shortyhawaii1
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Alright everyone, I finally have completed my first aftermarket upgrade to by P5. I installed the Mazdaspeed Intake and Exhaust Cams and the TiiPoint Adjustable Cam Gears. It wasn't too fun. I have two things that were of concern to me, one that still remains, the other was resolved:
After intalling the cams and the adjusted cam gears, I started her up. Not too good. She ran, for a while, then couldn't keep a steady idle and just began to die when no pressure was applied to the gas. That was the least of my problems.
My major concern was the knocking!! After a few moments of inspecting where the knocking was coming from, I realized that it was coming from the guard that covered the cam gears, and not the cams themselves. You can imagine my relief to this discovery. Nevertheless, I was still not happy about the knocking. So, I took the valve cover back off and inspected the cam gears for anything that could be hitting the cover. After a thurough inspection on the valve cover, I noticed a sensor that is inside the cover for the cam gears, had a worn spot on it, and some dust sprayed on the cover. I realized that the new exhaust cam gear was hitting the sensor. So I took off the sensor and placed some thick washers on the bolt to bring the sensor more away from the gear and walla! No more knocking.
Last concern. I can't get the car to idle. It will for the warm up phase, then after it's warmed up, she dies. What's the deal? So I just need to get my timing adjusted? Will I be able to take it to any shop and have them fiz the timing problem? I hope that's all it is, cuz it was fun driving home from my friends garage, keeping my foot on the gas and brake at the same time. Not cool. Has anybody else done this sort of mod and did you have a similar problem? Any help on getting my car to idle again would be of great worth to me.
I hope the information above about the knocking is of help to anyone installing these gam gears.
Oh, one more thing. Those spark plug wires are a pain in the a$$! It's not so fun getting those things back in tight! I dread the day when I need to pull those off again for any reason.
Hope to get some help on my idle isue.
After intalling the cams and the adjusted cam gears, I started her up. Not too good. She ran, for a while, then couldn't keep a steady idle and just began to die when no pressure was applied to the gas. That was the least of my problems.
My major concern was the knocking!! After a few moments of inspecting where the knocking was coming from, I realized that it was coming from the guard that covered the cam gears, and not the cams themselves. You can imagine my relief to this discovery. Nevertheless, I was still not happy about the knocking. So, I took the valve cover back off and inspected the cam gears for anything that could be hitting the cover. After a thurough inspection on the valve cover, I noticed a sensor that is inside the cover for the cam gears, had a worn spot on it, and some dust sprayed on the cover. I realized that the new exhaust cam gear was hitting the sensor. So I took off the sensor and placed some thick washers on the bolt to bring the sensor more away from the gear and walla! No more knocking.
Last concern. I can't get the car to idle. It will for the warm up phase, then after it's warmed up, she dies. What's the deal? So I just need to get my timing adjusted? Will I be able to take it to any shop and have them fiz the timing problem? I hope that's all it is, cuz it was fun driving home from my friends garage, keeping my foot on the gas and brake at the same time. Not cool. Has anybody else done this sort of mod and did you have a similar problem? Any help on getting my car to idle again would be of great worth to me.
I hope the information above about the knocking is of help to anyone installing these gam gears.
Oh, one more thing. Those spark plug wires are a pain in the a$$! It's not so fun getting those things back in tight! I dread the day when I need to pull those off again for any reason.
Hope to get some help on my idle isue.
peace - chris
It's just the FS-ZE cam.
