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Question: Fresh rebuild -25 miles.. engine has top end.. low power

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Visitor, 1.5L 4 Cylinder, Sainte Genevieve, MO, September 22, 2010, 18:58

I just had the enigne rebuilt. Compression is great. My question is prob related to timing.. I have hardly any positive response after 1/4 throttle... I messed with timing and advanced it.. as I advance it it runs better and Im up to about 60% out of 100% normal. Why is this.. I started with lining up timing marks E3 and keyway at 12oclock.. was this correct? HELP

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, September 22, 2010, 21:35
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    Check that the 3E mark is at 12 o'clock mark when the crankshaft pulley is at Top Dead Center number 1 firing at the crankshaft pulley. Verify the ignition timing is correct after having bridged terminals E1 and T1 in the diagnostic connector box near the battery.

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    Visitor, May 15, 2011, 12:11

    Haynes publication # 92085 (2106). Your crank keyway at 12oclock-cam sprock at
    3E dowel at 12oclock.

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