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Ignition issues

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ericgib2424

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Oct 25, 2011
Cochrane, AB, Canada
I have recently replace my head due to a Camshaft dowel snapping and bending all my valves from the timing getting messed up.
Mechanically the car is timed perfectly, but the ignition timing seems to be a little off.
Here is the reference I went from http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=120510&stc=1&d=1300487767
I ended up swapping the wires in plugs 1 and 2 as the original order seemed to be firing against itself(hard time cranking) The car now runs (idles) but when I was testing to see if the injectors were all firing (unplugging one at a time) Cylinder 3 didn't seem to change anything. I tested for spark and there was spark on all 4 cylinders. I then pulled the fuel rail and tested to see if all the injectors were wiring and they were. The next thing I'm going to test is the coil pack. Is there any good ways of testing it? I think that the coils are bad and aren't getting to a high enough voltage. Any ideas?
 
I should have added that I did a compression test. Cold results were 160's across the board. I also swapped out the plug wires while the car was running (swapped 2 and 3) and the problem followed tot he other cylinder.
 
Just a simple question - have you swapped plug wires to the suspect coil port to see if the issue follows the wire alone? Could simply have a bad wire here.
 
Alright so after swapping coils the car is now firing on all 4 cylinders again. The only problem is my Timing.
I haven't had time to set the CAS yet, but would it really make that much of a difference? The car wont start at all with the plugs plugged in as the link on the original post suggests. I have to switch around the plugs to get it to start, also while turning the CAS all the way clockwise. Should I be doing the CAS next? or should i be looking somewhere else?
 
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