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 Post subject: Vernier Cam Gear
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:19 am 
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Hi i am curious about how my car will do down the 1/4 and was wondering what anyones thoughts may be. And also i have been having problems with rev limiter with the current work to my motor i have power all the way to limiter but the power dosen't kick in till 3300rpm do i need a vernier cam gear to adjust powerband and how must u adjust them degree wise?

My setup is a rebuilt 4.0L with alted stg 1 cam, alted head with 50thou shaved off, port n polish, tickford valve springs, manual conversion, 3.27lsd
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:22 pm 
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Dude your car went awesome the other night!
But yeah if you want to shift the powerband down a bit a vernier gear might help out.

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:02 pm 
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i seriously dought the Gear with help with gettin you the right powerband. its designed to Set the valve timing dead on for Shaved/aftermarket heads
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:27 pm 
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advancing and retarding the cam timing has the effect of moveing the power band down or up


the reason why ford built the VCT I6

although i found myself setting the cam timming to move the power further up with the RPD stg1 cam
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:33 pm 
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left my car for dead other night!
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:27 pm 
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:?: From what I hear, the porting of the head has been great and your car is going fab!

 

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 Post subject: Alted Performace
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:12 am 
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altedxr6 wrote:
left my car for dead other night!

How many other cars have u done this setup on?
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