It has begun....

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 02, 2008

she fired up lastnight. runs like a bucket of poop. i'm pretty sure because of the bigger throttle body and the tps needs set to 0. theres no throttle response till like quarter throttle then and when it hits 2500rpm it hops around and wont go anywhere. hopefully with a little bit of tuning it'll be driveable. just got to throw the front bumper on and mount the FPR and its done. Thanks roadrunner1 and hercules for their help and for the garage much appreciated.

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 02, 2008

turned out i had the tps in backwards

haha. it was reading the tps when the car was off but as soon as we turned the car on and tried to hold a steady idle at 2500 it would just drop down act all gay. runs perfectly fine now did a 3rd gear pull A/F was fine everything looked good so shes ready to ride.

roadrunner1 · Post by **roadrunner1** » April 02, 2008

glad to see that it runs right bro

...im pumped

miyagi · Post by **miyagi** » April 02, 2008

i hope it pops.

APRIL 2ND!!!!!!!

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 03, 2008

roadrunner1 wrote:glad to see that it runs right bro ...im pumped

thanks man and thank for the garage and help.

miyagi wrote:i hope it pops.

APRIL 2ND!!!!!!!

haha thanks man

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 03, 2008

looks like i might have to change the headgasket before i get a tune. there is oil on the front of the block and it seems to be coming out from where the head meets the block. the headgasket is only 5 months old so i dont know why it would be junk already but who knows. going to spray some brake cleaner on it tomorrow and clean it off and go from there. i dont really feel like ripping the head off and doing a headgasket.

vtecdood · Post by **vtecdood** » April 03, 2008

where did you get the throttle body done? I know when I sent mine out he had to drill the rivets out and reset it make sure it is set where it needs to be you dont want to have any little issues like that throw a wrench in on yor car when it gets tunes

good to hear it is running though

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 03, 2008

vtecdood wrote:where did you get the throttle body done? I know when I sent mine out he had to drill the rivets out and reset it make sure it is set where it needs to be you dont want to have any little issues like that throw a wrench in on yor car when it gets tunes good to hear it is running though

i bought it at a local performance shop. its made by power industries. 68mm everything bolted right up like it was stock.

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 07, 2008

raced some peeps on 10 psi I'm impressed on how it runs. Anxious to see how much more it'll make re tuned on 15-16.

30stones · Post by **30stones** » April 09, 2008

might be outta commision for awhile. just messing around today in the bay and fired it up and noticed it smoking not major but i dont want to take the risk. i hoping its just the headgasket. it drives fine and a/f are good but then again its not over heating and theres seems to be no coolant seeping out anywhere

compression test tomorrow