XiKeiyaZI
15+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 28, 2008
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Goldsboro,
North_Carolina
I know this isn't as delicate as LINK or anything like that, but it's got my engine running poorly. It Sounds and feels decent, but I know that it doesn't have the power that it needs to.
I noticed that after I got my car up and running that it did run pretty good. I installed my MBC and related gauges and have been seeing boost between 10-15 PSI. At the moment, I have it turned down to around 10.
I can feel the car Miss. I can audibly hear it, but it isn't in a pattern, it's more of a stumble every now and again. New plugs/wires did not fix this. I then recalled, through all of the excitement of doing my first rebuild, that I didn't time the engine via a timing light and CAS.
I went to check the timing. It's WAAAY off, unless I'm not doing it correctly. On the Lower Timing cover, where the block is for the timing advance, it's at the top left, forward to the radiator. Well, my timing mark on my crank pully (inline with the timing mark used to make sure everything is in line when putting on the timing belt, is opposite of the timing block on the cover.
So say, the timing block is at 11 o'clock. My Timing mark on the pully is at 2 o'clock. No matter how much advance or retarding that I do with the CAS, it doesn't change.
Now I know there is a wire you have to ground, but I can't entirely be sure that I'm using the correct one. The harness in this car was pretty bad, but I was able to save it. Then again, I can't see this causing the timing to be off THAT bad, right?
This is a 90' GSX. I can't be 100% sure if it's a 90' engine. I just want to get this thing running as close to perfect as I can. =/ Any input would be lovely.
I also wanted to add that the old knock sensor in the engine was pretty burnt up and wired incorrectly. So I replaced it, and I BELIEVE I wired it correctly. One thing I've noticed is that every once in a while, my CEL will come on and I'll get a code in regards to the knock sensor every once in a while. I take it that the timing being off would cause this?
I noticed that after I got my car up and running that it did run pretty good. I installed my MBC and related gauges and have been seeing boost between 10-15 PSI. At the moment, I have it turned down to around 10.
I can feel the car Miss. I can audibly hear it, but it isn't in a pattern, it's more of a stumble every now and again. New plugs/wires did not fix this. I then recalled, through all of the excitement of doing my first rebuild, that I didn't time the engine via a timing light and CAS.
I went to check the timing. It's WAAAY off, unless I'm not doing it correctly. On the Lower Timing cover, where the block is for the timing advance, it's at the top left, forward to the radiator. Well, my timing mark on my crank pully (inline with the timing mark used to make sure everything is in line when putting on the timing belt, is opposite of the timing block on the cover.
So say, the timing block is at 11 o'clock. My Timing mark on the pully is at 2 o'clock. No matter how much advance or retarding that I do with the CAS, it doesn't change.
Now I know there is a wire you have to ground, but I can't entirely be sure that I'm using the correct one. The harness in this car was pretty bad, but I was able to save it. Then again, I can't see this causing the timing to be off THAT bad, right?
This is a 90' GSX. I can't be 100% sure if it's a 90' engine. I just want to get this thing running as close to perfect as I can. =/ Any input would be lovely.
I also wanted to add that the old knock sensor in the engine was pretty burnt up and wired incorrectly. So I replaced it, and I BELIEVE I wired it correctly. One thing I've noticed is that every once in a while, my CEL will come on and I'll get a code in regards to the knock sensor every once in a while. I take it that the timing being off would cause this?