Hey guys, i am installing the hks cams and cam gears on the 8 and i was looking around on the forum about the timing marks but didnt find anything. does anyone have a like for this?
Thanks

 

2 holes on the cam gears up. should be a dot on the crank that should line up with an arrow.. easy if u put the crank to 0 with cams up. goes back together that way.

 

make sure the tensioner is back excatly the way it was to. if the belt is to loose itll fall off and to tight itll cause a bad vibration...

 

Good prep before a cam installation...

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/I...o-8_138721.htm

 

The dowls on the cam gears need to be at 12 oclock, with the two marks on the inside of the gears lined up and facing each other perfectly. The crank sprocket has it's own arrow marking on the front oil pump case to line it up, as does the balancer shaft and oil pump sprocket. Start from the top, ziptieing the belt to the cam gears and work your way down. Make sure you set the timing belt tension proporly, and to replace the hydraulic tensioner as well. Depending on mileage, might not be a bad idea to do the water pump while you are in there.

You really need a factory service manual. You can find them in pdf format online to download if you look around.

 

Exactly, by doing this you're setting everything to TDC which is crutial when doing anything to the motor. Some other things to concider is this.

When you put the cams in make sure you use assembly lube or a really thick oil. Put it on the cams themselves, and on the cam holders and cam caps. This way nothing runs dry. After you start the car for the first time, let it run for 2 minutes, and then change the oil.

When you re-install all bolts make sure you take a rag and clean out all the thread so there is no dust dirt ect. If you dont you could get a inaccurate reading for your torque settings. This could suck.

Besides that its pretty simple and straight forward. Be careful with the tensioner like others said.

Good Luck!

 

So how do you set the tensioner? With a torque wrench set at 30lbs? I have heard many horror stories of the the tensioner tool breaking off.

 

There is a special Mitsubishi tool that is used for the tensioner pulley, it looks like a handle with two little notches sticking out. It is used to stick in the holes in the pulley, and rotate the pulley untill it's taught. While you are holdig the pulley taught, you get a 14mm socket or wrench (if you have room, prefferebly a torque wrench to torque down to spec) and tighten the 14mm bolt that fastens the pulley down in that position.

The oil pump sprocket on the bottom is what alot of people mess up. When you have balance shafts in the vehicle, you can still line up the oil pump sprocket on the mark and be off 180 degrees. The way you find out if is right or not is to take the sprocket by hand before you reinstall the belt, and act like you are going to line up the mark, but be off to the left or the right a half an inch or so. If the mark stays where it is, or starts to center itself on the mark, it is not 180 out. If you act like you are going to like up the mark, but the sprocket rotates on it's own and the mark falls down to the bottom, you ARE 180 out.


I would consider getting a factory service manual before doing the job, its not too hard, and I'm sure you can do it on your own, but the manual has crystal clear instructions and illustrations, and takes all the guesswork out of it.

 

Ok I have everything instaled just trying to get the belt back on. I called mitsu and they wont sell me the tension tool. So any idea how long that bolt needs to be and what the pitch on it is? or another way to do it? thanks for all the help

 

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