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Is this cam timing set correctly?

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Is this cam timing set correctly?

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That intake needs one more tooth tweak, ccw when viewed from front of engine
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abscate wrote: 19 Jan 2025, 01:11 That intake needs one more tooth tweak, ccw when viewed from front of engine
I edited the photo a little bit and it turns out to be about 4.5-5 degrees off. How many degrees is one tooth on the wheel?

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I think it’s 46 teeth I the cam pulley, so that’s about 8 degrees per tooth. So, one tooth
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