Finally got the engine running right but now.......
Finally got the engine running right but now....... So after removing the head to take out a broken exhaust bolt i assembled everything, installed new plugs (tr6's gapped to 32), and installed new plug wires(i am running LT-1 wires which work like a charm to keep them away from the manifolds). I started the car up and it ran pretty good (definitely noticed a better idle from replacing a couple of bad plugs). I took it out for a little test drive and wow what a difference. I could actually have the car make some power (not much but some). I then took the car out to a tuner to help me get a nice starting point and he gave me some tips on tuning the fuel map as well give me a good starting point for the timing. The next day i get some buddies together and we go tuning. Everything went well (was getting a steady AFR to the max PSI which was like 8.6 on a 7 psi spring)until i burnt through a plug wire (one of the wires was resting on my manifold) and then the evening got progressively worse. The pinacle was when i couldn't disengage the clutch. I called it an evening and limped the car home hoping i had just boiled the fluid and would bleed it in the morning. Oh no it can't be just a bleeding issue because at this point i have no idea what the problem is other than that i think the slave somehow broke (although every part of the drive train, minus the driveshaft and rear, is new).
So as it goes i keep going one step forward and like 5 back. I really hope i get this thing right because i leave the country in a little over 30 days and 14 of them i will be out of the area and i am running out of money. At least i am sorting out the issues but i have a few remaining like my oil leak and now this. I would love to hook up the boost controller eventually and see what it will put down but i am afraid i may not even get it running right before i have to put it in storage.
Greg
So as it goes i keep going one step forward and like 5 back. I really hope i get this thing right because i leave the country in a little over 30 days and 14 of them i will be out of the area and i am running out of money. At least i am sorting out the issues but i have a few remaining like my oil leak and now this. I would love to hook up the boost controller eventually and see what it will put down but i am afraid i may not even get it running right before i have to put it in storage.
Greg
The tuning is probably the easiest thing to do at this point. I have a wideband and a megasquirt so as long as i have someone to enter numbers i will be fine.
30thT/A: I suggest that you buy some LT-1 wires instead of trying to use the stock wires. I use the longer wires for cylinders 3,5,4,and 6 and can run them away from the manifolds. I also have valve cover spacers so you may or may not have to worry about that.
Greg
30thT/A: I suggest that you buy some LT-1 wires instead of trying to use the stock wires. I use the longer wires for cylinders 3,5,4,and 6 and can run them away from the manifolds. I also have valve cover spacers so you may or may not have to worry about that.
Greg
i got taylor thunder volt wires from LS1speed coming. there the same wires they use in the coil relocation kit. the wires are very long, probably 2' or so. i also got some spark plug wire boots for heat protection.
