A little history.

My timing belt smoked ( posted about it here) and I very carefully replaced it with all new components ( water pump, tensioners, etc) and really had no problem at all. Truck ran pretty good but was a little doggy, had to downshift on the highway etc. After thinking about it for a while I checked the ignition timing, it was about 2 degrees past top dead center. Jumped the terminals and set the timimg properly, it now runs perfectly. Matter of fact, I think it runs better than it ever has.

Now my question, how did the ignition timing get so far off?

 

when ur timing belt smoked did it break? if so that could have jumped your timing ive seen it on the toyota cars to happen like that at my familys shop

 

Yes it did break, so I suppose that's what happened. In theory it shouldn't move the timing but I guess in real life it can happen.. Thanks.