If the timing is off, does it make the engine run hot?

Question

This is that Nissan Frontier. Got the timing belt on and its running, but it's running hot.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Yes, bad timing is one possible cause of overheating.

Answer 3

yes. Does it backfire

Answer 4

If the timing is off, it will run hot because not all the gas is combusting in the engine and some is combusting in the exhaust.  This is especially true if the car did not do this before.  I'm not familiar with this vehicle, but did you route the belt correctly-- in many cases the water pump is driven off the timing belt.