2.3L ('83-'97) No start turbocharged 2.3 Ranger

[Kayden Schauer]

My 2.3 will not start period. For some context piston rings were in poor shape as I was burning almost a quart of oil in a few days (it was running on hopes and dreams) finally decided to rebuild the engine and add a turbo kit intended for the thunderbird and ranger since its almost the same engine minus the emissions stuff and the dual ignition system. Now it’s just a tiny .63m turbo and has all the necessary oil lines and everything to run how it should, that’s not the problem. I originally had an issue with no spark and found out I washed the rings out with gas rebuilt the engine a second time whilst fixing the cps hub since I found it was damaged an the cps wasn’t reading properly. Now for all the stuff I deleted was a majority of the vacuum lines the ones going to the egr valve and the one going to the intake from the vacuum solenoid deleted the egr valve and installed a block plate and an emulator to plug into the harness. I deleted it simply because there was no where to install it to the exhaust manifold. I also deleted the pcv system and installed an oil catch can. I have compression, spark, fuel and air I just can’t figure out why it won’t even give me anything. Just need some help pointed in the right direction, sorry for the essay.

 

[SenorNoob]

I have compression, spark, fuel and air

Only thing left is timing then.

 

[Kayden Schauer]

Only thing left is timing then.

I’m following what the old Chilton manual and I have it the exact same way as the diagram says to be tdc

 

[SenorNoob]

Fuel, is it actually getting into the cylinders, or just pressure on the rail?
Air, all you can really do here is use a fresh filter and make sure you didn't leave a rag in the engine or something.
Spark, it's possible to have it when the plugs are out of the engine but not under compression. I spent 2 years chasing that one on my motorcycle.
Timing, you set it right, but did it stay that way? Did everything move with the crankshaft? Pay particular attention whether the cam moves with the pulley.

Compression you've got but how much? What's the PSI on each cylinder?

Anything you put pictures or numbers to is good. Post them here. Maybe we'll be able to help more.

 

[Kayden Schauer]

I do smell gas on the plugs so it’s getting to the cylinder I’m gonna go buy a compression text kit from somewhere, I got one from harbor freight but it didn’t have the correct size for the threads in the kit. I also want to double check timing and everything do you know of any sources other than the book to double check timing mark place ment. Is there supposed to be a specific point that the oil pump pully is supposed to be placed because it only has the diamond on the pully but nothing indicating on the back timing cover? other places say that the timing cover is supposed to have diamonds mine doesn’t it just has a notch for the crank pully and the cam pully no other marks. As soon as I get home I’ll grab some pics of how I have the timing to kinda see if I messed it up.