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Old 04-25-2004, 05:38 PM
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How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears?

LIke do you have it cut ?


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unless u want to take i off everytime to adjust it
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do you cut whole where the cam gears are in the valve cover and the timing pulley cover or do you just cut the part away from the valve cover that covers the cam gears up

if anyone has any pics it would be nice
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Default Re: How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears (slowsohccivic)

you can get it "moon cut" i believe is the term



got this pic off ebay but you get the idea
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I just used a whiz wheel and cut off the side of the vavle cover. It is'nt the prettiest job but it was free and gets the job done
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i guess it's just a hole cutter, but what do you use to get the nice moon cuts? dremel and patience? sorry, i don't have lots of tools to know
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Default Re: How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears (B16_madman)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16_madman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i guess it's just a hole cutter, but what do you use to get the nice moon cuts? dremel and patience? sorry, i don't have lots of tools to know</TD></TR></TABLE>

just put the the valve cover on the motor and mark with a pencil the middle and the edges of the cam gears take it off use a compass and draw the half circles, then with a dremel cut em and sand smooth
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The way that they make the "Moon Cut outs" is on a Mill, do it the cheap way, get a cut off took and cut off the Cam gear side of the valve cover.
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Default Re: How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears (B16_madman)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16_madman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i guess it's just a hole cutter, but what do you use to get the nice moon cuts? dremel and patience? sorry, i don't have lots of tools to know</TD></TR></TABLE>

PMP Designs (The company that did the red-top in the pic) LASER-cuts their valvecovers. By far, it's the cleanest cut you can get. It's pricey, though. They charge like $75 just to cut the cover (not including shipping). Friend of mine had one, and it was NIIIICE. The F*CKER sold it w/o saying ANYTHING to me . I'm not too happy about that, since he had to have known I'd be interested in it. Anyway.....the moon-cuts are the best way to go, if you don't mind shelling out the cash to have it done. I'm sure a machine shop would do it for considerably less than PMP charges.
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Default Re: How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears (C_Rock77)

ya just take it to a shop or just try to do it yourself
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hole saw
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridvteceg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hole saw </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridvteceg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hole saw </TD></TR></TABLE>



What are you going to use for your pilot hole??
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Default Re: How do you have the valve cover so you can adjust the cam gears (4DRPIMPIN)

you dont have to have a pilot hole to use a hole saw. plus i have a drill press.
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I just bought a temporary valve cover that was already cut. It just had the side completely cut off. And with the valve cover I took off, I'm going to have it moon cut and powder-coated. After that I can just sell off the cut valve cover.
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