Update:
I took the valve cover off and checked timing, the motor is in time but for some reason the teeth are off on the crank pulley. There is no sign of slippage but something must have changed at some point. Either way I was determined to fix it so I did.
TDC pin in , cams where they should be and piston 1 at TDC. I did also OHM check my VVT solenoid and the one of the car was a little out of spec so I went back to my gross looking OEM one that is still in spec. I don't think that changed anything.
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I did clean the VVT filter as well, it did not look dirty at all. it's under that where my finger is pointing to.
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20th Tooth in red, sensor reach maxed.
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Ghetto fix, I used quicksteel to make an extension for it. The bottom bolt is doing all the real work but I added the top to make me feel better inside.
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AND I switched to e50 because I was running into knock with e30. Timing fix was a success and I am getting closer to being done. I am having trouble getting good logs in 4th as I run out of traction up top. Probably need to air down the fronts a little and get some heat into them.
Orange is NOW , Pink is when it was still on tooth 19.5 "-3 ish degrees off still on entire timing map" I know there is a major boost difference but when the timing was off before you could keep adding boost and it would do nothing. Now it helps so I brought it back in.
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Pretty happy with the tune where it is. It is pretty nutso and way too much for DD life lol. I might in the future play with boost by gear and try to get my first 3 gears back.