Misalignment of cams

[V62GST]

I had leaky water pump, so I replaced it, along with all the other stuff that had to be replaced, Time belt and so on..

My car had studdering problem, like buch of us have, and I've done everything to fix it (plug, wires, coils, test after test) and it didn't fix the problem.

now after replacing the water pump, studdering was gone! now its running stronger then ever!! BUT!! yes there is a but...

My Idle is very rough, RPM is 610~880, average of 720

So~ I've checked to what was wrong with it, then it was the cams alignment!!

Cams were off by one teeth of the sprocket

Now my question is,
Is this bad?
I can deal with rough idle, since engine isn't shutting down,
could I just drive around with the way it is.. with misalignment,
if this were to cause trouble what kind will it be?

GST 98 spyder 95,600 miles
Greddy Type S BOV
Greddy Hard IC pipes
Fidenza Fly
Exceedy cluth
Apex-I air Filter
Nology wires
NGK Plugs
HKS TT
B&M Short Shift with Hard Bushing
HID
Autometer Boost, A/F, Volt gauges

this is the current mods that I have,

 

[Wildeclipse2000]

You really do need to get the timing lined back up. Yes the car will run with it being off a tooth, and maybe 2, but you alwys run the risk of bending valves when your timing is off.
You also will never be able to tune the car properly while the timing is off as you will not have the correct base timing to start to even try and tune the car.

 

[V62GST]

Wow your First Post were for me~ thanks dude


Well this is not going to be a tunning car, just for every day driving.
i got other car for tuning.
even this is a every day car, i will bring up the RPM's to Redline, which I have done so already after this was happening

if I were to hit the valves wouldn't be hitting them already? If I haven't hit them yet I don't think I will be hitting them at all

 

[Wildeclipse2000]

No the main reason for realigning the cams is because of the car not running right. But if for some reason the timing jumps one more tooth, you can kiss the valves goodbye. It is just a major no no to run the car with the cams off. Now if you had aftermaket cams, and or cam gears, and you correctly timed the cams then it would be different. However this is not the case for you.

You really just need to realign them.

 

[V62GST]

Thanks dude

 

[DSM90AWD]

Cams were off by one teeth of the sprocket

Now my question is,
Is this bad?

To add to the above, when my car's crank pulley was off by one tooth (thanks to an infamous DSM shop's poor QC ) my car had significanly late spool and a large power loss.

So yes, correcting this at your earliest convenience is in your best interest