Tore the engine apart last night and none of the timing marks/links on the timing chain lined up with any of the other timing marks. Kind of looks like the timing gear on the crank slipped like 1 or 2 teeth. 
Not really sure how the heck this happens, but I've seen it on a few 22re before. Never had a personal experience with it on my own stuff before. This would explain why it ran great for 8,000 miles or whatever it was and then instanly started running poorly. I guess the ECU was doing all that wild stuff trying to cope with the horribly messed up cam timing.
I might get a fresh crank timing gear because I'm paraniod about it. It doesn't look visably worn but something has to cause this to happen. Hopefully it runs awesome and feels like a 3RZ again when I put it back together...
Awesome! I mean thats not fun, but you got it figured out any way!! Congrats. That must feel good. Id replace that gear..
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3RZ, LC engineering Turbo kit, R151, Dual Ultimate, Yota axles-5:29s, Spartan front, LSD Rear
