Ok, more adventures with the 'vette.

I had a gentleman ask can it make it to HotLanta (2 hr drive) and he'll buy it when he comes through next week.

(I'll believe it when I see it)

Anyway I got s bit of free time, do I looked at the smog pump which I thought was rattling. Nope, it was the water pump. How the he'll there can be so much play in the impeller shift and it not leak is beyond me.

So I ebay a NOS pump and take a quick look at the factory manual to see what im up against:

#1 set engine to TDC compression #1


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Who the hell puts the water pump behind a timing belt?!

So, belt, front seal, install tool are on the way, pump arrived today and is in.

Which brings me to the point:

In the process I was able to see that the cam sprocket had slipped retarded one tooth, which explains the abysmal acceleration.

Is there a way to diagnose cam timing without physically looking at the timing marks (AKA tearing stuff apart)?