hotaccord243
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Re: Going for a re-tune....
Alright, that is exactly what I am doing. I have seen that video before. I appreciate your help a ton Akoutmos!
What I meant by timing belt cover is the lower plastic belt cover on the block has a the piece that protrudes out (noted as "A" on the photo) that you use to match with the ticks on the crank pulley up to, to set the the timing... sorry for the confusion.
The timing is off so much so that I can't turn it over so what I have to do is turn off the injectors to get the timing close so I can turn the car over first.
I get what your saying, however I am trying to set it to 0 TDC and sync the timing with that. so in lieu of lining those marks up i set it to the tick by itself (which is 0 degrees) and in the AEM i set the base like you did in the picture to 0 degrees and i adjust the timing to make it match 0 degrees.
I think it makes sense on what I am doing wrong though, i must have been using the wrong spark plug wire and was not paying attention when I clamped on the timing light signal. For some reason I must have thought cylinder 1 is at the distributor side and not paying attention.... (it was after a long day at work). That explains why I can't get the timing correct.... lol.
Also the timing is off due to needing to replace the headgasket and I removed the distributor so therefore have to re-set the base timing to get back to my properly tuned ignition map. The timing map is correct, it's just off due to previosly stated above.
Alright, that is exactly what I am doing. I have seen that video before. I appreciate your help a ton Akoutmos!
What I meant by timing belt cover is the lower plastic belt cover on the block has a the piece that protrudes out (noted as "A" on the photo) that you use to match with the ticks on the crank pulley up to, to set the the timing... sorry for the confusion.
The timing is off so much so that I can't turn it over so what I have to do is turn off the injectors to get the timing close so I can turn the car over first.
I get what your saying, however I am trying to set it to 0 TDC and sync the timing with that. so in lieu of lining those marks up i set it to the tick by itself (which is 0 degrees) and in the AEM i set the base like you did in the picture to 0 degrees and i adjust the timing to make it match 0 degrees.
I think it makes sense on what I am doing wrong though, i must have been using the wrong spark plug wire and was not paying attention when I clamped on the timing light signal. For some reason I must have thought cylinder 1 is at the distributor side and not paying attention.... (it was after a long day at work). That explains why I can't get the timing correct.... lol.
Also the timing is off due to needing to replace the headgasket and I removed the distributor so therefore have to re-set the base timing to get back to my properly tuned ignition map. The timing map is correct, it's just off due to previosly stated above.
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