When you are doing the timing, where is the timing service connector located that you are suppose to jump?? Is this really necessary, how does it affect the timing without "jumping" it?

 

if its a 88-89 its in the under hood wiring harness on the drivers side. It sticks out has a blue plug with a brown and green wires (i think those are the wire colors) If its a 90-91 its on the passenger side kick panel same plug etc.... If you dont jump the wire it wont hold timing to set it. It will fluctuate

 

Can you describe more of what this does, I have read about it, but whats it for exactly? I have never used it and have had the motors timed good...

 

It keeps the ECU from adjusting the timing.

 

Which of the three marks on the crank pulley do you guys aim towards? I know the middle one is the factory setting, but on a stock b16, do u guys advance/retard it a bit?

 

There are 4 marks. One is TDC and the other 3 are your ignition timing marks. They are easy to distinguish because the TDC mark is all by itself on the pulley and the 3 timing marks are next to each other. Remember that to advance your ign. timing you want to turn the dist towards the firewall and vice versa for retarding it. hth

 

Thanks, i got that part.

I was asking do you guys set it to the middle mark, or towards one of the outer marks??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cory man &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Remember that to advance your ign. timing you want to turn the dist towards the firewall and vice versa for retarding it. hth</TD></TR></TABLE>

I always thought it was the other way around. Towards the front of the car is advance. Are you sure you're right?

 

100% sure he is right, toward the firewall advances the timing.