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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks It is most definitely an interference engine. so to answer the OP's first question, messing around with the timing / vvel could potentially cause damage internally,

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It is most definitely an interference engine.
so to answer the OP's first question, messing around with the timing / vvel could potentially cause damage internally, right? Like I said I do not know much about internals or tuning besides basic things like afr's and such
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so to answer the OP's first question, messing around with the timing / vvel could potentially cause damage internally, right? Like I said I do not know much about internals or tuning besides basic things like afr's and such
It will depend on to what extent the valve timing can be adjusted, but yes worst case you could have a piston hit the valve.
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It will depend on to what extent the valve timing can be adjusted, but yes worst case you could have a piston hit the valve.
thank you for the info, hopefully this helps the OP, and I learned a bit as well!
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