[Shotimes] timing belt done, runs awful

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And HOW DO YOU
TORQUE THAT CRANK BOLT DOWN?? Thanks

This is very important- the crank bolt keeps the harmonic balancer in place 
but more importantly holds the crank gear in place.  Otherwise the crank gear 
will work back and forth against the woodruff key and eventually (30,000 
miles in my case) wear the key and the keyway in the gear enough to retard 
timing significantly.

The torque spec for the crank bolt is something like 105-120 ft-lbs.  I 
lubricated mine and torque'd it to 120 using a torque wrench.  The only way 
to keep the engine from turning if you have an MTX is to put the car in 5th 
gear and have someone sit in the car and press on the brake pedal hard with 
both feet.