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feyd_w · 04-10-2011, 07:55 PM

ok i gotta put cams in and the chain on, what position do the cams need to be?

Pro ViZIon · 04-10-2011, 10:38 PM

The answers for which you seek are within this link haha.

Jim Wolf Technology website

Go down to the "cam install instructions for ka24de."

feyd_w · 04-13-2011, 11:35 AM

they way the site said, was that the marks should be 8 links apart
that doesnt look right one bit

Pro ViZIon · 04-13-2011, 12:45 PM

Yeah the cam lobes for cyl 1 need to be pointing away from eachother.
I don't think you did it right. Your exhaust cam is way off. line up the chain with the dimples on the sprockets.

poneyrunner · 04-13-2011, 02:44 PM

i have been messing with mine alot lately and found they have to be 180 degrees apart.. almost perfectly flat facing opposite directions away from the center.. i wouldnt worry soo much about the 8 links.. that didnt work for my car.. wouldnt run at 8 links.. but i also have a 248/232 setup.. but deff 180 apart..

poneyrunner · 04-13-2011, 02:45 PM

forgot to add.. when at tdc on compression stroke..

feyd_w · 04-13-2011, 05:17 PM

i got it all timed today, started it and it ran for a few mins then died, all my electrical stuff quit working........here we go again......

Pro ViZIon · 04-13-2011, 06:53 PM

Check all of your engine bay fuses.

poneyrunner · 04-13-2011, 08:40 PM

thats what mine did when i had the cams wrong.. adjusted a bit more and voalaa runs great now.. just kinda slow.. i think its still a bit off.. but runs smooth.. alsow make sure you turn it over by hand before you crank it just to make sure you dont bend valves..

Pro ViZIon · 04-13-2011, 11:52 PM

+1 on turning by hand. I've bent valves on my new swap because I didn't check cam timing. I hit it with the starter and there went my exhaust side valves. Ended up buying a new head. Make sure you don't mess up. I was coming from rotaries so I didn't have to worry about any of that lol.

04-10-2011, 07:55 PM	#1
feyd_w Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: wisconsin Age: 30 Posts: 29 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how to time ka24de? ok i gotta put cams in and the chain on, what position do the cams need to be?

04-10-2011, 10:38 PM	#2
Pro ViZIon Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 31 Posts: 415 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The answers for which you seek are within this link haha. Jim Wolf Technology website Go down to the "cam install instructions for ka24de." __________________ 1990 Nissan 240SX w/KA24DE - New project 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE 13B

04-13-2011, 12:45 PM	#4
Pro ViZIon Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 31 Posts: 415 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah the cam lobes for cyl 1 need to be pointing away from eachother. I don't think you did it right. Your exhaust cam is way off. line up the chain with the dimples on the sprockets. __________________ 1990 Nissan 240SX w/KA24DE - New project 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE 13B

04-13-2011, 06:53 PM	#8
Pro ViZIon Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 31 Posts: 415 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Check all of your engine bay fuses. __________________ 1990 Nissan 240SX w/KA24DE - New project 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE 13B

04-13-2011, 11:52 PM	#10
Pro ViZIon Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 31 Posts: 415 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	+1 on turning by hand. I've bent valves on my new swap because I didn't check cam timing. I hit it with the starter and there went my exhaust side valves. Ended up buying a new head. Make sure you don't mess up. I was coming from rotaries so I didn't have to worry about any of that lol. __________________ 1990 Nissan 240SX w/KA24DE - New project 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE 13B

04-13-2011, 11:35 AM	#3
feyd_w Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: wisconsin Age: 30 Posts: 29 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	they way the site said, was that the marks should be 8 links apart that doesnt look right one bit

04-13-2011, 02:44 PM	#5
poneyrunner Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: sumter Age: 39 Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i have been messing with mine alot lately and found they have to be 180 degrees apart.. almost perfectly flat facing opposite directions away from the center.. i wouldnt worry soo much about the 8 links.. that didnt work for my car.. wouldnt run at 8 links.. but i also have a 248/232 setup.. but deff 180 apart..

04-13-2011, 02:45 PM	#6
poneyrunner Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: sumter Age: 39 Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	forgot to add.. when at tdc on compression stroke..

04-13-2011, 05:17 PM	#7
feyd_w Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: wisconsin Age: 30 Posts: 29 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i got it all timed today, started it and it ran for a few mins then died, all my electrical stuff quit working........here we go again......

04-13-2011, 08:40 PM	#9
poneyrunner Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: sumter Age: 39 Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	thats what mine did when i had the cams wrong.. adjusted a bit more and voalaa runs great now.. just kinda slow.. i think its still a bit off.. but runs smooth.. alsow make sure you turn it over by hand before you crank it just to make sure you dont bend valves..

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