Originally Posted by husam2012

It's such a coincidence that I went through this just this last week. I had bought a used engine and upon trying to start it, it sounded like it jumped timing and it didn't sound good at all.

I took the cover off, retimed it(Identical procedure to the VR38DETT) so it was a breeze and finally got it running this weekend.

For anybody wondering on how they could go on doing the timing chain or anything timing chain related, you should look for the complete guide on the GTR forum.

It looks very intimidating at first but once you get the hang of it it becomes very simple and straight forward.

Good luck OP!