Thread: IMS install
View Single Post
Old 10-08-2012, 12:29 PM   #13
JFP in PA
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: It's a kind of magic.....
Posts: 6,261
Quote:
Originally Posted by shadrach74 View Post
Got it. I agree with you. Though I cannot imagine any position that removes all valve spring tension from the cam. Is there a place to get detailed instructions that I might provide to my mechanic?
TDC is the one spot in the rotation cycle where the cam followers (read lifters) are all on the heel side of the cam lobes, hence the reduction in valve spring pressures.

LN has published their written instructions, which while lacking color photos and the like, are more than enough for an experienced Porsche wrench to follow.
__________________
Anything really new is invented only in one’s youth. Later, one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more stupid.” - Albert Einstein
JFP in PA is online now   Reply With Quote