Moving the distributor towards the front of the car advances the timing. Be careful not to go too far otherwise you'll get detonation, which is a death sentence for your motor.
If your timing belt is off a tooth there is no way to get around lining it up again and putting it back on. -Kristian On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, George Freeman wrote: > 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 > >
