something is not right

[SonOfAnarchy ZA]

need some sx expertise. my ca18det was running fine the exhaust cam was a tooth out but still running fine so i just finished redoing the timing and with a timing light it lines up to the second mark on the crank pulley but the car doesn't want to rev and if you try it backfires a bit but sounds like its really struggling. Any ideas

[Daniel]

The 2nd mark is TDC, you need to be on 15deg BTDC which is the 2nd last mark on the right.

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[SonOfAnarchy ZA]

will give it a try thanks daniel

[rat]

Your cam belt has to line up with the marks on the gears or your CAS reading will be out.

[SonOfAnarchy ZA]

thanks guys problem was it was at tdc not 15 degrees and once again a dud spark plug creating a misfire

[Grobblere]

Your learning quick!!!

[SonOfAnarchy ZA]

Ja!!! i have to with these cars! seems like its a common thing on my motor for the spark plugs just to give up.

[Daniel]

what spark plugs are you running and set to what gap?

[rat]

Bcpr6es if running under 1bar set to 0.8. Works very well. Stock gap is 1.1 put old coils don't like big gap.

[SonOfAnarchy ZA]

i run bcpr7ez with a 0.8 gap..............any problem with that?

[Daniel]

I ran BCPR7es gapped 0.8 - 0.9 at 1bar for ages, I would change them every 10k km, with no spark plug issues.