Ok installed the cams friday nite. The cam swap was simple engough, then the new timing belt went on along with new cam seals. Everything was lined up perfectly so everything goes back on and i try cranking it over for the first time.
She starts!!! but she doesnt like it
the thing was runnning really badly had a play with the CAS to see if the timing was out, find it ran a little better with more advance but still really badly.
OK must of stuffed the timing belt up. So off come the covers again only to find that yes everything is perfectly lined up - weird.
I look at eh cam gears and notice that the intake side is off by maybe 1mm (ie the top spoke is to th eright when looking at if from th efront).
So i fugure it cant hurt to see if moving the intake cam gear one tooth to the left (towards the intake manifold). I do this but now it looks really off - by about 6mm-1cm, i do a couple of hand turns to check that nothing binds up inside then put the covers back on and crank it over.
She runs!!! And she likes it!!!! ahhahah weirdest thing - it looked wayy off but ran beautifully.
Anyways i take it for a quick run before bed (it was 11pm by the time i packed everything up in the garage) and it felt ok - more bottom end plus boost comming on earlier but once up higher in the revs (past 3grand) with some more boost the thing just felt sluggish. It was dumping wayy too much fuel.
The next morning (sat, just before parklife) dad suggests i check the timing. Had a look and the thing was on 0 BTDC!!!!! so i move it back to 12deg and then i lean the fuel out quite a bit which got it running very nicely. Stuck the wideband up the bum of it and checked out the ratios which told me it was a little lean when comming onto boost and hovering at 0 boost/vac so i richened this part up and got some really nice numbers right through the range.
Before the cams i would get a hit of power at about 4k rpm even though the boost was comming on earlier. Now the boost comes on even earlier and there is no hit. Instead it is really smooth and just keeps pulling right up to the limiter. Only thing that would make it better would be a professional tune (ie put some timing back into it, which i could do if i had a knock amp) and possibly some cam gears to play around with the torque curve a little. Oh and more importantly to find out what kind of power i'm laying down!!
I'll post a couple of pics and hopefully a couple of clips later today.
Dave
PS its not lumpy on idle but has a really nice burble and is a few dB louder
Aussies get ripped off with non ball bearing t28 versions from factory...sucks! 
initialy the car wouldnt run - all the markings lined up perfectly but i decided to move the intake came one tooth to the left when looking at it front on. This made it look worse but th ecar actually ran!!! hurray.
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