Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cam timing

[E M (pokiebaron]

Probably most are decoy marks to throw the non Ferrari mechanics off.  "Hey
Joe, you wanta the car to run a real nice, you know those a timing marks,
ok, forget a bout'm, give a the cams a few degrees twist to the left of
them. She'll a be perfect"  hee hee.

Ed
911SC

2008/12/3 <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>

> That's interesting.....my car has very noticeable marks that are dead
> on.....
> I figured that the first motors (mine is 0058) were carefully put together
> with the marks and all........
>
> Jim
> ------Original Message------
> From: Hans E. Hansen
> Sender:
> To: Jim
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Cam timing
> Sent: Dec 3, 2008 12:46 PM
>
> My car is currently in for a belt change.  The mechanic ask me if I wanted
> him to degree the cams and make a reference mark for future use.  He
> said that there wasn't anything of "real use" on the cams in the early
> years.  He's charging me an extra 3 hours for this.
>
> Hans.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:20 AM,  <jimshadow [at] verizon.net> wrote:
> > There are a bazillion threads on this subject on FChat.    Basically you
> need to degree your cams to check for accuracy if you feel they are off.
> There are some great threads written about this process.
> > The general concensus is that the marks are 'reference only' marks and
> should not be trusted until verified.
> >
> > FWIW, YMMV
> >
> > Jim
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Peter Pless
> > To: Jim
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] Cam timing
> > Sent: Dec 3, 2008 8:27 AM
> >
> > Has anyone ever experienced the cam timing marks on a ferrari engine
> being
> > inaccurate? If so, was it because they weren't the original heads or
> cams,
> > or was it just a factory stuff up?
> >
> >
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