sr20det timing

[drft911]

what can cause my timing to be way off the mark?i checked the timing and it was beyond 20deg the marks werent close to the needle....i think it can be a bad knock sensor...when i try to adjust it to 15deg i have to move the cas all the way counterclockwise and when i do that the ehxaust smell like gas....

[HellonFire]

Your mechanical timing is off.

Tyler

[drft911]

you mean cas? is bad?or what?

[drft911]

ok i checked the timing again and this time from the entire #1 coil pack harness and was at 15deg.....but i still dont get why it was way off the i check it from the black wire in back of the valve cover?someone?

[SamuraiSam]

Sometimes when you use the wire at the back of the motor, if you have the pickup flipped the wrong way, you will get a wildly inaccurate timing reading. Try flipping the pickup around the wire and see if the reading goes crazy again. Whichever value is lower is the correct one (IIRC)

[makulit054]

The only way I got an accurate reading for timing was to use an old spark plug wire. That is the best way to do it. If you don't you can get erroneous readings.

[Z U L8R]

gj on setting ignition base timing =]