Cars naff

[Novasport]

Thought he was running a 1.3 head?

[Adam]

1.6 head.

I ASSUME he got another dizzy the same as his old one?

[kronk10]

1.6 head.

I ASSUME he got another dizzy the same as his old one?

Yeah i found a mk3 astra LX with an 1.4 carb engine in it even had a pierburg carb. There was also a white nova with front spax srpings and cherry bomb 3 inch back box. I would have taken the bits but had no money and no space i am gonna get the timimg sorted cus i dont wanna blow the engine iam actually quite concerned cus iam skint and have to drive the car everyday how should i drive the car really tamely

[Adam]

No mk3 astra's had carb engines, unless someones fitted a carb engine.
Perhaps it was a mk2?

Anyway.

-Set engine to timing marks on cam/crank
-Remove dizzy cap
-Either the dizzy itself, or the edge of it will have an arrow/cast mark
-Make sure the middle of the rotor arm is pointing at that mark
-If its not loosen the dizzy and turn it one way or the other till it aligns

That will at least get it running normal-ish.

[kronk10]

No mk3 astra's had carb engines, unless someones fitted a carb engine.
Perhaps it was a mk2?

Anyway.

-Set engine to timing marks on cam/crank
-Remove dizzy cap
-Either the dizzy itself, or the edge of it will have an arrow/cast mark
-Make sure the middle of the rotor arm is pointing at that mark
-If its not loosen the dizzy and turn it one way or the other till it aligns

That will at least get it running normal-ish.

yeah mk 2 your right it runs fine and idles allright its just over 1k rpm so its not that bad i am just worried cus my rolling road is in 4 weeks time. So i might get a garage to sort my timing out so its ready for the rolling road. Why does one small thing have to mess everything up i know i shouldnt complain as i chose to modify my 1.4 but i suppose these things happen over time. I heard you can get modifed/uprated distributers someone i know, knows someone who builds them for fords at 115 quid a go? is it worth asking for an uprated one

[Adam]

The 1400SR jobbie works fine, the engine modified isn't the reason for it to be running crap, if you set the ignition timing wrong on a std engine it would be exactly the same.

Do you not have any pics of your engine showing where the old dizzy was mounted?

Found one here:-
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...SCF1635new.jpg

See if you can set it back to where it looks in that pic, then get it set properly.