when i trun my crank counter clock wise it just loosens the bolt! and when i turn it clock wise the belt just loosens and wont turn my cam gears! im getting so upset and pissed about it! and for me to be able to do my valve adjustment i have to turn it clockwise but i can if the belt loosens and wont turn my cam gears!

can someone help me out before i pitch this damn thing!

 

I don't really get what your saying. The crank pulley bolt loosens when you turn the crank counter clockwise?and you should never turn your engine clock wise

 

yes the crank pulley bolt loosens when i turn it counter clockwise! and i need to turn it that way so i can do my valve adjustment

 

Take the timing belt off then shoot the crank pulley bolt with an impact. That should prevent it from loosening when turning the crank.

 

Yea you need to torque the crank pulley bolt to the right torque so it won't loosen. What do you mean you need to turn it that way to adjust your valves

 

yeah only if i could afford an air compressor and an impact gun! i need to turn the crank so that my cams turn so i can do my valve adjustment! u know like 1,4,3,2

 

I believe the order is 1,3,4,2

 

yeah mybad..

 

my cam gears wont line up correctly and my valves are pushed down on the intake side (idk if this is normal or not but it happened when i installed my cams).. its a headache right now!

 

sorry buddy. Now I'am lost lol.

 

ive been lost dude.. i gave up and called it a day! im just gonna send it to a shop to get the stuff done sense i dont have the right equipment to do everything!

 

is it okay if my valves are pushed down by the camshaft? all i did was install camsgafts correctly and then torque all the necessary parts, then i looked in the intake manifold area where i can see the valve, and its pushed down by the lobes! will this affect anything?

 

No as long as the timing isn't off..not tryin to be a dick but honestly it doesn't sound like you know what your doing and you don't want to mess anything up

 

You can torque the crank pulley bolt with a chain whench and a 1/2 drive breaker bar you don't need an impact gun..but before you start the car make sure you use a torque wrench on the bolt

 

this is my first build..

 

And make sure your timing is good before you worry about a valve adjustment

 

Well get a Haynes manual if you don't already have one and do some research that has pics on the internet before you start messing with car. Like I said before you don't want to mess anything up

 

yeah i have the torque wrench and etc.. ill get it torqued down tomorrow then try to turn the crank pulley..

 

And it would help if you tell us what car with what engine you have

 

yeah the timing part is what im worried about the most.. the rest i can do myself because ive probably did 3 months of research before i even got this engine! but i do know the ls/vtec engine timing will always be off slightly so i know that part, and which it is off slightly..

 

ls/vtec:
b16a head
brian crower dual valve springs and retainers
stage2 skunk2 proseries camshafts
blox high compression flat face valves
pr3 cam gears

b18a1 bottom:
p30 pistons shotpenned onto ls rods
b20crank (same as b18a1)
stock bore 81mm

 

No ls vtecs the timing isn't going to be off. All the marks need to line up perfect

 

Do you have aftermarket cam gears? And are your cams supposed to be at 0-0? Or what are you setting them to?

 

Sorry didn't see you said pr3 gears. Are you setting them to 0-0?

 

yeah i have aftermarket ones but they are still on my old engine and its too cold out to pull them off.. but ill do that here soon! and the pr3 ones i tried to parallel the best i can, but when they are the up arrows are crooked!