1) 12 degrees BTDC is the red mark, correct?

2) There is no way that I can get the red mark between the timing marks on the timing belt cover!?!

I don't have the sticker that's on the hood to tell this stuff if it's there....

 

well?

 

Red mark is TDC

 

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White is TDC and I believe red is 12 degrees BTDC...

 

White mark all by itself is the TDC mark. (You already know that lol.)

I'm looking up the red mark in the actual Honda service manual...BRB.

 

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I'm looking up the red mark in the actual Honda service manual...BRB.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wish I had one of those!

 

D16Y8 idling in neutral (after fans have cycled to know it's off of fast idle, no load, etc.)

12 degrees +-2 BTDC (red)

 

BTW if you cannot get the red marks to come close to the sights on the timing cover then I suspect the belt is off a tooth or so.

 

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I wish I had one of those!</TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.helminc.com

 

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I have an adjustable cam gear at 0°...would it be safe to say, adjust cam timing to compensate for ignition timing?

 

If the distributor is turned all the way toward the front of the engine,and timing is near TDC, which way would I rotate the cam to get the ignition timing right?

Rotating the distributor towards the back of the engine makes the red mark go all the way to the front of the engine to where I can't see it with the light shining down throught the "view finder"....

 

Has the head and/or block been decked?

Have you checked the timing belt/mechanical timing yet? Lined up TDC mark on crankshaft pulley and possibly swapping a stock cam gear on solely to determine if the cam/crank are in time?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5-EH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Has the head and/or block been decked?

Have you checked the timing belt/mechanical timing yet? Lined up TDC mark on crankshaft pulley and possibly swapping a stock cam gear on solely to determine if the cam/crank are in time?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well I'm assuming that when I had it built they milled/decked the head/block. I haven't checked the mechanical timing and nor have I swapped out the cam gear....

 

The cam timing has to off, I'm just going to adjust it to compensate for right now...will this be OK?

Off subject, how do you check what code is being thrown with an OBD1 ecu in an OBD2 car?