William,
The chain does not always line up with the marks
because it travels at 2 times the lower sprocket speed
because of the gear ratio to reduce the cams speed.
It is hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like
both gears are off. If you spun the engine around a
bunch of times, the marks will probably line up.
If both cams were off this much, you would really be
able to tell because your car would be down about 40
hp and posibly be damaging itself also!
Hope this helps.
Mike
--- William Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
> I went drag racing a couple weekends ago and ever
> since then my car hasn't
> been pulling like it should. Now Ken and I have been
> talking about it and he
> came to me and wondered if my timing chain had
> skipped a tooth, so today i
> went to tearing the VC off, and in turning the
> engine over, the marks on the
> sprockets are exactly 2 teeth off on the intake and
> exhaust cams.
>
> I have pics.
> http://www.importpartsplus.com/intake_cam.JPG
> http://www.importpartspuls.com/exhaust_cam.JPG
>
> It looks to me like they're not in the right
> position, but how could the
> chain skip 2 teeth on BOTH cams? Is that possible??
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
> William Glenn
>
>
>
>
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