Mugen112

Well... I got my turbo installed and only have a basemap on it... and you guessed it... I ran it fairly hard today. To put it as simply as i can.. I was at about 6-7k and it goes BOOM and a small cloud of black smoke goes out the back. Then it shuts off.

I originally thought that I either snapped a rod/ring lands were fried/ or bent a rod. However.. It cranks but wont turn over. SO I did a compression check. All are within 20 psi of eachother at around 180 (was like that before I went turbo). No really loud noises or anything when I go to crank it so I doubt its anything internal. (not sure tho).

SO.. that kind of leads me to believe that its my timing belt. I thought my belt could have skipped some teeth or something. I took the valve cover off and couldn't tell much from there. Is it possible for the engine to do something like that and not start up? Or did I seriously **** something up? .

After all of this is done... I will NEVER drive another car unless it is properly tuned.

boostedcivicsir

if your belt jumped, chances are your compression would be all out of whack.

look at your plugs, make sure they arent melted. check the basics:
fuel - air - spark - compression - proper timming

urbansi

^^^What hea said^^^

Sucks learning the hard way.

Honeslty before you go ripping things apart do a leakdown test as well as check the coolant, dain the oil and check for metal. You could even pull the oil pan and remove he windage tray and have a look around.