I reiterate this. If you were happy with your cam timing before you started changing the tensioners, and during the tensioner upgrade the chain slipped a tooth, you do not have to redo the whole timing thing. As long as you did not change the chain itself or mess with the sprocket you can put it back on the exact same tooth and your timing will be identical as before.
If you use logic and think about how that tensioning system works and how the cam timing is effected by each component, you will be able to see for yourself.
To help you visulize this, the cam timing is entirely affected by the tight end of the chain, not the slack end. On the tight end, the only factors that would influence the cam timing are the chain wear, sprocket wear, or the actual sprocket adjustment using the little dowel pin behind the outer sprocket. Other then that, the big sprocket teeth set the timing.
[This message has been edited by orbmedia (edited 03-20-2001).]
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