Originally posted by Bill Miller:
Says right there, in black and white, that cam timing will remain as stock.
Well, actually, it only says that for
"Cars originally equipped with plastic / phenolic timing gears" who are substituting metal gears... AND, it's only saying that IF they replace those plastic gears for metal ones... AND, this says nothing of the "cam gears", which may be considered separate pieces on my car from the "timing" gears, though this could be argued to be considered part of a "timing set" of gears...
Additionally, I think the case in point, namely the gentleman with the factory adjustable timing gears, is covered with the
"Adjustable timing gears are prohibited on all cars unless fitted as stock." Since they are stock, and they are adjustable, they must have been intended, by the factory, to BE adjusted, and therefore, are allowed to be adjusted... anywhere within the factory provided adjustment range...
So, I really don't see, with the exception of the limited case above (phenolic gears being replaced with metal), where we are limited to "stock cam timing" when using the legal stock cam timing gears...
I spent over two hours with a timing wheel and about 8 different sets of stock gears before I came up with the combination that gave me the cam timing I wanted to try, and I simply don't see anything in the rules that makes this against them...
Just my take...
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Renton, WA
ITS '97 240SX
[This message has been edited by Banzai240 (edited September 20, 2004).]
if I DON'T, or if I have a 'pulley' instead of a 'gear,' then I can change the cam timing??