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1/0 battery cables. =o) That ground cable is going to the side of my engine block, the starter WILL be getting enough electrons.

front end shot.

I started pushing the corner out and straightening some sheet metal.

... and this chunk of bondo popped out of the metal. Looks like I might have enough to go on for straightening it out to 'functional'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BH7ekW1ZVY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BH7ekW1ZVY


The starter does indeed turn the engine over. =o)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQCtGOHZBs

Oh I get it! Today you did nothing

noT a single THing.

Good call on the 1/0 cabling. These cars like most VAG products and euro cars of the era suffer from poor electronics.

Hell even my 01 GTi has a piss poor grounding system and electrics.

I cleaned up a bunch of grounds on my 914 when I was cleaning metal, and since they were disconnected I cleaned the spade connectors/ring terminals. The car ran noticeably better than it did before.

I imagine with a modern ECU that is sensitive to voltage drops and a little more complex than D-jet/L-Jet you would have some issues.

Next stop is to add some more grounds and clean more grounds.

Hey when I posted that your video was just a blank white box

Nice to hear it run. Now lets see it propel you down the road

heh. I have to pull the transmission away from the adapter plate and see what is binding inside of there. it will propel me, if I start it in gear and don't plan on shifting.

oh yeah, I had to adjust my youtube tag again. the first vid in this thread has the _ and the second vid doesn't. rather weird, but it's working now. (side note: thank you again to the admin that provided me with some assistance in getting me on the right track.)

All of my computer electrics and sensors ground directly to the block, or to a nice clean spot that I made for grounding point where my rear trunk spring use to be.

Next is to zip tie a spaghetti mess next to the engine...

That reminds me; I cleaned up spaghetti mess in the front trunk. I changed the wiring harness and now have functional lights for all four corners again. High beams, low beams, turn signals, flashers, brake lights, back up lights, tail lights...
the ground points all seem to be doing well from cleaning them. =o)

I ran into problems with my clutch not disengaging.

The transmission had to come out, then the bolt with the ball on the end of it needed shimmed out a couple of washers, and I had to change the retainer plate that goes on the back of the clutch arm. (or whatever it's called)

I've been up since 4, and it is now 9:30. I managed to get the transmission back in, all of my wiring cleaned up, the car pushed out fo the shop, and had it started and idling a little.

I'm having fun getting MS-II to have the right settings for all of my Chrysler sensors. MegaSquirt comes ready to go with GM sensors...

so the deck lids are back on in case it rains, and here is a pic from the day.

Oh, and I drove it five foot. =o)

Can't wait to see a vid of it out on the road!

? wait...does it have a black eye?? Must be a fighter getting back up and V6 turbo fighting mad! Keep up the great work!

Right now both of the eyes are out; I need to get some more hardware/screws etc from the parts car to put it all together.

current status:

The car is on jackstands waiting for some wheels and tires. It is also waiting for a silicone elbow to go to the throttle body from the piping where the intercooler should be. The rubber one blew apart from heat and pressure. wuahahaha

Then I'll get the video of it taking off. (with a not so optimal tune, but it still takes off)

I guess I've been too busy driving it around town tuning it to post updates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Uk3IiU9tA

AWESOME!!!

great work

I ran into a few problems a couple of days ago.

After a long day of having my 4 year old with me, we got into the car to get ready to come home.

He was sitting in the booster seat in the passenger side, and I had just set the laptop up to get a datalog on the way home. I set it down on the floor board in front of him and while setting it down it somehow made contact with his feet and it shorted something out and screwed up my firmware and fuel map.

I didn't realize it had screwed something up, and we started heading home from my parents' house, and got off of their street and turned right to head into town. Just as we were pulling out of first gear the (screwedup fuel map) caused a backfire and my car started running quite loudly in a big hurry. (it had blown the exhaust off just after the down pipe)

There was a shop rag in the car, I used it as an insulator to grab the exhaust and toss it in the front trunk. (It's only 3 foot long)

I got the exhaust back on, the car ran like crap... I had to reflash the firmware and have been trying to get it tuned back in since.

Last night I did a tuning session out on a farm road (that is paved) I was slowly working my way up through more and more pedal. On one of the runs I hit 16.7 PSI with NO detonation! (and This was all at less than 70% throttle)

It had the boost, but it was getting too much fuel in the mid-RPM range, so it was a *ahem* slow acceleration.

