i have an 88 trans am gta with a 350 motor in it. i just bought an S.A. gear performance timing gear set and it has the ability to advance or retard the timing of the camshaft to 4 degrees.. what would the effects be if id advanced it or retard it... would the car sound any different.... i also have long tubes im putting on also and some 1.6 rockers along with an full flowmasters exhuast... with that combo how would the car sound....

 

Don't worry about advancing or retarding the timing set, just install it "straight up". Changing the cam timing is a way to fine-tune the engine's powerband, or to correct for a slightly mis-ground cam.

 

but how would the cam sound... would it be like putting in a new cam that already has those settings or what... whats the advantage of doing that....

 

It will have no effect at all on the sound.

 

so the only way to change the idle of a car is to put a different camshaft in it like the powermax 2032 cam..

 

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

well basically all i want to do is make the car sound off idle or let people know that it has a cam in it... i dont want to change alot of things to make it work like heads and intake... i just want a nice rumble to my engine at idle...

 

Concentrate on the exhaust then, and don't worry about the cam. There's not much you can do with the cam to affect the idle that isn't going to annoy the computer.

 

well i already have headman long tube headers and full flowmasters exhuast system with the high flow cat on the car already........ is there anything else i can do