Me again, at last I was able to source a timing cover and do my timing. 6º on the initial, 12º on the vacuum (as the manual stated, the double canister advance does pull 12º on idle, so that will be manifold vacuum plus ported vacuum).
Done that, and guess what?... it pinged... but at 3000rpm...
But, to all this I have one small question, something that I totally forgot to add to the very beginning, and my lovely wife just reminded me.
Since my father-in-law gave us the car (at those time I actually knew very little about engines), the engine was overhauled and the head shaved, later on a trip I suffered an overheat and the head probably was shaved again, and after a bus crashed into me (going in reverse with no brakes, something awfull, yet the car was fixable) and because of that the engine burned the head gasket (since the impact got close to the engine, it actually shifted an engine mount back a few inches, I foolishly thought that the engine was fine. it started and ran without trouble during 6 months and suddenly one day the idle went rough and there was water on 2 and 3 :S , the head took damage somehow and had to shave the head again).
https://goo.gl/photos/ycSCcDR6ZDZb4WdPA (is SFW, but is not pretty, it hurts everytime I see it).
https://goo.gl/photos/CdrH16JBNLbxaWSm6
https://goo.gl/photos/KF5pJUXk16X2rPyg8 (you can see how the radiator (on the left corner) touched the head, got bent badly but the engine looked fine, no cracks of anything weird.
But that was a two years ago already, so far running good but with bad timing
Knowing this now... could it be that in all this years, due to all the shaving/milling of the head, could it be that the compression ratio changed so much that the stock timing won´t work at all?
Yes, I double checked the timing and I am about to do it again, plus the marks linning up and the tensioner is not like 150% extended, but it is somewhat, not like the opposite side of the belt touching the other side, there is still plenty of room.
I was able to do a trip without any vacuum advance and at 6º initial and everything was fine, tried to use manifold vacuum with no luck. Also, there is one detail I just remembered, the engine most of the time is hard to start when hot, I mean like it is fighting the starter that tries to roll back, I have seen the engine while starting and sometimes (most of the time while sometimes starts right up) I can catch the cam going backwards after my wife let the key off, plus there have been times when I shut off and there is kinda an engine run on but backwards
but that happens rarely like once every 2 or 3 months.
Done that, and guess what?... it pinged... but at 3000rpm...
But, to all this I have one small question, something that I totally forgot to add to the very beginning, and my lovely wife just reminded me.
Since my father-in-law gave us the car (at those time I actually knew very little about engines), the engine was overhauled and the head shaved, later on a trip I suffered an overheat and the head probably was shaved again, and after a bus crashed into me (going in reverse with no brakes, something awfull, yet the car was fixable) and because of that the engine burned the head gasket (since the impact got close to the engine, it actually shifted an engine mount back a few inches, I foolishly thought that the engine was fine. it started and ran without trouble during 6 months and suddenly one day the idle went rough and there was water on 2 and 3 :S , the head took damage somehow and had to shave the head again).
https://goo.gl/photos/ycSCcDR6ZDZb4WdPA (is SFW, but is not pretty, it hurts everytime I see it).
https://goo.gl/photos/CdrH16JBNLbxaWSm6
https://goo.gl/photos/KF5pJUXk16X2rPyg8 (you can see how the radiator (on the left corner) touched the head, got bent badly but the engine looked fine, no cracks of anything weird.
But that was a two years ago already, so far running good but with bad timing
Knowing this now... could it be that in all this years, due to all the shaving/milling of the head, could it be that the compression ratio changed so much that the stock timing won´t work at all?
Yes, I double checked the timing and I am about to do it again, plus the marks linning up and the tensioner is not like 150% extended, but it is somewhat, not like the opposite side of the belt touching the other side, there is still plenty of room.
I was able to do a trip without any vacuum advance and at 6º initial and everything was fine, tried to use manifold vacuum with no luck. Also, there is one detail I just remembered, the engine most of the time is hard to start when hot, I mean like it is fighting the starter that tries to roll back, I have seen the engine while starting and sometimes (most of the time while sometimes starts right up) I can catch the cam going backwards after my wife let the key off, plus there have been times when I shut off and there is kinda an engine run on but backwards
but that happens rarely like once every 2 or 3 months.
Suzuki Swift 1995
Carbureted with a Weber 32/36
G16 16v 1.6L (I know, rare)
Automatic F3A
Lots of miles and running great, some ticking but still :cool:
Carbureted with a Weber 32/36
G16 16v 1.6L (I know, rare)
Automatic F3A
Lots of miles and running great, some ticking but still :cool: