How to: Set Your Ignition Timing

[bewstedprobe]

Originally Posted by zlyricist

hah i think you're the only one that uses 'tbo' best to extend your fingers twice more and spell the full work.

oh yea and post your how to's in the projects/faq section so they dont fade away

edit: and now i fully understand his handle, i always thought it was kinda weird! tbogt

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Moved to FAQ.

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[Gabe17]

I'm having trouble doing the timing on my 6.

My water pump went out so I replaced it, and now i'm having trouble with the timing. The car ran rough-mildly rough when I started it and let it run for about 15-20seconds before I shut it down. Tell me where I'm going wrong because this doesn't make sense...

The arrow at #1 is lined up on the cam.
The notch in the crank gear is lined up with the straight line on the oil pump.
The rotor, when the cam gear is lined up, is at the spot on the cap for cyl 1 .
I pulled the spark plug on cyl 1 and the piston is at the top.

I then turned the engine 2 revolutions and both marks ended up back In the same position, that is aligned with their corresponding marks.

I did some snooping around and found that my rotor was hitting the cap and was all [fizzle]ed up. (must not have pushed it on all the way oops) So I ran out and replaced those. Wiring order I triple checked.

So why is it not running normal. When I removed the water pump and pulleys I made sure not to more the crank or camshaft after they were aligned. Is it possible for it to be off after just replacing the belt and not moving the either of the shafts?

I also have a zombie chipped ecu, do I have to switch back to my stock one to set this for some reason?