4DRmafia

after i put on my cam gar and lined up the timing belt and started it up. it stumbles a lil when i press down the gas. it never did this before when i took the oem cam gear off. what could cause this ? timing belt put on wrong ?

Miracle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> timing belt put on wrong ?</TD></TR></TABLE>



And why did you put a cam gear on your Civic DX? What other mods do you have to support it?

4DRmafia

figures but the crank pully lined up and the cam gear does too...i'll have to recheck on that then tmw

4DRmafia

how are they suppose to line up tho?

Miracle

There will be a tick mark on each one, indicating TDC on cylinder 1 when installed correctly......

What engine are you using?

4DRmafia

i'm usin a zc block with a z6 vtec head on it...i know how to line up the cam gear but not sure how to line up the crank pully. there like 3 marks like this lll l on the pully. not sure if i line up the lll or the l on the end of the pully.

Miracle

<U>TYPICAL</U> timing procedures... May be different on the ZC block, but I dont know for sure.


1. Get a timing gun, connect it to your battery.

2. Connect it to your #1 Cylinder (the one closest to the pulleys)

3. After ensuring that car is warm and that the idle is stable, point gun at crank pulley and squeeze trigger.

4. You will see a mark on the timing belt cover like a raised triangle. On the Crank pulley you will see a small notch and then a large space, and then 3 small notches close together but evenly spaced.

5. The first notch by itself is 0 degrees, then the 3 notches represent 14 degrees, 16 degress and 18 degrees.

6. Unbolt your Distributor and rotate it while shooting at the crank pulley to get the timing you desire.

7. When you're finished, tighten the bolts on the dist. and then check the timing again after everthing is tightened, just to ensure that nothing has moved when you were torquing the bolts.

8. I would check the timing here again just for good measure. Then take the car for a run and see if you feel a difference.

4DRmafia

so timing on a zc is bit harder? sounds hard to me grr

Miracle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so timing on a zc is bit harder? </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Red_EM2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> May be different on the ZC block, but I dont know for sure.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Im not for sure.... most Hondas I have seen are generally the same.

4DRmafia

sigh... i really hate screwing with timing. i tired to move the dist a lil bit but didnt work... so i gonna have to take it all down and redo it. but still not sure where line up the crank pully at tho.