Guest jwelch Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Greetings, I hope this is just a brain-fart. I'm finally getting around to starting my Hybrid after a few months of sitting. I put new cast iron Vortec heads/1.6 roller rockers/small cam 214/224 in/ex at .050". The heads were machined and should be able to handle about .580" of lift now. Thought I had all timing marks lined up but went to start the car it backfired through the TBI (holley-projection). Did I mis the distibutor by 180 degrees or mis the timing by 1 tooth? Is there an easy way to tell without pulling the distibutor and putting it in 180 out? I'm charging the battery now and wanted to get it right before I fire her up again. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nic-Rebel450CA Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Turn the crank with a wrench until piston one is at TDC and pull the distro cap off and make sure the rotor is pointing at the correct spark plug. Also, if it is 180 out, you will here a sound through your exhaust that sounds like some weird factory machine popping, burping, and puffing at random tones and intervals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Yup, sounds like 180 out to me. My RX7 V8 conversion did that when I fired it up the first time. It was cool.. backfiring out both sides of the car.. Ba BANG! (left) BA BANG (right).. and so on, then 4 feet of flames out of the carb.. wow.. only took 2 min's to fix, so it's easy to laugh about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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