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Old 21st January 2018, 21:55   #23
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Originally Posted by kaiser View Post
If you know the setting of the two sprockets on the rear on each side of the engine, then it is EXACTLY the same as timing a 1.8 engine, but in plural!. Safe mode, two opposing marks, and they must be maintained. Each side.
Not many in their right mind will claim that that method on the 1.8 is not accurate! Or??
Yes of course the theory of timing is exactly the same, but the KV6 front belt is far longer, and variations can have a cumulative effect, so what is an acceptable factory tolerance for the 1.8 belt may not be within the acceptable factory tolerance for the KV6.
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