im about done with my valve adjustment on my 03 VFR. front cylinders complete, and im putting the cams back in the rear.. well as i put the timing chain on and get everything tight i check to make sure my timing marks are lined up.. and the front is spot on even with the cylinder head.. the rear.. its either a tad to high or a tad to low... and by that i mean.. set in one position t if you look dead on at it through the inspection hole the line isnt visible its a bit below the cylinder head... and if the cam is moved a tooth the other way.. its a tad above the cylinder head and the timing mark/ line isnt parallel with the cylinder head either. when in the lower position the exhaust lobes are pointing almost identical (but obiviously in reverse.. meaning the paint up and towards each other) to the intake cams.. if set the other way, there is more lobe showing on the exhaust side then intake... if that makes any sense so which way should i set it to. rear camshaft mark being the RE i dont want this thing to be a tooth off.. i took pictures, but the wife deleted them off the camera. plus looking through that inspection hole in the frame didnt get a real good pic to begin with. anyone have a pic of what it should exactly look like.. i have serached the forum with no luck, and checked out vfrd.com as well... i also try examining the pictures i have found just to try to reference anything that might show me where i need to align this thing. but the weird angles and crappy pics i ahve found do me no good. i havent found one picture yet of the timing mark through the inspection hole in the frame. this is the only thing holding me up lol
True, the marks don't always appear perfectly flush. After you've tightened the camshaft caps and allowed the cam chain to tension...i've always found one positiion to be much closer than the other. If you're pretty sure the intake cam is perfect, you could position the engine so the marks on the cams are equally above and below the 'mating surface' whatever miniscule amount they're off, and then see which exhaust tooth setting allows the 'T' mark on the flywheel to be closer to correct. You can also verify the T flywheel mark by turnning the engine back and forth with a long screwdrive in the spark hole...not as good as a dial indicator, but not many people have those sitting around. When you think you've got it right...turn your engine over by hand a couple times, carefully...allowing the cam chain to tension completely and double check your setting.
