i have a d16y8 head and block with a z6 camshaft and the y8 sprocket.
i dont have the y8 cam anymore, and never had the z6 sprocket.
spent some money on an adjustable sprocket a few months back come to find out it was for an h series not a d..
I'm completely lost. its in the same tdc as before the belt change, there is spark, fuel, and compression.
someone please help!

 

and yes, i did have it retarded one tooth!

 

if the h series cam sprocket has more teeth and different dia from the stock cam sprocket, than it wont start, and mabe you are about to have some valves f...

 

not using that sprocket, using the y8 sprocket. just explaining I already tried gettin an adjustable to fix the whole problem but what can i expect from ebay

 

check the timing marks again and spin your crank manualy to se if the marks are ok after 2 crank turns

 

and also one tooth retard is about 12 degrees .

IMO set it to the standar marks

 

just set it back to standard marks, still nothing..
so should i try half a tooth? and wouldnt it still at least start being that one tooth off?

 

if the marks ar ok after turning manualy two times the engine, it is not a timing belt problem

this happend exactly after replacing the timing belt?

Are you 100% sure that you have the corect marks?

 

I figured it out, the crank turns twice for every one time the cam turns. well it was turned once on the crank so it was firing off cylinder 3 instead of 1. derppp.
but now it makes this high pitched whirring noise and gets louder when accelerating

 

sounds like belt is too tight

 

could the timing belt be too tight?

 

sounds like mechanical timing is off make sure marks line up AND belt can be to tight yes but it will most likely just make a whining noise if it is.

 

definitely have a whining noise so thats gotta be the tensioner being too tight. other than that im having a really bad random idle issue, sometimes it bogs down to 200-300 and when it does and i hit the gas it gives a sputtering type noise before it gets going.
I checked around for vacuum leaks and drained air from the cooling lines. i dont have that beeswax iacv either its a newer d16y8 throttle body/iacv