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More pictures:
BTW, the cam gear bolt is a 10 mm triple square.

Here are the photos from the tool I use to remove one bolt that the cap screw stripped out
Compressing the tensor. I did buy the spring clip/timing belt tensioner pin tools. The picture with the clamp was my first attempt at compression the tensioner and I put the wire clip on the wrong side. For the 968, it goes on the solenoid side. Not sure on the S2.
Here is the new chain installed on the cams prior to putting the tensioner back in.
That was the primary photos I took associated with the the pad change. Overall, it went well except the surprise with the inside cam cover poor repair. I actually had more trouble getting the cam gear mark to align with the inside cover mark. I would put the belt on in a manner that looked correct but once I released the tensioner, it was 1/2 a tooth to the left off. I figured out how much to advance the exhaust cam gear to get the mark alignment on the fourth try.

To each their own. I am not running them personally, just have seen folks discuss the VR6 lifters over the years and thought I would share.

Thanks for the updated images. Did you purchase the new cam chain from Porsche? The one I purchased from them has the two links with different color to make it easier to get the cams in the correct links, and I don't see those different color links on your chain.

On the 944 S2 you can remove the tensioner before the cams get pulled as it's easy to compress it and secure with a bent paperclip.

The cam removal tool from 928sRus is arriving today, but I'm not going to tackle the job until sometime next year; just accumulating all the parts now.

I got my chain thru FCP Euro. I think it was identified as “race duty” and you are correct that it didn’t have the colored links. Not having them was not a big deal as counting the links when initially setting the cams was not hard. I did put nail polish dots on the aligning links, just for reference. As a FYI, once you install the cams and tensioner, the links/marks are not really relevant as you rotate the engine afterwards. Once you rotate the engine a couple times and reset to TDC, the marks on the cam should be at the 12:00 position but the colored links may not. I did make a cardboard template for the cam lobe position from the page in the Porsche manual as a rough check/confirm correct cam/chain relationship. However in the electronic pdf manual I had and with the printed page, the cam profiles are good but the space between the cams on the printed sheet are too close together.

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