[zaneithan]

ok i tried searching but cant find this specific problem

so im stumped...hardcore, ive tried following the frsports walkthrough on setting the cas and everytime i stab it its a little skewed (not straight up), when trying to set the timing with the timing light, it acts really weird....the closer to TDC you try to set it, the worse the idle gets (eventually stalling) but if you go to the full extreme opposite direction (away from the second notch in from the left) it will idle better but still shakes like crazy, i dont know what it could be...

could it be the timing chain is off? because the two different colored timing chain links arent lined up with the notches on the cam sprockets but they seem to also be way too far apart to line up anyway (like 20 links apart).

the only thing ive ever done as far as messing with the head is put in rocker arm stoppers, which we torqued hand tight, not to spec (9lbs according to FSM)..im stumped, do i need a new timing chain? would not torqueing the cams to spec cause it not to want to go into timing? what could it be =\

i counted 20 links in between the two notches on the cam gears and the first set of lobes are pointing away from each other