Cam advance/ timing advance

[vdkk]

I believe I read a while ago about advancing the stock 5m cams and the timing to gain a little torque and or retarding.. I cannot remember and cant seem to find the write up. Obviously just to help the motor breath a little with supporting mods.. Can anyone confirm or point me in the right direction?

[AJ]

Retarding the exhaust cam does have some advantages...

But the most gains are by improving intake ie cone intake, intake piping, larger TB and adding a free flow exhaust...adjusting the AFM 3 clicks counter clockwise.


Nice license plate!!1

[vdkk]

Looks like I'll be retarding the exhaust cam in the am. Trying to get my autos times down a bit I'm lacking in speed I feel. No gains in advancing the intake cam 2 teeth while retarding the exhaust 2?

And thanks! I got lucky the original owner of the car gave me the plate and told the DMV he was my uncle so I could transfer it to my name he had it since 84.

[Carlos Brown]

vdkk,

I did quite a bit of testing with the OEM cams and I documented gains of 4 HP and 9 TQ, while advancing the Intake 1* and retarding the Exhaust 1*. I also seem to remember RWhite and I getting pretty good results at +2/-2, as well.

P.S. One of the best gains to be had with the 5MGE comes by leaning the fuel mixture a couple of points.

Regards,

Carlos

[KJK_Texas]

Looks like I'll be retarding the exhaust cam in the am. Trying to get my autos times down a bit I'm lacking in speed I feel. No gains in advancing the intake cam 2 teeth while retarding the exhaust 2?

They are talking a few degrees not a few teeth!

[ma67 lover]

yeah if im not mistake a tooth is like 12 degrees btw. I also have some good info in my signature about cam timing if you want some good reading!