sr20det redtop problem with CAS?

[Davidmic747]

So i have been battling with this motor since the day i bought the car from the auction and it wont start... has spark, fuel, etc.
I recently tried resetting the CAS (cam angle sensor) and once i stuck it in the right place and went to start, the motor actually sounded as if it was about to give life!! but after that it just kept cranking and gave no sound of life :(

could it be that the CAS went bad?

Thanks for your help in advance

[fliprayzin240sx]

Did you follow the FSM on how to do your baseline timing?

[Kingtal0n]

Have you done all of the basic integrity checks, such as compression, leakdown, visual inspection of the observable portion of the valvetrain and easily accessible components... have you tried to run the engine without the maf sensor plugged in, have you verified the cam timing on the sr20det engines (silver links line up with the dots as piston #1 TDC) etc...

There is much you can discover before attempting to start an engine of unknown origin for the first time.

[Davidmic747]

after checking timing over 3 times we finally figured out was was wrong... the wiring on the ignition chip was wrong :facepalm: it has a chip from a 6 cylinder that was spliced into the original