Originally Posted by mberndt

Huh? Are you serious? Metal rods? ??? ??????


My advice is don't time your engine with metal rods...

Do u have a repair manual? Does it say to use metal rods?

Alright I'm done harassing... But come on man, lol...

You probably have the timing off, considering you did use a crude method of measurement. Check, recheck, and then double check the timing marks, by rotating thru 6 complete revolutions...

Good luck man...