Camshaft Install and Timing

[Shamrock]

I'm putting my engine back together and was wondering if I'm installing the camshafts and tensioner properly, I looked in my bentley and on here. I think its alright I just want to be sure before I start to bolt everything back up.

I have 16 rollers apart, & my lobes on cylinder 1 are pointing upward. I installed an all new valvetrain aside from the camshafts. So my valves are TDC Is there anything I should do or am missing at this point?

Also How close are the sprockets to that chain tensioner? Mine are very close and I can't tell from other peoples pics, either the caps are installed or i can't get the pic big enough to look at it.

[Shamrock]

any insight?

[87vr6]

We can't tell if they're properly timed until you put the end caps on to see the arrows in relationship to the cam windows

[Shamrock]

I cant finish this today anyway because my cam lube isnt here yet or my new bolts

[STOICH]

Yes - they appear to be in time.

[87vr6]

Yes - they appear to be in time.

yup, i agree with that.

[Shamrock]

Is it ok that my arrows and notches dont line up like these photos?

They look like this, the windows are notches. This is the intake cam at tdc:




And this is the exhaust cam at tdc, notice the offset:





Hopefully that clears it up for you

[87vr6]

Yes, it's fine, as we said above.. So long as between those two notches there are 16 rollers..