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Subject:Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
From:David Marshall
Date:Wed, 29 Jul 1998 20:38:36 -0700

Advance (clock wise) = more bottom end.  Currently playing with this on my
2.0L Rabbit PU.

At 18:45 7/29/98 -0700, Austin wrote:
>At 02:50 PM 7/29/98 EDT, you wrote:
>
> ............added an adjustable cam gear for 4 degree retard on valve
>timing to shift the torque max to lower rpm, ....
>
>I thought retarding the cam gave high end power/torque, and advancing the
>cam  resulted in power/torque being moved to the lower end of the rpm range
>. .
>
>Anyone *know* the answer???
>
>Austin
>
>

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