m52 off timing

[e-dirtym52]

so here is what i have going on...

i've been having some issues with my m52 obd1 with cutting power at full throttle and all that so i finally decided to look underneath the valve cover.

i brought the motor to tdc according to the crank pulley


and my cams are off timed. the front lobes point towards each other but seems to look pretty far off.


and the back of the cams are almost square to each other but aren't square with the block.


i've been doing some research on how to time it correctly and i'm going to reseal the vanos as well. but if anyone has the timing tools to do this i would like buy/rent them from you and any advice or tips on how to time the motor correctly i would appreciate that very much as well.

[e-dirtym52]

i've never timed anything before so any tips or help would save me a lot of hassle

[AndrewBird]

Lots of info here about the vanos and timing:

http://www.beisansystems.com/index.html

They also have a link to where you can rent the timing tools.

[e-dirtym52]

you my good sir. are a life saver