The Lobster

I know i cant use my y7 crank pulley i am pretty sure due to timing.

i have to use a z6/a6 crank pulley right?

Jimster480

actually i think you can use the y7 one because the timing belts are the same.

The Lobster

they are the same but i was more worried about the timing marks and if there is a need to correct it.

Jimster480

im pretty sure they are identical. The timing marks should be the same.

The Lobster

i thought obd1 was 14-16-18 degrees

while obd2 was 10-12-14 ?

i also read that i needed corrosponding lower valve cover to set it correctly?

sde780

You can just use the oil pump arrow to set it, no?

Jimster480

i dunno becuase i have neither. We set it with TDC with the oil stick.

TravisCadello

so with a d15y8 i should use a 2000 ex pulley?

Jimster480

you mean D16Y8. And jsut use any D16Y Pully. They are all the same. 96-00 D16Y*

TravisCadello

no i have a 92 civic lx with a JDM D15B Block And A D16y8 Head and a D16y8 crank pulley from a 2000 civic ex

trustdestruction

the timing belt doesn't even go onto the pulley, so that doesn't even matter.

The Lobster

holy hell you got a mess of a motor there.

here is the biggest problem that i came up on.

yes the crank fits...but my concern was timing as i stated

obd1 = 14-16-18
obd2 = 10-12-14

so i dont even know how to even time that let alone time it with a timing light on the tbelt cover.

i thought that the main oilings were different on the d15b then the 1.6?

Jimster480

your right there, but what im trying to tell him is that its the same and doesnt matter.

@OP: just set timing by putting the motor in TDC.

The Lobster

^which is easy to do but what do i do when i do ignition timing?

Jimster480

set the motor to TDC and line up the lines on the cam gear.

The Lobster

well i know to do that...but just like using a z6 gear on a y8 you have to advance it 4.5 degrees...

the z6/y motor key ways are different on the cranks thus meaning even if you set pulley to tdc and cam to tdc you are already off timing.

now the question is how much to advance or retard to compenstate.

if you set the pulley to TDC your timing marks are off on the pulley so when you go for and dizzy/ignition adjustment you have nothing to go by...

Jimster480

i didnt set TDC using that anyway. I set it by putting the oil stick in the last cylinder and moving it until it was @ TDC, then adjusting the head accordingly.

The Lobster

i get what you are saying about block being at TDC and head having the cam lined up.

Thats not the problem. The problem is now that the pulley is off timing. How much timing do i need to retard or advance with a y7 pulley on a z6 crank.

How did you set your ignition timing meaning when you are adjusting your distributor and flashing your timing light on the pulley how much do you advance or retard or how much do you advance or retard on the cam or either or.

for example i ran a y8 cam and z6 gear for the longest time and i had NO idea why i couldnt get the car timed right...turns out if you use a y8 cam and z6 gear i needed to advance the timing on the cam 4.5 degrees.

If i had a z6 cam and y8 gear i had to retard timing on the cam gear 4.5 degrees...

didnt you build a super y8 high compression 160 hp motor? i think i remember your thread.