sr engine won't start

[thegosson]

oh and you said its a black top, there's two types of blacktop.. is it the bent cam type or flat? i you get what i mean, at the back of the rocker cover does it slope off or stay flat lie the shape of the redtop rocker cover?

[180sxbreaker]

were slowly getting the full story here, anything els you might have forgot to mention???LOL

i suggested your cas because it picks up the timing signal and tells the ecu which cylinder is at top dead center and the ecu then tell your igntion amplifier which cylinder to fire on at that given time. if it was fucked you would have no spark at all because the ecu would get no signal from it. but you say you have a spark. you say the cas is lined up propperly? there is a very specific procedure for lining these up properly and then fine adjustments are made once its running so as your car isn't runing my guess would be that its not set right.

oh ya full story eventually comes out
i have it lined up with the dot on the right and wen it gears with the cam it lines up with the dot with the yellow on it and it lined 100% and i hav spark so does that mean that my cas and ignition amplifier are ok i just tryin to rule everything out would my ecu be fucked or would i have nothing at all if it was gone

[thegosson]

oh ya full story eventually comes out
i have it lined up with the dot on the right and wen it gears with the cam it lines up with the dot with the yellow on it and it lined 100% and i hav spark so does that mean that my cas and ignition amplifier are ok i just tryin to rule everything out would my ecu be fucked or would i have nothing at all if it was gone

if the cas was fucked youd have nothing. the amplifier can act weird when its on the way out, give you random missfires and splutters and stuff but will still give spark but not consistantly but will still let the car run till its fuck then it'll stop.

[thegosson]

what ecu have you in it?

[colm]

was the engine cyl1 at tdc when you fitted the cas?

is it turning over and just not starting? or are you turning the key and getting nothing?

check your compression, you need fuel, spark and compression to get going.

the 1.1mhg will have raised your compression ratio but not by anything to stop it starting.

[180sxbreaker]

what ecu have you in it?

standard ecu and i ment to say earlier its the earlier blacktop engine non vvt same as red top

[180sxbreaker]

was the engine cyl1 at tdc when you fitted the cas?

is it turning over and just not starting? or are you turning the key and getting nothing?

check your compression, you need fuel, spark and compression to get going.

the 1.1mhg will have raised your compression ratio but not by anything to stop it starting.

the starter is turnin and i gettin spark and i gettin fuel i'll do a compression test tomorrow mornin and i think #1 was at tdc..........if i take out the cas and then take out spark plug out of #1 stick in (a chainsaw file) and turn engine manually till piston #1 comes to tdc which is when (the file) is at it's highest point line up the cas again and stick it back in should it be a1 then

cheers for the help so far lads keep yer replys comin

[markandrews]

Try run it on a bit of easy start will give you a good idea if timing spark etc is right

[180sxbreaker]

Try run it on a bit of easy start will give you a good idea if timing spark etc is right

sound lad cheers

[gem-s13]

Try run it on a bit of easy start will give you a good idea if timing spark etc is right

i wouldnt put easy start near an old tractor never mind an sr20