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| Randal |
 Feb 14 2011, 06:41 PM
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
QUOTE(Randal @ Apr 1 2011, 09:36 PM)  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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Randal Engine Installation Feb 14 2011, 06:41 PM
J P Stein For my weber carbed 2.7L I needed 32 inches from t... Feb 14 2011, 06:56 PM Borderline I don't like having the car that high in the a... Feb 14 2011, 11:20 PM Racer Chris One of our lift plates gets the engine down to abo... Feb 15 2011, 09:51 AM
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One of our lift plates gets the engine down to ab... Feb 15 2011, 02:14 PM Racer Chris
BTW I made a block to protect the special oil su... Feb 15 2011, 07:52 PM draganc Great looking engine and very interesting setup... Feb 15 2011, 10:16 PM Randal
Great looking engine and very interesting setup... Feb 16 2011, 05:02 AM draganc
Great looking engine and very interesting setup... Feb 16 2011, 07:34 AM McMark Dragan, looks like a Hall Effect sensor (mine is V... Feb 19 2011, 02:13 PM draganc Randal sorry for the highjack and thank you Mark f... Feb 19 2011, 10:23 PM J P Stein I spent 10-12 winters under my 914. I hate jacksta... Feb 20 2011, 09:06 AM Randal
I spent 10-12 winters under my 914. I hate jackst... Feb 23 2011, 07:01 PM grantsfo Man you guys are fancy. I remember my 914 first e... Feb 23 2011, 03:34 PM J P Stein Without going out to my cold garage, I recall they... Feb 23 2011, 08:57 PM Randal
Without going out to my cold garage, I recall the... Feb 24 2011, 10:08 AM J P Stein
I'll bet they are stout. When it gets warm en... Feb 24 2011, 10:44 AM Randal
I'll bet they are stout. When it gets warm e... Feb 25 2011, 10:12 PM Randal The next phase of the installation begins tomorrow... Feb 25 2011, 10:15 PM J P Stein My outside thermometer says 16F this morning......... Feb 26 2011, 09:18 AM Randal
My outside thermometer says 16F this morning........ Feb 26 2011, 05:08 PM Randal
My outside thermometer says 16F this morning....... Mar 2 2011, 11:14 AM DrifterJay I always found it extremely easy to just remove th... Feb 26 2011, 06:34 PM Randal
I always found it extremely easy to just remove t... Feb 27 2011, 09:53 PM McMark What linkage are you using with your TWMs? Feb 28 2011, 03:20 PM Randal
What linkage are you using with your TWMs?
I th... Feb 28 2011, 10:20 PM McMark I only ask because I've had poor experiences w... Mar 1 2011, 01:00 AM Randal
I only ask because I've had poor experiences ... Mar 2 2011, 11:05 AM orchid914 Randal,
I put the front and back of the 914 on Ja... Mar 1 2011, 01:35 PM Randal
Randal,
I put the front and back of the 914 on J... Mar 2 2011, 11:07 AM Randal OK, I'll show one as the installation of the e... Mar 2 2011, 04:18 PM Randal I have a Tilton starter in "222" which i... Mar 20 2011, 11:03 AM McMark :rotfl: Maybe we need to make you a fiberglass pa... Mar 21 2011, 05:54 PM Randal
:rotfl: Maybe we need to make you a fiberglass p... Mar 23 2011, 12:17 PM Randal
:rotfl: Maybe we need to make you a fiberglass ... Mar 26 2011, 10:44 AM Randal I'm ready to fire her up now.
Looking forward... Mar 30 2011, 10:37 PM McMark Video... B:) Mar 30 2011, 10:43 PM jjackson How is it going? Are you ready to run it?JJackson ... Apr 16 2011, 08:11 PM Randal
How is it going? Are you ready to run it?JJackson... Apr 16 2011, 10:35 PM jjackson Congrats on getting her up and running.Hp really l... Apr 19 2011, 07:24 PM Randal $6.25 is a great deal. :cheer:
Out here in... Apr 20 2011, 08:55 AM Randal Taking the car to the dyno on Thursday to confirm ... May 11 2011, 09:37 AM grantsfo
Taking the car to the dyno on Thursday to confirm... May 12 2011, 03:29 PM Randal Ended up with 174 hp at the rear wheels and the sa... May 12 2011, 10:03 PM grantsfo
Ended up with 174 hp at the rear wheels and the s... May 12 2011, 10:26 PM J P Stein
[Not bad for 40 year old engine technology! W... May 13 2011, 07:11 AM PeeGreen 914 Can't wait to see this car run :beer2: This i... May 13 2011, 09:37 AM Randal
Can't wait to see this car run :beer2: This ... May 13 2011, 09:54 PM HAM Inc Randall I'm so glad to hear that it is perform... May 14 2011, 09:21 AM jjackson
Randall I'm so glad to hear that it is perfor... May 14 2011, 12:35 PM Randal
Randall I'm so glad to hear that it is perfo... May 14 2011, 10:21 PM |
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