Engine TDC @ 30 degrees?

[DadLife0724]

Started digging into my 92 I just bought. Was overfueling and misfiring. Decided to adjust timing first. Realized the distributor seemed to be installed wrong. Didn't have enough adjustment. Was hitting fuel rail. Found TDC on harmonic balancer and installed distributor. Car ran like crap. Removed plug one and used a compression tester and found that TDC is actually at 30 degrees BTDC. Is this normal? I did end up getting timing set right around 12 and it seems to be running decent.

 

[General karthief]

Pic of balancer, please.
The ring may have spun

 

[LILCBRA]

I would bet that TDC is where the balancer says it is. The best way I can think to check is to use a piston stop.

Amazon.com

Here's how you use it.


View: https://youtu.be/RENhHI9n65I?si=-L1M9LXih4lQUG3B

 

[limp]

I would bet that TDC is where the balancer says it is. The best way I can think to check is to use a piston stop.

Amazon.com

Here's how you use it.


View: https://youtu.be/RENhHI9n65I?si=-L1M9LXih4lQUG3B

That would sure be an easy way to test if your balancer has slipped........ TY for the link