ok just making sure i read helmes corectly.
For timing with my y8 head and a6 block, i simply put the cam gear at tdc and the crank pully at tdc, from there i install the timing belt. But what about the dizzy? How do i set the ignition timing for that?
Also, since i dont wanna create miltiple posts, how hard is it to install a cheap vtec controller (buddy club) Thank you.

 

Get some freeware engine management to control vtec. Ignition timing is set with a timing light after you disable the computer with the service connector. There should be instructions for that in your helms manual too.

 

ok, but the head is already on, there is a mark on the pulley that shows the number one piston at tdc, correct? Then i just alaign it with the cam gear and the belt timing wil be set, correct?

 

Yep, cam gear should be parallel with a mark on the head I believe and the single mark that is alone on the crank should line up with a mark on the bottom cover. You will know when you start it if the cam timing is off for sure.

 

i just dont wanna ---- up any valves, cause the pully is rusted and i hope i can find the mark.

 

wire wheel

 

but will the wire wheel take the mark off to? And i put the single dot aligned with the timing cover on my y8 just for a mock up, and the piston 1 and 4 was not all the way up. Is it suppose to be at the top, correct?

 

Yep piston should be very very close to the top. When I was 16 I timed a D series by positioning the piston with my hand and eyeball and it ran :1 You're not going to bend valves. Spin it over by hand with a breaker bar or a 1/2 inch drive ratchet with the t-belt on. If it gets stuck you're hitting valves, if not, you're good. Start it up, if it sounds like crap, fix the timing, simple. I have started motors a tooth or two off and then just fixed them after it sounded like total crap.

 

HAHA, y8 head on an 88-95 non vtec block doesnt work this way.... cam timing will be off if you try to set it straight up like that.

 

wont the dizzy timing just be off 2 degrees>