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Re: Cams and Timing





You are probably 180 deg off on the cam which is why
it ran when you moved the dist 180 deg.  YOu need to
be careful the factory cam gear has 2 dots on it one
on either side.  You need to pull the valve cover and
verify that the valves are closed when #1 is TDC. 
BTDT

Tony



--- Sal Guzzo <pellom@yorku.ca> wrote:
> I've been having problems getting my 84 Scirocco 8V
> timed up properly.  I
> managed to get it started but not the correct way. 
> I aligned the crank to
> TDC, cam dot to the top of the head and aligned the
> rotor to #1 cylinder.
> It would NOT start even if I tried to play with the
> distributor.  So......I
> flipped the ditributor 180 degrees to cylinder 3 and
> she started.  However,
> she don't wanna rev past 3000 rpms.  The compression
> is awesome in all four
> cylinders ( I just had the head rebuilt).    Any
> ideas?  Could the cam have
> been installed incorrectly when it was rebuilt?  Was
> it a bad thing that I
> flipped the distributor 180 degrees? I can't see why
> it would not be okay.
> 
> Any ideas.  Thanks
> 
> Sal
> 67 Peugeot 404
> 81 Scirocco 16V
> 84 Scirocco Wolfie
> 84 Vwabbit 8V
> 
> 
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