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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Was home over easter for 3 days finished the wiring went to crank it with no plugs to get the oil primed and the starter was a real slow crank. Put two plugs in and it wouldn't turn it over. Two factory starters same problem. They didn't turn strong off the car so I ordered a powermax from jegs maybe may 2nd it'll fire. If I had a dollar for every stupid issue we've had in the past few years it'd pay for half this project
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Old May 6, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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Any updates???
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Old May 7, 2012 | 12:33 PM
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Home from school figured out cranking problem. the battery we had wasn't enough amps got an optima it cranks over real strong should run by tonight. Didn't have gas cans to try and start it last night.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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still have some kind of electrical issue its not getting enough power to turn over. It did yesterday and now 24hrs later it doesnt have the power
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Old May 11, 2012 | 10:10 PM
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after 2 nights of changing wiring scratching our heads and testing different things we found we don't have a good enough ground. Need some bigger wire. Accidentally fired a cylinder when trying things
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Old May 12, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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Question. If you have a M6 and are shooting for 9.80? Why don't you run a 4.10 gears, they are like perfect for M6 and 3.73 is perfect for A4 on the street. Is it because you're going to spray?
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Old May 12, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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we bought the rear with two gear sets 4.30s and 3.70s and with the tires i have the 3.70s calculated closer to what we should need
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Old May 12, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Old May 12, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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Im using all factory grounds and it fired right up. Did you switch anything up or doing your own wiring?
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Old May 12, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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we put the battery in the trunk. we have that all fixed needed bigger wire. were on a new problem now with the 24x system seems like our firing order might be all mixed up and were getting a code
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Old May 13, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Thats the main reason my battery is still in the stock location.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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IT RUNS!! The wires to the coil packs on the even side of the motor were all switched around. Got them right turned the key fired right up.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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so the coil wiring was on the wrong side? how did that happen lol
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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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Need to find a camera.
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Old May 22, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEYfh...ature=youtu.be
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Old May 22, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Looking and sounding good! Glad you got it figured out!
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Old May 22, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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Sounds great!
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Old May 22, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Sounds and good looks great man. Where did you mount your coils?
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Old May 22, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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theyre on brackets that bolt ontop the valve covers in the back
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