacon it began driving very roughly. The shop that did the work said that the timing belt was off by one tooth and it was "firing on two cylinders." I do not want any part of that ever again.
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07-03-2015, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
For consideration: 40 teeth on a stock 1998 Metro/Suzukiclone G10 1.0L SOCH cam sprocket = 9 degrees per tooth.
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You have to double that because of the 2 to 1 ratio cam to crankshaft, makes 1 tooth effectively 18 degrees. |
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07-03-2015, 11:17 AM
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The Metro guys actually do have an adjustable cam pulley. I think you can get it in variants of +6, +8 and even +10 which seems to be quite popular as 2000mc posted. I don't know what I'd go with.
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07-03-2015, 11:23 AM
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It also doesn't look like it would be hard to modify the stock cam sprocket.
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07-03-2015, 11:28 AM
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Quote:
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You have to double that because of the 2 to 1 ratio cam to crankshaft, makes 1 tooth effectively 18 degrees.
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Got it - thanks. I'll edit my post. |
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07-03-2015, 11:58 AM
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It also doesn't look like it would be hard to modify the stock cam sprocket.
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Yeah, thats kind of what I had in mind. At least give it a try. |
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07-03-2015, 01:05 PM
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Quote:
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You have to double that because of the 2 to 1 ratio cam to crankshaft, makes 1 tooth effectively 18 degrees.
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Spitballin late at night, I thought it was weird people would pay for a 10deg mod if they could get 9deg for free... Obviously not firing on all cyls over here |
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07-03-2015, 01:19 PM
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I deleted my earlier post because you are asking about cam timing and I wrote about ignition timing. However, if you adust the cam timing and your distributor is connected to the cam, I suppose you'll want to adjust ignition timing too, unless the cumulative effect works for your plan...
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07-03-2015, 01:21 PM
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Yep, after cam timing has been adjusted, ignition timing should be updated to optimize the change.
As it is, I'm running stock ignition timing and that could definitely be changed for a bump in efficiency.
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07-03-2015, 01:33 PM
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Yep, after cam timing has been adjusted, ignition timing should be updated to optimize the change.
As it is, I'm running stock ignition timing and that could definitely be changed for a bump in efficiency.
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Sounds cool. If I did things like this to my car, and it sounds interesting, I would likely fail California emissions testing. I am not complaining about emissions, just observing the limits for anyone in a US state that has adopted Cali standards (about 30 states, I am told...).
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