KitCarlson EMS Install, Progress Thread |
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KitCarlson EMS Install, Progress Thread |
McMark |
Oct 27 2004, 08:02 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I'm in the process of installing the Beta KitCarlson EMS. Today it ran. I've been working on modifying the wiring harness to match the stock layout. I had one wire in the wrong place today which made it keep running even when the key was off. Fixed that and now it idles great.
Things I've done so far: - Modify the wiring harness. - Buy plug wires that will work with the new coil. - Made an adapter plate to mount the coil in the stock location. Things I still have to do: - Send the harness to Jeff B. for replication. - Fine tune the engine. - Make a mounting plate for the brain to put it in the stock location. |
McMark |
Dec 23 2004, 01:56 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
UPDATE ON AN OLD THREAD
I'm still having a fluctuating idle problem with my KitCarlson install. Here's what I've found out after some testing... My fuel injectors are spraying great. I cleaned them in an ultrasonic bath and checked their spray pattern. The injectors themselves are working great. Fuel pressure is solid at 28 psi. I checked my timing again and I'm fairly confident that it's timed correctly. I hooked up a vacuum gauge and the needle did move around a bit in conjunction with RPM. But it wasn't the erratic oscillations I would expect from compressed gasses leaking past valves. With the LM-1 hooked up, I've run things lean and rich and still have a fluctuating RPMs. I did hook up an inductive trigger timing light and noticed that occasionally there is no spark. It happens on every cylinder and there is no pattern to it that I noticed. I theorized that perhaps the mixture was so rich that it was keeping the spark plugs from firing, but I've run it pretty lean, so I've abandoned that idea. Any thoughts? |
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