Gee

A guy goes on a little break and his pics dissappear and everyone forgets about him

zag

Gee

A guy goes on a little break and his pics dissappear and everyone forgets about him

zag

are you a relation to the first zaggy? if so , could you tell us what the hell happened to him, please

jason

Hey Zag, if you forgot your pass word and had trouble logging in let me know VIA PM and I will help out if possible.

Zig

Hey Locjaw and zukipilot

tis the one and the same Zag...Zig my old password would not work (or I wrote it down wrong) and I couldn't get the system to e-mail my new work e-mail. I'll give you a pm later.

A lot of change in my world, had to close my business (lost a bunch of cash), new career a long ways from the automotive world and a bunch of other stuff.

Finally had a little time so I thought I would drop in.

My wife still has her 93 4 door 16v and I just bought a 91 4 door 8 valve as a driver.

Already making plans for when the weather breaks to start some upgrades. Already went through all the bits like I did on this thread but now I need to wait for time, weather and money before starting on the mods.

hope the gang has been doing well, but it doesn't look like wild has been posting. Hope everything is ok for him.

Don't know if I will be able to be around as much as before, but I will be around.

Zag

Hi Zaggy, tough break but good to see you back around here.

Thanks Rhinoman

The last year has been a pretty rough ride but I am hoping 2007 gets back on track.

The little four door I just picked up is great mechanically and soft in the back body so it's decent for a project rig.

The 8 valve is in good shape so as soon as I get some time I plan on adding the...
- Low restriction aircleaner
- TBI Spacer
- Smaller diameter crank pulley
- Retard cam gear 1 tooth
- 2 1/4" exhaust (gonna need it by spring anyway)

Suspension is gonna stay pretty simple
-KYB gas struts front/shocks rear
-Custom front rear sway bars
-Decent tires (215-65-15 or 225-60-15) with heavy block tread.

Body
-Patch up as needed
-Flares to ditch the rust
-4 lights to replace the grille
-2 roof mounts

Bascially a light off road Pre-Runner with some more power

From there we will see what happens

Zag

Zag,

Good to see you're still around. I was wondering how you were going. We all have our ups and downs. I'll be keen to see how the new project progresses over time.

Cheers,
CJ

Hey Zag,

Nice to see you back man. 

When you talk about retarding the cam gear back one tooth which way do you move the cam gear?  If you have the timing cover off and you are looking at the front of the engine ( standing in front of the radiator) do you move the cam gear one tooth clockwise or one tooth counter clock wise? 

Also where in the powerband does this help the most?  More low end torque?  More mid to upper horse power?

Another quick question.  Where do you source the smaller crank pulley?  I'm pretty sure that I can make the TBI spacer but I would like to find the smaller crank pulley as well.

Thanks for any help.

Mike

P.S. Merry Christmas.

Hey CJ

Good to hear from you, hope everything is well for you.

MK

To retard the cam 1 tooth and 1 tooth ONLY, you move the mark on the cam gear 1 tooth to the left of the mark on the cover (as you are facing the front of the cam gear).

This causes the cam to open later and remain open later moving your power band up a touch and making the engine a little sharper. I have done it on a selection of the engines (check the forum for my write up on the results) and have had good success.

The lower crank pulley I have made by a freindly machinist, 20% smaller diameter, requires a new accessory belt.

Due to my current financial state I'm afraid this project will progress much slower than my earlier ones but I will keep you guys posted.

Zag