gah! im soo close!

[OM3GA]

ok if you put your engine at DTC of the compression stroke, your distributer at #1 and have your cams in this possition:it won't matter where the chain marks are. that should fix your timming issue

If im not mistaken these cams are supposed to be switched lol orange/yellow for exhaust and green for intake however you could do that one cam mod but thats normally with 2 exhaust cams

[jeff420]

If im not mistaken these cams are supposed to be switched lol orange/yellow for exhaust and green for intake however you could do that one cam mod but thats normally with 2 exhaust cams

good call. i just looked at my freshly rebuilt head and you are correct. thats probably what he meant when he said he found out the cams were in the wrong position.

[Xj220gt]

Well, I was able to start my car last night. My distributor was off by about 2 teeth. now that I have the new timing chain in there, my car sounds great. I figured that it didnt start the last time because it was flooded........................................................................... Now I have to time it...

all in all, at least its on!

[DubsSuck]

good call. i just looked at my freshly rebuilt head and you are correct. thats probably what he meant when he said he found out the cams were in the wrong position.

no.. this is what i meant.. thoes aren't my cams i got that pic from somewhere elseheres what happend to me:the exst cam rotated when we were putting the chaine back on.

Well, I was able to start my car last night. My distributor was off by about 2 teeth. now that I have the new timing chain in there, my car sounds great. I figured that it didnt start the last time because it was flooded........................................................................... Now I have to time it...

all in all, at least its on!

good job

[DubsSuck]

If im not mistaken these cams are supposed to be switched lol orange/yellow for exhaust and green for intake however you could do that one cam mod but thats normally with 2 exhaust cams

correct me if im wrong but.. it doesn't really matter which side its on, just as long as the lobes are in the right possition, i mean yeah if the lobe on one side has a larger angle maybe or if its a front wheel drive car.i just don't see why it would matter

[tEknoS13]

no.. this is what i meant.. thoes aren't my cams i got that pic from somewhere elseheres what happend to me:the exst cam rotated when we were putting the chaine back on.

good job

dude, you could have stuck a cleaner screw driver in there

[DubsSuck]

haha thats a rotisserie skewer.

[Xj220gt]

btw, that top guide shattered into pieces in my engine... I wouldnt leave it in there if I were you.

[DubsSuck]

holy crap! what did you use?

[jeff420]

remove that upper guide, its useless. theres plenty of threads on this.

im more worried about the rust forming on the bolts and the guide. thats just wrong

[DubsSuck]

oh i know what you're talking about ok i'll take it off. and that pic was taken before i cleaned it so its all good now

[Xj220gt]

My timing chain guard was in pieces...



I guess some of it melted off

I also had a small piece missing. I have no idea where that went, but in looking for it I ended up changing my timing chain because the chain tensioner guards (plastic and metal things) cracked...

[DubsSuck]

so i finally got my starter on and did an oil change (it had lots of fuel in the oil)and when i went to go crank it sounded like a metal on metal clanky grinding sound..

[DubsSuck]

Haha one and a half years later... I started working again and I bought a newer motor with manual parts ( pressure plate, clutch, and fly wheel) for only 150. So I did a manual swap I couldn't do it in my back yard so I had a shop do it. 1.8k later and I now have my car back. Finnnalllyy!

Next up is rust removeal, coilovs, and wheels.