The exhaust pulley only has about 5 degrees of adjustment.
Be keen to see if there's a difference from this as dti gauge isn't the best method of adjusting these with no reference point.
I have altered mine mechanically to optimise the exhaust lift.
On tdc the exhaust will move a good 3-4 teeth without contact.
However this has caught alot of people out as there actually isn't much in it though if you consider 180 degrees down the line you'll be opening a valve if your not careful.
Around 2 teeth advanced ,the vacuum drops dramatically which is conclusive at that point its too far advanced and allowing a loss of compression.
Poor starting and idle from hot with very violent top end power are the resulting symptoms.
Around a tooth gives a good increase of vacuum,usually 15-20hg gain over standard in my experience with no adverse effects.
So VE is slightly increased also.
Good idea from OP
