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type r cam install from hell

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http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=253855&page=2 the problme is on page 2

im through modding after this crap.


just when i thought we finally had a perfect install. we learn we are 180 degrees out of whack

i didnt know the motor hits tdc twice per rev.

anyone else ever have this happen to them
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well after talkin with a guy who worked at the honda asembly plant he said that if it was 180 out the car wouldnt run when we reinstalled the cams we followed it by the helms to a T

we took the timing chain cover off. the tensioner out and the chain off.

we set the motor to tdc lined the bottom colored link on its mark and the top colored links on thier marks. i then held the guide arms in place while the other guy installed the tensioner. after that we checked tdc about 15 times.

we brougt another guy in checked it. hand cranked it about 100 revs. before putting the timing chain cover back on ( cuz the cover is a bitch) put everything back on started it and let it idle. it was quiet so we let it set for about 6 min we took it out drove slow and normal nothing over 3500 got on it one time to 8500 it immedialty stalled at the stop sign and threw the p0341 code

our first code earlier in the day was p0011 timing was off. so we took it to a shop and it was about a tooth or 2 off so that is when we pulled the cams out to re install them from scratch and this leads me to where we are at now.

i cleared the code and started the car this morning it sat idle for about 3 min and the cel came on again.

as far as the post that niko's made. im kinda lost with it im lost with everything. we have the motor at tdc and all the links are matched up i really dont wanna spend 800 bux at a shop even my guys who have done this 100 times over are lost 1 is blaming engine management cuz i got 2 bent pins on the ecu when it came back from hondata

i keep reading the hondata instructions with the cams and it loses me
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it did run fine yesterday mornign i wa gonna go to get it dynoed when i threw a cel so i checked the cel and i got p0011 which meant timing was off. so i called the guys that did it and we pulled everything to check tdc again. it was off by 2 teeth. so we said screw it we are gonna do it the right way the last time cuz we got sick of trying to bungie the chain up to keep tension on it

so we took the timing chain cover off. the tensioner out and the chain off.

we set the motor to tdc lined the bottom colored link on its mark and the top colored links on thier marks. i then held the guide arms in place while the other guy installed the tensioner. after that we checked tdc about 15 times.

we brougt another guy in checked it. hand cranked it about 100 revs. before putting the timing chain cover back on ( cuz the cover is a bitch) put everything back on started it and let it idle. it was quiet so we let it set for about 6 min we took it out drove slow and normal nothing over 3500 got on it one time to 8500 it immedialty stalled at the stop sign and threw the p0341 code

this leads me to where we are at now.

i cleared the code and started the car this morning it sat idle for about 3 min and the cel came on again. p0341 so im lost
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fearless_dsm said:
What pins on which plugs at the ecu are(were) bent?

If the cams are only a tooth off,the engine should still run decent.

Maybe the tensioner is bad?

on the first plug if you are looking at the ecu from left to right there are 3 ports . on the first port far left on the bottom row there were 2 pins next to each other at the end were bent down woard that i had to carefully straighten back up. no none of them cracked or broke cuz i checked again
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