fish

Can anyone help? I'm tearing, what little is left of my hair, out at
the moment.

When adjusting my ignition timing by moving the distributor I am unable
to line the crankshaft casing mark with the center 16degree timing mark
on the pully. The distributor is rotated as far as it wil go towards
the firewall. Its still a few degrees off.

I have checked the cam belt timing a number of times now looking in
case the belt has slipped by a tooth but it looks spot on. I have even
tried adjusting cams back one tooth but the car would not start.

Currently with the distributor as far towards the firewall as it will
go, the car will idle fine but when driving the car has little power.
It gets noticeably worse when the car is warm.

Is there anything else that could cause the ignition timing to be so
far out? Any sensor that could cause the ECU to advance \ retard the
timing?

Any help is appreciated.
Graeme.