help with degreeing my cam

[scherp69]

Originally Posted by camcojb

they have you go backwards beyond 50 degrees so you're going clockwise (the direction the engine is normally running) when you're reading your numbers. This eliminates the slop in the timing chain from turning backwards and then going forward that would throw your readings off.

I've degreed with the small cheap wheels and they work, but I much prefer the larger diameter aluminum wheels; much easier to read and more accurate in my opinion; the larger the diameter the more accurate the markings will be.

Thanks Jody. So basically I should always keep turning the engine over clock wise? Then once I have the lifter's max lift point, zero the dial and keep turning the engine over clockwise until I get 50 degrees on either side of the max lift? Does that make sense?