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Engine Installation, Question |
Randal |
Feb 14 2011, 06:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
I am going to be putting my engine in by myself, so trying to get everything lined up so it will be a smooth process.
My throttle bodies and fuel rails are wider than the stock sheet metal, so will be removing one of them so I won't have to use crazy angles (again) to get the engine back up in there. My engine is about as high as one with Webers. I've built two large wide ramps and extra blocks so that I can have the rear wheel about 14" off the ground. Don't have my car here so can't test it out, but figured all you jack stand / car ramp guys will know if that is high enough for my engine to fit under the bumper. If not, some more 2 x 6's are going to get cut up for blocks. |
Randal |
Apr 1 2011, 10:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
I'm going to borrow Bill's pre-oiler next week. After that is done it will be time to fire her up. |
Randal |
Apr 15 2011, 10:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
I'm going to borrow Bill's pre-oiler next week. After that is done it will be time to fire her up. I've had a bunch of issues getting the car to run properly. Mostly making sure all the electrical connections are seated (Link controller), injectors seated in the fuel rail and in the manifold, various wiring issues and just basic troubleshooting what might be wrong. So I've cleaned out the fuel tank, fuel filters, taken the manifold off to be sure all the injectors are in correctly and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I think all of the issues come about because the car has been in various garages in the last two years and like it or not things get abused. My fault, but I'll sort through it. Oh, right now she is running great, but it still feels to me like it's loading up a bit. (Note: This ended up being a balance issue between the throttle bodies. Just like carburetors, they need to be balanced so that the begin pulling at the same time. Very delicate throttle adjustment was needed). Richard is coming down today and we are going to download the current fuel map into my spare Link controller so that we have a backup. We will also try the spare controller to see if that gets rid of the loading up. I also think Link has some diagnostics that we might check. |
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