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Originally Posted by blageo23

I still dont get it. Here is what im thinking and tell my why im wrong or whatnot.
Lets say I go out and buy 2.4 cams and hold them up to the 2.0 cams. What is the difference? I was under the impression that the timing marks are off/different between the 2. because to my understanding the 2.4 cam gears have the same amount of teeth(correct?). So if thats the case I could put the 2.0 gears on top the 2.4 gears and see where the marks line up and draw a line on the 2.0 cams to match where the line on the 2.4 cams are. Thus making my 2.0 cams the same as the 2.4 cams. So then I put my 2.0 cams back on and line the marks up that I made and that would make the engine have the correct timing for a 2.4l. By reading this tell me what im misunderstanding. I realize what you are saying and I get it but I dont get why im wrong.

WOW, I don't know what to say!

OK, here we go. Yes you are moving the marks, but you are not moving the cam dowels to the correct position. So when you move the mark and install the belt, the gears/marks will "look" ok, but the cams are still out of time as compared to straight up. If what you suggest is that easy, Mitsu would have made one (1) set of gears for both engines with dual marks (i.e. one mark for the 2.0L and one mark for the 2.4L). BUT THEY DIDN"T. Trust me on this, I degreed my cams in my 2.4L on my 2.0L Fidanza adjustable gears and they were 4.5-5 deg off. The only way to have them installed correctly is to degree them in on adjustable gears and then remark the adjustable gears, or find/buy at set of 2.4L gears. GET NOW?