cam timing... notches, holes???

[Loosej@domain.elided]

Notches... holes.
  Last time i was adjusting my cam timing, I didn't see no stinking notches.  
Does notches mean degrees?  One thing i learned fast, when i first adjusted 
my cams, was that one hole = many degrees.  When i advanced my intake cam 
shaft 5 holes, the engine  would not start !  I felt lucky that i had rolled 
the engine over by hand to make sure the valves didn't hit the pistons.  
Degrees of rotation are very small increments of rotation, not major ones 
like a whole hole of rotation ( i like that "whole hole" sound !). 
  I find all this notch and hole stuff pretty misleading for someone who 
might be adjusting their cams for the first time.
Joel Lewis
Houston
74 GTV

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