fuel timing

[mennonitemike]

I put my timing shaft in one tooth BTDC for the distributor/oil pump and then being too lazy to take it all apart again. Naturally I took a die-grinder to the dist. housing adjustment slots to get the amount of adjustment needed to compensate for my mistake. But now I'm concerned that somehow I've affected the fuel system of something because my pathy is chugging a bit at low RPM and loosing power on the highway. Any ideas?

[MY1PATH]

I would think the 2 are un-related. if your timing is correct your timing is correct even if the distro shaft is 1 tooth off the fuel is electronicly contoled based on the TPS, MAS & o2. Then again I'm thinking of my 89 where 2 injectors feed 6 cyl.

If you have a 90 or later (1injector per cyl) I think you'll be off because I think the crank angle sensor is in the distro and so the injectors may opening to early or too late. in any case I would pull the distro and correct the alignment of that shaft before doing anything else.

Edited October 18, 2008 by MY1PATH

[mennonitemike]

Thanks! I have a 87 2dr with a Z24i. I think it has 2 injectors in the intake manifold right before the forks that go from 2 tubes to 4 at the head. Maybe I just need to replace the O2 sensor then, I tried scrapping some of the carbon build up off when I had my motor apart. Maybe I did more damage than good...junk.