The ambient air pressure last night was 66.95kPa; and the highest peak of the blue line was 202.8kPa... the math came out to be around 16.7psi.

The purple line is TP(Throttle position) It looks like I need to adjust the TP sensor calibration. (I floor it with the clutch pushed in to burn off any excess fuel from running a rich spot. This takes a split second and gets rid of the fuel that might cause wet walling)

..and the yellow line is the RPM. This graph shows me going from about 0-60ish in first and second gear. The bottom of the slant on the yellow line before the first peak is at 3878 seconds, and the top of the peak after the shift is at 3885 seconds.

my car is currently aircooled and not going anywhere w/out a trailer. =o(

happened?

I took my wife to the movie tonight. It was a perfect evening for a ride with the top off, we had a baby sitter, so we went to the movie.

We were driving along and heard a 'thunk' under the car, something must have snagged the cooling line or hit it just right to knock it loose enough to cause some damage. It had rubbed a little before and I secured it... but appearantly not enough to keep whatever I ran over from poking a hole in it.

We were almost home when we heard the kerthunk, and I looked under the car to see it peeing. We came right home and parked it, so no overheating, just a big, ugly, green, mess.

I should update this thread...
The coolant leak pictured above was easily repaired once we got the car pulled back to the shop.


In November of 09 I hit a boost spike in the single turbo engine. This caused a minor amount of damage to the seals in the turbo, so it started seeping oil into the intake from the turbo.
This didn't really get noticed until it blew and started dumping oil into the intake and the engine lost oil pressure, taking out something in the bottom end. It now has this clatter in the bottom end. It still propels itself, but rather than drive a knocking smoke cloud generator, it just sits outside as a decoration.
In Sept of 2010 I located a 3000GT VR4 engine from a 95 (it has 4 bolt mains, an internal crank position sensor, two turbos, cam position sensor, and I can easily get 450hp by changing to headers, slightly larger turbos and bigger injectors)
There are a few little bits and pieces I need, and have acquired a few already, including a BOV to avoid pressure spikes.

I'd really like to drive this thing again this summer, so I'm putting all I can into getting my health in order to where I can get back to milling and to where I can rebuild my spare transmission to turn around and sell.

well after lots of personal shit stuff happening that has really screwed with my head and ability to focus, I decided to put together pieces parts that i've been gathering together. It's been great therapy. Driving it again will be even better therapy.


Here's a teaser picture or two.

That engine looks massive! More pics please...

pic your angles. I'll get some tomorrow

Dont give up the ship, your still in the R & R stage, shit happens and will continue to happen but it all gets worked out in the end.
I worked through many problems myself and still am, i am close but wont really know for a few hundred miles more. If things dont work.... well, back to the drawing board and try to come up with a better idea.....

I love the 3000gt engine. I had a dodge stealth the first year they came out and later had a 3000gt. Never had a turbo car because they were $ back then.

That will be wicked fast when you get it dialed in.

John

Not too tight, just use one of these to get the engine in

the problems aren't with the car...
R&R stuff and solving issues with the car makes it relaxing and good therapy.

FourBlades: I've been drooling over the MS-III upgrade for my MegaSquirt... dialing it in is goin to be fun.

Evil; YES! I knew I was missing a tool while putting that in there.

pics

more pics

and last pics for today.

The engine lid and trunk lid both close, and there are a few pics of how much room I have in front of the engine and to the sides. The really wide valve covers just make the engine look like it was super tight fit.

We had the engine and transmission on jackstands and lowered the car down onto it with the hoist.

Any updates?

IT is up for sale in the classifieds. I don't think Jim has had much time to work on it. He's had alot of personal stuff going on. So the 914 is way down on the totem pole.

This is the engine mount that was holding the 2.5 in place. It had diagnal pieces going up to the sides of the blocks. I think the torque might have bent the bar a little... the aluminum from making some emblems is in there as a 'straight edge reference'

This one is a little thicker walled:




And what happens when you put too much weight on a 911 sport mount without the cupped washers:

(I need 4 cupped washers, if anyone has some extras)

So you are not going to sell the car? I hope you get to finish the project. It would be great to see. Take it easy.

Nope. I am Keeping the car.

Get er done!!!

Good to hear, Jim

did a little bit of work... :-)

RRC 14?

Spaghetti is looking a bit less saucy and more conducive to electron exchanges.

I hope so. maybe even that route 66 deal or something... who knows.