Timing SR20 w/ Plug wire method??

[MrFairlady]

OK after comfirming my motors CAS is in time - I'm going to Re-time the engine using what most people say is the BEST way to do it instead of the wire on the coilpack harness - Using a Plug wire on the 1st Cyl.How is the proper way to set it up??

I have a plug wire from a G20 (sr20de) hoping that will fit down into my SR....then what?
-Warm engine.
-idle @ 800rpms
-cut off engine
-unplug TPS sensor
-plug in new Plug wire?

1st cyl meaing the front toward the rad support
Cram 1 end into the SR's Coilpack and just kind of lay it on the valve cover when I'm doing this?
Wanna make sure I don't get shocked + do it correctly.

Obviously time from the 2nd mark to the right of the pulley.

maybe this will be a Good search point for later people w/ the same issues whiuch seems to be common.

[s13silviaboy]

yea, im intrested in this also. im trying to do the same thing

[ho1ywars]

yeah, thats the getto way. snap on sells a really nice spark tester that i use. its got about an 8 inch female plug that fits down onto the spark plug really well. thats the right way to do it, it only costs about thirty bucks

[ho1ywars]

[Z U L8R]

i always grab all 3 wires going to cylinder 1 coil pack with my timing light and it's perfect everytime.

if your timing light doesn't flash off those 3 wires, then it's GAHBIJ and u need a real timing light :P

gl tho
Dave =]

[cotbu]

Nothing really changes, whether you're using, the loop, a signal wire on the coil pack or a spark plug wire to get a signal. So if you're manually putting the car in timing mode just follow the FSM or some random post about timing.

Thread starter the only issue you're going to have is, being in timing mode or not... I find that revving the engine 3x to 3grand locks the ecu in timing mode. If your timing is jumping all over the place then try it.

The only time it's different is when you use a consult program. It doesn't matter what you do with the tps. The ecu will be locked in timing mode, with the click of a button. Plus you get a visual of were the idle should be.