Changed head gasket, car won't start

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AaronMC
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Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:14 pm
Car: 1990 S13 Chuki
Location: Nor Cal

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I drive a 1990 S13 with a '93 KA24DE swap, all was good for about 4 months until I warped the head lol..
Got it resurfaced and replaced the head gasket and all the goodies.
When removing the head I made sure it was at TDC on the COMPRESSION stroke, the rotor was at wire number 1. I replaced any vacuum lines that were worn, marked all the timing sprockets and chains with paint (I actually forgot to mark the cam chain with the upper timing sprocket, but I lined the cams back to TDC position, and used the markings on the cam gears to line it up,) followed the FSM procedure for installing the head gasket, lubricated everything, put everything back how it was before I took it apart. I torqued everything right, used liquid gasket where needed, plugged everything in.
The car cranks and cranks and cranks but won't start. In the approximate 90 seconds of cranking in attempt to start it, I've had a couple of pops, and on one occasion it revved up to about 4k and died instantly. :wtf2:
Every time I pull the plugs to air the fuel out of the cylinders, each of the four spark plugs are soaked in fuel, so all of the injectors are working. When I took my car to the BAR ref to try to get my swap BAR'd he timed my car at 19 BDC so I marked the dizzy screws and used those marks. I never turned the crank pulley while the head was off so there is no way it turned 180 and is firing on the wrong stroke (Just to make sure, I flipped the rotor 180, and my little brother watched my intake breathe fire when I attempted to start it. :naughty: ) I took the plug wires out, put the plugs in them, and cranked the engine to make sure all four plugs were getting spark. I checked the ignition fuse, and the ECU fuse, all of the others as well. I took it apart two more times to double and triple check and took pictures in hopes that it may help someone help me. I'm stumped. :confused:

I deliver pizza for Amici's (best pizza ever) and I'm stuck using a Volvo station wagon that has an inline six with two blown coils getting 10 mpg I really need some help lol

*EDIT* If you look at the pictures on this write up, his pictures of TDC look the same as mine.. write-up-on-how-to-find-tdc-on-a-ka24de-t426685.html

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AaronMC
Posts: 8
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:14 pm
Car: 1990 S13 Chuki
Location: Nor Cal

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After further investigation I noticed the rotor was set to spark just after TDC, I pulled the distributor, rotated it forward one tooth, and now the car purrs like I tiger!


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