hi i am currently rebuilding an engine from nothing does anyone have the best way of setting up distributor timing spot on so shell start cheers

 

there is a mark on the Distributor casing .
As you look at it from the front of the car and from above
at the 2 o'clock position.

line up the Distributor Rotor arm with that.


while keeping the Crank pully mark inline with the mark on the block,

and the two Arrows on the cam pullys pointing exactly towards
each other..


when all the arrows and marks line up.
its at standard timing mate!!

 

As above mate, but be very careful, when you tighten it the verniers can move a tooth the wrong way ect and it can take a while to get to spot on!!

 

thanks alot will go to garage tonight and set it up c if can get it up and running tonight thanks

 

i was under the impression that the rotor arm position wasnt overly important as the timing is non adjustable and the ecu calculates when to spark tha coil. i thought you had to get the engine on tdc firing no 1, roughly align the rotor arm to face no 1 on the cap and then make minor adjustments to the dizzy to make sure the phase sensor inside the dizzy lines up, ie the first lug on the cam should line up with the phase eye spot on. I did this to mine after a rebuild and it fired up first time.

 

no mate, its all gotta be spot on.

 

Hi im new to this ive just got myself a 1993 black sapphire 2.0 twin cam last week from a very good mate of mine for the shocking price of Ł100!. and i was thinking of you guys on here might let me in on were to go for cheap parts or advice i am over the moon about the car its mint no rust on the bodywork and its only done 77.000 miles ive always liked fords as my bro owned lots of them when i was a lil kid and me and him always played around with them im training to become a machanic at the mo im 17 in march and this is my first car and im very pleased to own it im on such a high

 

look around on this site mate, there are plenty of spares about

 

i know this isnt a cossie but its a ford does anyone know how much bhp the ford sierra sapphire 2.0ltr twin cam gls has if anyone knows it would help me a lot as my friend thinks his 1.4 pug 205 has more bhp

 

Think you'll find he's right chap Its all done off the CPS not on the dizzy like other cars that dont have a CPS.

Stu.

 

lol cheeky young un trying to nick some one else's topic.....if his 1.4 205 is an XS then its proberbly quicker than your GLS chap...sorry.

Try starting your own thread next time m8.....its rude to butt into some one else's conversation

Stu

 

i replaced Lifters in my car,
upon refitting the belt, i managed to get the pully for the
Dizzy 1 tooth out , and it Misfired everytime it made boost


Put it back to the mark, and all was fine again,

 

lol your idea of spot on is abit different to mine then.....I thought you were referring to strobe timing ie trying to set up the timing to with in 1 degree of what ever spec your looking at (of which you cant do on a engine with a fixed CPS as the tdc is already preset). But yes, you do have to get the timing lined up with regards the timing marks on the aux pulley and the groove on the dizzy body......1 tooth out is alot lol.

Stu.

 

think i misunderstood where you were coming from lol..

i thought he was talking Standard YB with standard management
and just gettin it up and running

 

lol re-reading the whole post, ur both right.....we're all misunderstanding each other lol

Stu.