egchico

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 ???!!!!???!!!

XYRS2LT

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.

egchico

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 ???

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

yeah you should be fine.


Take some pics of the marks


make sure its not off half a tooth or something

egchico

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.?

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

post pics of the marks

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

belt should have 1/2'' of deflection

egchico

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! ??

egchico

This is the engine

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

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.

egchico

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

egchico

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 ?

egchico

bump

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

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.

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

Lol you didnt catch his thread in gdd?

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

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.