well decided to do a mini me on a friend swap, used a d16z6 head on his 97 ek with d16y7

no matter what i could not get the timing marks to line up right, he had a cam gear so i did my best to get it going, i ended up setting the cam gear at 7* advanced and its still a dog below 2k, but after that its much better
i reset the timing with a light after every adjustment also

does anyone else have these problems or know what it could be?

 

is the cam gear for a y series motor or a z6 motor? They are 4.5 deg. different. That would be the obv. starting point to look at

 

tried both the y7 and z6 cam gears

 

what timing belt are you using

 

i was just about to ask that but i think earl knows better than that! good luck man get chuckies car runnin

 

running y7 belt

 

i do believe you need a z6 belt with that gear, dont quote me on that though, ive never delved into the z6 head on newer cars