plz help timing off

I need help with timing, i searched could not find anything i recently did a motor swap blown b18b1 to a stock b18a1 in my 93 integra all is fine except the car idles rough, im almost postive its the timing so my question is what are the steps to timing my motor i mean it seems to easy all i did is slap the §§§§§ on my buddy was telling me that piston #1 has to be at TDC is that true? and then he said something about jumping the car with a paperclip or something please help…its killing me :argh:

didnt try the good old teg tips huh?

http://www.g2ic.com/tegtips/engine/7.html