OK, new guy here.
I have a 94 Base Model Capri which I got about 6 months ago. It was not running, on four flats, but had all parts and the unibody is straight. A little front damage, but no biggie...especially for the almost nothing I gave for it. Anyway, I have replaced the fuel system, brake system, etc and gone through the motor completely. I am re-assembling the engine and have run into a strange condition.
When timing the engine, I line up the mark on the crank and the marks on the cams. This brings the #1 cylinder to TDC as it is supposed to and the distributor rotor points at the #1 distributor contact. The problem is that at that position, the cams are just getting ready to open the intake valves on the #4 cylinder and the exhaust valves on the #4 have just closed. On everything else I have worked on, the #1 valves should be doing that.
The first time I timed it, it started and ran rough, and had no power, indicating an engine is timed 180 out.
I retimed the cams and the distributor 180 out from the instructions and reinstalled the plug wires accordingly, and the car runs great.
Is there something I am missing, not experienced with...?? I am prepared to run it that way if necessary, but would rather figure this out and run it correctly...not to mention that this is something that is puzzling me.
Any help from the smart folks (you guys and gals)would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jim