Finally pulling the trigger on parts!
Nope. Your mileage will suffer slightly but it'll run fine. It'll get you where you're going without a problem.
The thing to ask Geoff about, and I'm pretty sure I know where he's going (could be wrong though) is he usually likes to get everything SET with a stock MAF, then swap them over and tweak from there.
Actually, having typed that, I think I see what he meant. He wants to do the "initial" with a stock MAF. Damn. I just wasted typing for nothing...
Do you have an SLP lid and stock MAF you can throw on there? I've got a low mileage MAF I can send you to use, but I don't have a lid.
The thing to ask Geoff about, and I'm pretty sure I know where he's going (could be wrong though) is he usually likes to get everything SET with a stock MAF, then swap them over and tweak from there.
Actually, having typed that, I think I see what he meant. He wants to do the "initial" with a stock MAF. Damn. I just wasted typing for nothing...
Do you have an SLP lid and stock MAF you can throw on there? I've got a low mileage MAF I can send you to use, but I don't have a lid.
Yea just mount the maf and leave it unplugged. Mine was unplugged on my car, it idled worse, but it was fine. Shifted waaay harder with it unplugged though, never figured that out lol.
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Car isn't really idling right. Talked to Geoff. He wants me to try to get it to live by riding the gas to see if there is something else up. Need to make sure it's mechanically sound with no vacuum leaks, oil leaks, or coolant leaks before getting it tuned. So there's that.
Also, I managed to get the radiator all hooked back up with new silicon hoses. And I attached the FTP 104 lid and TSP 100mm MAF housing to the 102 TB... the 4" silicon coupler TSP provided was too short for my setup. I think the BeCool radiator pushes the MAF/lid up and out of the way, so I bought a Fernco 4x4 sewer pipe from Home Depot. I had to trim it up on top. It bulges like **** too. Might see if I could find a 4x3.5...
Also, when we tried to install the transmission, we found we had to jack the car wayyy up. But I didn't have good jack stands. So I bought some but have been working on the rearend this week/weekend and hope to be able to jack it up via the rearend/k-member to get the car about 26" in the air. Will be tight to get the trans back in on the trans jack. But that's the last hold up outside of the idle issue.
Some pics:
Lid assembly:
Silicon radiator hoses (I deleted the PS pump - turns out I have a leak in my steering rack I noticed when I added the new fluid - so that'll be my next "fix."):
And got the NT05R 315/35-17 drag radials (compared to the 275/40-17 NT05 street tires for the front - and yes, my garage is a mess right now with all the old parts, towels, whatever all just in the way):
Also, I managed to get the radiator all hooked back up with new silicon hoses. And I attached the FTP 104 lid and TSP 100mm MAF housing to the 102 TB... the 4" silicon coupler TSP provided was too short for my setup. I think the BeCool radiator pushes the MAF/lid up and out of the way, so I bought a Fernco 4x4 sewer pipe from Home Depot. I had to trim it up on top. It bulges like **** too. Might see if I could find a 4x3.5...
Also, when we tried to install the transmission, we found we had to jack the car wayyy up. But I didn't have good jack stands. So I bought some but have been working on the rearend this week/weekend and hope to be able to jack it up via the rearend/k-member to get the car about 26" in the air. Will be tight to get the trans back in on the trans jack. But that's the last hold up outside of the idle issue.
Some pics:
Lid assembly:
Silicon radiator hoses (I deleted the PS pump - turns out I have a leak in my steering rack I noticed when I added the new fluid - so that'll be my next "fix."):
And got the NT05R 315/35-17 drag radials (compared to the 275/40-17 NT05 street tires for the front - and yes, my garage is a mess right now with all the old parts, towels, whatever all just in the way):
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Yep. It's on the to-do list. And I need to replace that bolt holding the catch can bracket. It's all I could find in my garage. I might get a nice zinc plated one since it's very noticeable. When I take it off, I'll trim that hose.
I also destroyed the hose coming out of the overflow tank... previous owner let the battery boil over and destroyed the electrical connections there - fixed all of that previously. But when I was trying to replace the rubber hose with the silicon, I managed to break the metal because it had been corroded by battery acid.
I took a metal barb I had with my BMR TB bypass kit (included two - yay!), what was left of the good rubber from the original hose, what was left of the metal stalk that went into the tank, and fashioned a workaround and connected the silicon hose to it. Also cleaned it all up of the battery acid.
I also destroyed the hose coming out of the overflow tank... previous owner let the battery boil over and destroyed the electrical connections there - fixed all of that previously. But when I was trying to replace the rubber hose with the silicon, I managed to break the metal because it had been corroded by battery acid.
I took a metal barb I had with my BMR TB bypass kit (included two - yay!), what was left of the good rubber from the original hose, what was left of the metal stalk that went into the tank, and fashioned a workaround and connected the silicon hose to it. Also cleaned it all up of the battery acid.
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So, when I first got the engine in and test fired, it would live for you know, 6-7 seconds. I figured I needed to feed it gas until it settled in, but I didn't have the throttle cable installed. So I went ahead and got everything reinstalled (radiator, front drive accessories, etc) and the throttle cable. Now it won't idle. It fires up, roars, and dies. It did this to me a couple of weeks ago after I got the radiator installed and wanted to try to get it to idle so I could put coolant in.
Well, with 12+ hour work days the past two weeks, I haven't had a chance or the energy to mess with it. Until today. It just refuses to catch and idle now. I'm wondering why?
Here is a video showing what it's doing. It's obviously getting fuel and spark and nothing else has changed since I originally fired it up a few weeks ago. Any ideas?
Well, with 12+ hour work days the past two weeks, I haven't had a chance or the energy to mess with it. Until today. It just refuses to catch and idle now. I'm wondering why?
Here is a video showing what it's doing. It's obviously getting fuel and spark and nothing else has changed since I originally fired it up a few weeks ago. Any ideas?
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Here is the video of it from a few weeks ago or so when I got it all together. I didn't have the throttle cable hooked up so I couldn't feed it gas to keep it alive. But it finds idle a bit.
Any suggestions? I don't have the trans hooked up... would that cause the issue?
I don't know if it's throwing any codes. I probably need to get an OBD II scanner to see. Or just break down and get EFI Live.
Any suggestions? I don't have the trans hooked up... would that cause the issue?
I don't know if it's throwing any codes. I probably need to get an OBD II scanner to see. Or just break down and get EFI Live.
Here is the video of it from a few weeks ago or so when I got it all together. I didn't have the throttle cable hooked up so I couldn't feed it gas to keep it alive. But it finds idle a bit.
Any suggestions? I don't have the trans hooked up... would that cause the issue?
I don't know if it's throwing any codes. I probably need to get an OBD II scanner to see. Or just break down and get EFI Live.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/AIImOC_YIKY
Any suggestions? I don't have the trans hooked up... would that cause the issue?
I don't know if it's throwing any codes. I probably need to get an OBD II scanner to see. Or just break down and get EFI Live.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/AIImOC_YIKY
My break in tune did that too, 2-4 second idle.. Quick change to it and it fired and stayed on!
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Geoff seemed to think if I stand on the gas it'll hold idle. The problem is, if it idled like it did before, I could do that. The new way of it firing makes it impossible. It turns over, fires, and dies. I guess I can start it with the accelerator on the floor... seems like that might be bad tho...
Geoff seemed to think if I stand on the gas it'll hold idle. The problem is, if it idled like it did before, I could do that. The new way of it firing makes it impossible. It turns over, fires, and dies. I guess I can start it with the accelerator on the floor... seems like that might be bad tho...