I currently have a JUN adjustable sprocket but it is set to the stock 0 degrees.. i would like to know if i advance the cam timing does the ignition timing advance also? Should i set the ignition timing to stock and advance the cam or advance both???? any help would be appreciated.

 

Yes, adjusting the cam also adjusts the distributor, but they are not one in the same. Typically, adjust the cam, then readjust the distributor to keep the same ignition timing [you do have a timing light, right? ], test, repeat.

 

I have cam gears on mine too and I have adjusted them several times. they have been advanced to several different spots but currently they are at stock. If I am back at stock would that set my timing back to stock as well. I ask because I don't have a timing light at the moment and I'm wondering if my timing is all out of whack by now. I noticed also that when I adjust the gears and I'm driving down the road and accelerate without taking my foot off the gas first there is some hesitation before it kicks in and does anything. It never did this until I got the gears. what might that be. I was thinking valve overlap maybe or messed up timing. Any help would be great.

 

If your car is new enough [and I think yours is], the computer controls the timing anyways, and you won't be able to screw it up too much. As for the hesitation you described, that's known as "cam hunting." When you change cam timing, you change it's effective RPM range, so if you advance it, the power curve is going to be moved up the RPM band a bit, so you're tettering on the edge of it's range before you make enough RPM for the cam to start doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: making power. This isn't all bad if you drive in higher RPMs a lot, learn to deal with it, and/or the gains outweigh the drawbacks, otherwise it's just an annoying hesitation.

 

adjustable cam sprockets are nice. Jun or spoon... dont stray far from that fence. the skunks 6 fasteners are nice... yet they strip easy. cam timing without a timing gun... not a good idea. definately adjust them together if not, you can run very very unhealthy cylinder pressures.