I remember a friend of mine had a civic dx coupe once with basic bolt ons, kept running 17's. played with his (adjustable) cam gear and went out and hit a 15.5.

my question is , whats the difference between setting your cam gear and adjusting your timing with the distributer?

are they anywhere nears the same thing? I'm planning on getting a cam gear this friday and just kinda wanna know how the whole thing works before I start messing with it or letting someone else mess with it.

If I have already retarded my timing because of my milled head, should I set it back to the factory spec before messing with the cam gear or....I dont know. I would just like to know how they work.

Thanks guys

and I'm sorry if its kind of a 'newbie' question ( i really don't think it is though )

thanks

 

no help at all?

 

Without a dyno, egt, wideband or something along those lines, its going to be alot of trial and error. The dyno is the way to go...but if you want to try this out, my own little deductions, go ahead and try

Be fore warned that, I concluded this information after about a year of butt dyno, some other info from others, and some deduction. It may or may not be the same with your car. But i have messed around with about 4 of my others freinds cars, gsr, 2k si two of them and mine which is a ls motor in hatch. Check it out:
--intake == more torque, ++intake == more midrange
++exhaust == more hp (top end), -- exhaust == more midrange

for every degree you advance the intake cam, you advance the ignition 2 degrees.

Good luck hope this helps.

 

so how about a single cam where your adjusting both intake and exhaust valves with a single cam gear?

any experience with that?

thanks for the help though.