dravesef

well just recieved the cam and i bought there cam gear for d16z6, here is the problem it did not come with a cam key, so i took off my stock cam gear off of my stock cam and the key is part of the cam gear. where do i get a key or any other input will be good thanks.
just for reference the part numbers are:
cam gear 86054zc
cam 63442z
just so you know what parts i have, and if i can order a key let me know

Joseph Davis

I'd contact Crower, sounds like they forgot to tuck something into your cam gear box.

If you don't have any resolution by tomorrow afternoon drop me a PM, oddly enough I'll be tuning a Z6 with that exact cam in it. I can ask the owner if his came with a key or had the key built in (implying you got the wrong gear).

dravesef

well got it solved, how was the idle of that car you tuned with the cam, was it ruff at idle

Joseph Davis

I'm not tuning it until tomorrow, got pushed forward a day, but I tuned it previously a year or so ago. The idle was clean and crisp, stocklike, the only thing that let you know it had a cam was it made 248 @ 12 psi on a notoriously low reading Mustang dyno, and it's been running 7.70-7.80's at the local 1/8th in a full weight 93 Si.

If you have intermittant popping at idle the first thing I look at is ignition timing. Being a SOHC, I'd make sure you didn't get a Y8 cam gear on there somehow which simultaneously throws mechanical and ignition timing off 4.3 degrees @ cam/9.75 degrees @ crank. The part numbers you listed in your original post are Z6 parts, but **** happens and stuff gets swapped around. Never hurts to check, either, as the more you know about your car the better off you are when it comes time to fix those odd little problems.