advanced timing

by **mmorrison09** » Thu May 13, 2004 11:07 am

i would like to know if any one has got the timing advanced on there solaras? If so by how many degrees did you get it advanced....whats the pros and cons of it? Thanks.

by **Mole** » Thu May 13, 2004 12:13 pm

someone on here has their timming advanced.

however my mechanic said that there is no electronical way of advancing.

only mechanical, which i want to try, but it's too much of a risk.

by **mmorrison09** » Thu May 13, 2004 12:34 pm

there is a shop down the street from me that said they can advance my timing....but i dont know how many degrees to get it advanced by....i have pm the person on here who had it done but no replie yet.

by **Fletch** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:03 pm

I would only go one tooth, even that may be a risk, valve clearances are very tight on most modern engines.

by **JoeB** » Thu May 13, 2004 5:52 pm

I think Adam said he went 2 teeth. -JoeB

by **mmorrison09** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:08 am

thanks....i think i am going to have them advance it by 2 degrees.

by **adam2562** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:15 am

2 teeth not degrees.... i have to talk with my mechanic first b4 u do anything..... he's on vacation tho...i'm not quite sure if it was 1 or 2 teeth... on the exhaust cams

by **jim@foreignaffairs** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:37 am

Don't change your cam timing.

by **Sentinel** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:54 am

I've seen some cars that benefit from a slight change in valve timing: I had an 88 Sundance Turbo (Sleeper Grocery Getter) and "Raced" (He blew me away) another Sundance Turbo, who had no mods other than a valve timing change. Apparently the only difference between the Sundance and Charger 2.2 Turbos was the valve timing. He walked away from me like he had an extra 15 H.P.
But as far as degrees and TEETH! if you went even one tooth on the gear I'm sure your car would run like dog, if at all (Careful not to let your pistons get too friendly with the valves) They make cam gears that have adjustments on them, so you can change the timing just a bit.
This one is for a Supra : I havn't seen one for a Solara.
http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/cam_ge ... index.html

In essence: a whole tooth on the stock gear is a BAD idea. And there might be no gains at all to moving it just slightly.

2000 SLEv6 : TRD RSB, Eibach & Tokico

by **JoeB** » Wed May 19, 2004 2:06 pm

Well I can't really comment because I don't know enough about it BUT, it's funny you guys say that because Adam's car runs VERY strong and fast for a car that only has a drop in filter and a TRD exhaust! Trust me, I've seen him drive, he's not babying it either. :wink:

. -JoeB

by **adam2562** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:08 pm

i havent babied my car since i test drove it with my mom in the pass seat and thats how i found out my clutch was slipping when i bought it.... i've beat onit... so much some co-workers at my job (Toyota) want to send a letter to Toyota Headquarters complimenting the build quality on the 1MZ-FE... as far as the timing goes... my mechanic is still outta town to get the details, but when he gets back i'll let u guys know...... and Thanks Joe-B for supporting me .....

P.S. my car has 143,3?? miles on it and was beat on since 96,6?? miles...

by **shidosha01** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:35 pm

JoeB wrote:Well I can't really comment because I don't know enough about it BUT, it's funny you guys say that because Adam's car runs VERY strong and fast for a car that only has a drop in filter and a TRD exhaust! Trust me, I've seen him drive, he's not babying it either. . -JoeB

Ditto.

Amen! Can I get a witness up in here!

by **whiteflash** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:31 pm

damn how do u advance ur timing?

by **adam2562** » Fri May 28, 2004 7:19 am

they dont even make cam gears for our cars... V6 that is, I-4 they do

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