Timing marks are out

[Jezza-7]

My engine is 99% ready to go in but i stopped because when i put the crank toothed pulley for the charger on i matched it to the pointer and when i looked at the camshaft pulley it was 1 tooth out. Or when i put the camshaft pulley to the pointer the lower one was 2 teeth out. Now i vaguely remember reading that at the best of times they are shit to match up, could this be the case?

TSR set the timing up and said it was done via setting it to TDC. I will pop round to them tomorrow and ask them if they can have a look, but has anyone else running psd toothed kits had a similar experience?

Also there is a chance i caught the metal pointer when taking the engine out as when i put the timing cover on i had to bend it down but it looks like it wasn't bent in he forward/back motion. Will get some pics as it usually helps.

[Jezza-7]

[PeteG40]

hmm, definaltey looks a tooth out to me, unless they've done it on the first crank marker!

[Jezza-7]

Yeah it was done to the top marker. Will get them to look at it tomorrow.

Cheers pete, i thought i was going crazy. It turns with a spanner nice and easy too.

[PeteG40]

you turned it only with the bottom pulley? if you turn by the top they can skip teeth

[Jezza-7]

I got the engine back as a complete build and timing was set already. I put the psd crank pulley on then turned it from the crank to aline it then noticed it.

[hayesey]

I really dont just the markers on all these various pullies.  I'd get a DTI gauge down the spark plug hole and make sure you know where TDC definitely is.  Especially if you think the pointer might be bent

[Jezza-7]

Or the pointer is put on wrong? I think it might be that. What way is it supposed to be mounted?

[Jezza-7]

Well dti was put on and TDC matched the cam pulley dot so thats fine. TSR said that it was defiantly done to TDC.

Engine is now in and running.