First Start

[Keeper]

Started the new engine up tonight, very nervous as it was the first time in two years the car had run, but all went reasonably well except an oil leek on one of the cooler lines, and the power steering belts and aircon belt were fowling due to being fitted at 2am so need to be replaced.

Anyway we threw a timing light on the black loop at the back of the IGN loom and onto + and -, to set 20 deg we had the CAS in the fully clockwise (retard?) position almost. It has standard cams etc and I don't think it was this extreme before, this was at 900rpm and warm engine. Should we have unplugged the TPS or done anything else to ensure we set it correctly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2K7f0BcmU

[James_03]

Sounds OK to me.

You only have to be out on in/ex by half a tooth to be out, which maybe why the CAS likes being clockwise.

Turn it back over to TDC and just re-check your top/bottom markers.

[DVS JEZ]

Standard cam gears?

Are u definately looking at the correct mark on the crank?

[Keeper]

standard cam gears, third notch from right on crank

[89CAL]

You need to pull the TPS plug out to check. Your seeing the ecu putting the ignition timing at 20 degrees. See what happens when you unplug the TPS plug ( don't remember which one) and see if it makes a difference. Doing this should get your base timing which is what you want

[Deano 1]

shouldnt you have the rpm at 700ish not 900??

[Keeper]

shouldnt you have the rpm at 700ish not 900??

950 as per manual I believe