Loss Of Performance After Water Pump Change?

[salah]

hey guys,

ive got a 1996 r33 s2. about 5 months ago (i know its too late to be posting now but better late than sorry i guess) i changed the water pump myself, using an online guide. Now being an idiot i missed the part where it says to align everything before taking off the timing belt. i only realised later. so i didnt move anything at all, and called a mate of mine (he knew his stuff). he came to check after i put everything back together. so he turned the harmonic balancer by hand basically and said it should be fine, but the timing belt might be off by 1 or 2 teeth. so i turned on the car and everything was fine, and am still driving it to this day. my question is, is the only way of checking if everything is alright is by taking it to a dyno? and if i did lose performance, is there a way to align things back to normal without spending thousands? basically i have to take everything off again right?

[XKLABA]

Yeah, there are alignment markings, find TDC with the balancer then there is two marks on the plate behind the cam gears that should line up with the dots on the cam gears

[salah]

ok, is there anyway to check the alignments without having to remove the radiatior or clutch fan? or is impossible to do it that way?

[salah]

nvm that question, you can just rotate one of the cranks right? it doesnt have to be the balancer?

[XKLABA]

? One of the cranks, how many cranks does your engine have ?

You have to line the balancer TDC mark up with the mark on its backing plate, then see if the two cam marks (one each cam ) line up with the marks on their backing plate

[salah]

lol ok i got it. thanks!

[boostn0199]

Lol at comment "it should be fine but might be 1 or 2 teeth out". Why wouldnt u have ripped it apart and fixed it at tyat moment.