buyingconstant7
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Installed a new cam for my sisters BRM yesterday...this was the kit we bought: http://www.idparts.com/camshaft-replacement-kit-brm-p-1318.html
We installed it without a hitch, went very well, our special tools cam in real handy. So when we started it up, we 'broke the cam in' by doing about 10 minutes of a mix of idling and higher rpms(around 2,000 to 3,000). After the engine was nice and toasty I looked at the torsion value on VCDS on engine/advanced measuring blocks. It was -2.9 on idle. We advanced the timing (turning cam sprocket clockwise) by just a titch, and remeasured on VCDS and it was at 0.0, whether it's idling or revving high(weird, because before it would change with the retarded timing).
PROBLEM IS: It smokes pretty much the exact same amount as it did with the 'old' timing, as it does with the current 0.0 value. Even with the bad cam, it didn't smoke as much. Lower rpms are nothing but a puff, but after 3k, it dumps black smoke out. Too soon to tell for fuel mileage, but startup and idle is REAL smooth. Any ideas?
The picture is an example and shows maybe a little more than what it's smoking, but it's after 3k rpm, on full boost.
We installed it without a hitch, went very well, our special tools cam in real handy. So when we started it up, we 'broke the cam in' by doing about 10 minutes of a mix of idling and higher rpms(around 2,000 to 3,000). After the engine was nice and toasty I looked at the torsion value on VCDS on engine/advanced measuring blocks. It was -2.9 on idle. We advanced the timing (turning cam sprocket clockwise) by just a titch, and remeasured on VCDS and it was at 0.0, whether it's idling or revving high(weird, because before it would change with the retarded timing).
PROBLEM IS: It smokes pretty much the exact same amount as it did with the 'old' timing, as it does with the current 0.0 value. Even with the bad cam, it didn't smoke as much. Lower rpms are nothing but a puff, but after 3k, it dumps black smoke out. Too soon to tell for fuel mileage, but startup and idle is REAL smooth. Any ideas?
The picture is an example and shows maybe a little more than what it's smoking, but it's after 3k rpm, on full boost.