I have timing light and can use it etc... but i had my intake cam recently changed back to stock.. so distributer was removed and reinstalled... timing was way off... like 30ish.. so i have pushed it back to about 21 i cant get it to go down to 16 where it needs to be due to the distributer is moved all the way and wont move anymore... my quesiton is, is there something in the distributer that conects to the cam that can be rotated a lil bit inorder to simulate the same rotation of the distributer inorder to pull off getting correct timing... thanks!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmIntegra98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... my quesiton is, is there something in the distributer that conects to the cam that can be rotated a lil bit inorder to simulate the same rotation of the distributer inorder to pull off getting correct timing... thanks!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>There's nothing like that on mine. I guess you can force the distributor into place if it's 180 degrees off, but I don't see how you can do that at 20 or 30.

Are you sure your intake cam timing is OK?

 

how can i check the intake cam timing??? cant the cam only go on one way... i am using stock cam gears!

 

The belt could have jumped a tooth? Another guy is having the same trouble. It's pretty easy to take off the upper cover & check to make sure...

 

all the belt teeth line up with the cam gears.. so i cant be jumpped??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmIntegra98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">all the belt teeth line up with the cam gears.. so i cant be jumpped??</TD></TR></TABLE>Do you know how to read the camshaft timing marks, on the crank pulley & on the cam sprockets? Search for procedures about changing the timing belt, & remember only turn the engine forwards...

Each cam sprocket has an arrow cast into a spoke. Turn the crankshaft pulley (counterclockwise only!) until the arrows point upwards. When they're close, look at the crank pulley, stop exactly when the single (tdc) notch is lined up with the pointer. The single notch puts you at tdc, don't use the red one (with little ones around it) which is for spark timing.

Now look at the camshaft sprockets. There's little dimples, 2 on each gear, that are supposed to line up in a horizontal line. Lay a straightedge across the centers of the 2 camshafts, it should line up with all 4 of these little dimples.

 

when i am at tdc the cam gears arrows are pointing striaght up.. aka tdc... so thats right i think

 

The arrows are only approximate. The TRUE timing marks are the little dimples that line up horizontally. There's a picture around here someplace...

 

i found out that my intake cam gear is off a lil bit... would this cause a CEL - too rich?? im goin to get it fixed tommrow