Do you still have the original timing chain cover/timing tab?

 

and tripple check the plug wires to make sure there right. how have you set the lifters?

 

The timing cover is the same, more and more I think about it it sounds like the cam could be off a tooth, if that's the case I'm not to happy as I was very careful setting the marks on assembly

 

And lifters were set with zero lash, a quarter turn after push rod was snug, I did this with the intake off so I could make sure I was not moving the lifter down

 

Alrighty then, did you compare the new harmonic damper (technically not a balancer) to the old one to make sure the marks are clocked the same (the relation of the crank key slot to the timing notch)? Some timing notches are in different spots, depending on the engine application. If the notch is in a different position, you're naturally gonna think the timing is out of whack.

 

thats a good question, i did not compare the marks, i will check that out, now i just gotta pull out my new thermostat that is sticking! ugg

 

sorry, i didnt finish reading the thread, IRDUM

 

now im not getting any coolant flow wtf? new water pump and no thermostat, wonder if there is something clogging the heater core

 

No coolant flow, did you get it running? A clogged heater core will not restrict coolant flow to or through the engine.

 

o yea its running awesome, but i thought it was a bad new water pump when i drove into work, because it overheated slightly right as soon as i got here, i was pissed, so i exchanged it, put it on and it pumped for a minute or 2 then nothing out of the return line, so i pulled the thermostat, still nothing, unless there is rtv blocking the holes? but i did not go crazy with it