A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #150 – March 06, 2013, 11:05:49 PM Success? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #151 – March 07, 2013, 06:21:28 PM Quote from: turbotrav;410676Success? Yes & no...Sorted out the starter issue. Starter was fine, so no disassembly was needed. The error was mine: I put the battery in the trunk (actually I have two batteries, a Dyna Batt in the front for the accessories and big one in the trunk just for the starter). I mounted a solenoid on the battery box to switch power to the starter. Solenoids are self grounding IF it's mounted to the body. OOPS! The battery box is plastic! All that was required was a ground wire. Hit the key, fired instantly! Going through the usual inital start up issues. Got the fuel pressure down to 39 PSI from 70 PSI and the A/F went right to 14. Idling nice (which is amazing for a blow thru set up on first start up!), Procharger whistling away. Go to set the timing: Looking too far advanced; recognized the sprout was still in. Shut off the car, pulled the sprout, made sure the distributor was free to move. Hit the key and all it does is crank & not fire! Look over the guages and find the fuel presssure at zero, but I can hear the fuel pump cycling with the key. WTF? It was 10 PM, time for bed!Wake up at 2:23 AM with this thought: There are two fuel pumps. One for the gas tank and one for Meth tank. Both are wired to the same switching circuit, but each with a separate fuse & relay. When I get home this evening, I'll check to see if there is blown fuse on the main pump. I'll post after seeing if my "dream diagnosis" has any merrit! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #152 – March 07, 2013, 09:04:08 PM It's the primary fuel pump.Hit the key, fuel pressure popped and it fired right up. Ran for a bit, everything seemed good. Shut it off to set the timing and again, no fuel presure on the attempted restart. Pump just goes GRRRR.New Areomotive 340 LPH Stealth pump is not co-operating. Time to drain the tank and drop it again...Sunday. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #153 – March 07, 2013, 10:19:00 PM Sunday Sunday Sunday!At least you heard it run....gotta love the motivation that can inspire! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #154 – March 07, 2013, 11:37:37 PM Quote from: gumby;410740Sunday Sunday Sunday!At least you heard it run....gotta love the motivation that can inspire! Yes! Hearing it rumble is gratifying. No strange noises, runs smooth & clean, leak free; all those things of which you live in fear on a first start of a major build.It'd be great of it was problem free, but I've gotta be realistic about getting all the things which have been touched, tweaked, modified & re-engineered, to properly mesh together. Though I"m antiting a good number of hours to get it sorted, it's a small fraction of what's been spent! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #155 – March 09, 2013, 10:50:56 AM Hey MarkAlways some road blocks.... I have one of those aeromotive 340 in a box....a needed upgrade after the car runs....hmmmWell buddy at least you are making progress.Travis Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #156 – March 19, 2013, 11:09:34 PM Kept working while waiting for a new fuel pump. Couple item which needed to be addressed:Transmission cross member: I have an AJE unit for a T56 swap. It is a solid mount to the trans. I'd had it modified with larger loops to clear the 3" exhaust. Was not thrilled by the solid mount. At the time I did the swap, AJE was the only option. Recently another unit became available from Stiffler (don't think his mom is part of the company), which has provision for a trans mount and huge loops to clear the exhaust.Pretty straight forward install. The exhaust needed to be dropped to pull the AJE unit. The trans mount was ~$7 and in stock at Advanced. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #157 – March 19, 2013, 11:18:25 PM Another issue which cropped up, was installing battery retention bracket for the mini battery. Seemed simple, but resulted in the relocation of the MSD along with the two step & multi RPM select switch. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #158 – March 19, 2013, 11:24:57 PM Few more pics of MSD mounting: Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #159 – March 19, 2013, 11:37:13 PM Replaced the fuel pump. No joy. More trouble shooting to come. Heat related issue. Fires, runs ~5-7 minutes, shuts down, no fuel pressure. Let it get cool down, same deal. Time available to look at it again is a few weeks out.... Got a plan though. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #160 – March 20, 2013, 12:03:15 AM That trans mount is pretty cool :).Good luck figuring out the problem. I hate electrical related issues. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #161 – March 20, 2013, 01:12:00 AM Quote from: thunderjet302;411495That trans mount is pretty cool :).Good luck figuring out the problem. I hate electrical related issues. I was pretty happy to find the cross member, just happened across a thread on Corral...Electrical issues suck! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #162 – March 20, 2013, 01:17:49 AM Yea electrical issues suck The bat mount looks clean though Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #163 – March 20, 2013, 02:31:00 AM That crossmember looks shagy!Too bad you're having the fuelpump issue :(Although I cannot help you on that one, I have no idea. There's nothing wrong in the tune perhaps? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #164 – March 20, 2013, 05:34:37 PM Quote from: Thunderbird88;411500 There's nothing wrong in the tune perhaps? Dont' believe it's a tune issue, but maybe in installation error of the wideband to the pin on the computer. One of the items on my list to check out late next week. Quote Selected
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