Willy, My bet is it's your timing being too far advanced (hence the high idle). Many moons ago I *used* to use a timing light, had everything to spec. and the car ran like junk since either the timing belt had stretched or was off a tooth. Here's my tuning trick if you're interested- loosen the distributor bolts just enough that you can nudge the distributor (I use a rubber mallet). Then start the car and begin tapping the distributor towards the front of the vehicle and your idle should begin to drop down. Try 1/4" adjustments at a time, lock down the distributor, then drive.
You'll "feel" when it's on the mark since the power band should be effortless from 2k-6k (very little gas pedal needed) depending on the condition of your ignition (cap, rotor, coil, wires). Your gas mileage will also be above 30mpg depending on your driving conditions. Let me know if this helps. George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 123k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Willy Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:52 AM To: crx Subject: CRX: couple of post Timing belt project Q's. When I put the car back together after changing the timing belt, I made very certain that Cyl. 1 (passenger side) was at TDC, and that the cam gears were lined up appropriately. Simply because of all the horror stories that I've heard about the damage that can be done otherwise. I started the car up, and it ran fine. The idle was a little high, but smooth. I didn't drive the car anywhere else for the weekend. Today, I go to work, and the car is GUTLESS! And I mean REDICULOUSLY gutless. Could I have the belt on too tight? I listened to the car, to make sure that it wasn't slapping valves or anything. Sounds like normal. Would you be able to hear it? I don't know why I'm sweating that, since I am confident that I aligned it right. But I don't want to let ignorance cost me big here. Could it be that my timing belt was so loose before, and the engine was timed to it, that I just need to redo my entire timing? any suggestions appreciated. Willy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
