What The Hell Is Wrong?!? [mechanics Help!]

[haleja]

ya recon? the car came with them and still isnt performing as well as it was before service.

- what should they be changed to? factory ones?

[Dorigecko]

checked ignition coil?

ask your work wtf you should do man. for real. neither of us are mechanics. not posing, just helping how we can. quick list -

plug leads

fuel and filter

ignition coil

ignition timing

couldn't be engine timing...

also...

does it have enough oil? this are something you should definitely check.. sounds retarded but sometimes simple mistakes can make for catastrophic failures.

[kevr32gtst]

howdy, this is actually about my girlfriends MR2 (2l N/A engine0

the car recently had its timing belt changed as well as a fairely major service, and since we have had the car back it has no power at all.

as in, if your in first and floor it, it will take 20 sec to get to 4.000rpm (no joke..) it just doesnt have any power or torque.

idles allright yet under no load (clutch in/ neutral) it still takes a while to accelerate *(not as bad as under load)

what the hell is goin on? is the timing out a tooth? would bad timing affect the car this much? (fuel tank is nearly on E, could it be bad fuel?)

spark plugs were changed at service (is the gap wrong)?

im sorta out of ideas for what could be the reason for the shit house power, could be running on 3 cylinders [but doesnt run lumpy so i doubt it]?

- all i can think of is timing, but i did it myself with a mechanic ( im an apprentice), and was perfectly in, SO, IF it is out, it would only be a tooth (which i doubt) and if it was

would it be this devistating to the cars performance?

cheers for helpin.

check timing with a timing light so you dont need to pull all the other bits off if the timing light shows its out of wack and your definate you did not touch the dizzy then you know the timing belt is not correctly aligned or has skipped a tooth also if dizzy is off to one side of adjustment you know t'belt is out

[GTS4WD]

have you checked if the gaps are correct?

[haleja]

timing light shows ignition timing, not cam timing.

i havnt been at work over the long weekend thus me asking on here haha.

mechanics or not, i needed someone to discuss this with.

chances are its running how it was before, but im just used to the skyline haha.