THE RAW FACTS
1. The crank is on the T Mark.
2. The marks on the exhaust cam sprocket align perfectly with head (punch mark up) and the camchain is nice and tight up from the crank to the exhaust cam. But...
3. When the marks on the inlet camshaft align with the head (again, punch mark up) there is a little slack in the camchain between the sprockets. When you tension the chain, the marks slip a few degrees backward.
4. When the marks on the camshafts are correctly aligned, you would have to move the inlet cam a lot more forward (i.e. the other way) for the sprocket to pick up on the next tooth. The way its set now, the cam moves the least degrees to achieve a taught chain run.
THE QUESTIONS
Does that sound like its set right? Its difficult to get clear photos, but Ill try if itd help.
Does anyone have a chain link or pin count from the obvious reference points on the cam sprockets?
SUPPLEMENTARY PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION
Why-oh-why didnt I read the excellent top end strip thread in Knowledge Base BEFORE I whipped the cams out? Cable tie the camchain to the sprockets. Simple. Genius!
Edited by Jim, 21 October 2017 - 11:14 pm.