Sup guys so i have this issue right now. maybe one of you lovely gentlemen may help me. i own a b20b witch i have on a engine stand right now with a turbo kit mocked up. and i rebuilt the engine with all new internals pistons rods etc .. NOW i am trying to put the timing belt on correctly but i am having a small issue. i set my block at tdc piston number one is all the way at its very top. sprocket mark lining up with arrow on oil pan and all than i line up my cam gears both with lining marks facing each other. Than as i slide the timing belt on and pull up on the tesioner soon as i pull up on the tensnitor BOOM my cam gears go off timing. seems like as i tighten it up it pulls the belt and moves the cam gears off timing !! any tricks i should know about ? btw i tried moving the exhaust gear up a thooth or so and soon as i did that and tighten it the cam gear moved right into place and its now in timing ... i just wanna know if i did it or if i did something wrong ???!!!!???!!!

 

I will assume you meant on the oil pump? Look up at the cam cap that houses your seal. Does it have a hole in the top of it? Use a drill bit (the round shank end, not the drill end) to drop in those holes to hold the cams in place. I have used punches, drill bits and transfer punches to do this. Make sure they are facing the right way.

 

i used a Allen key and yes I've tried that and it did not work cam still moves. like i said i have it aligned already its in timing i just wanna make sure the way i did it is correct Again what i did was line the bottom end on tdc than aligned the intake cam gear on tdc and exhaust cam gear just about a tooth or 2 up from tdc slid the belt on pulled up on the tensitor and as i did that the exhaust cam lined itself up with the intake and boo ya ! there she gos nice and aligned. i rotated the crank couple times just to make sure it doesn't skip any teeth and it didn't. am i okay ???

 

yeah you should be fine.


Take some pics of the marks


make sure its not off half a tooth or something

 

NO it's not half a tooth off or anything its pretty dead on. only thing now is i feel like the timing belt might be to tight ? i can grab the long side of the belt and turn in 90 degree turn ... so that's fine right ? just seems tight but im sure its okay.?

 

post pics of the marks

 

belt should have 1/2'' of deflection

 

1/2 yes sorry. It does. And I can post pics in the morning but Why post pics I'm telling you it's right on! ??

 

This is the engine

 

That's nice. When he said post pics, he meant of the timing hardware, since that's what you're having a hard time with.

 

this is after i got everything aligned. it's not perfect but looks pretty good to me ?

 

just need to know if the way i did it is correct ? and would like to know why is it that the exhaust cam gear jumps a tooth when i pull up on the tenisnor ?

 

bump

 

There are two parts that have to be lined up, and you only posted one. If we have to drag information out of you, we'll eventually stop helping.

 

Lol you didnt catch his thread in gdd?

 

Oh my sweet jesus donkey **** I didn't. I have now, though. I also am aware of his attempt at a thread in the 5G/6G section. His post in the value sticky there was also pretty...special. I don't see things ending well for OP around here.