View Full Version : Finally! I've got a chance to get my car back up and running! SARD FPR!
ArchangelX
01-25-2007, 08:09 PM
I'm putting a few things off, but since I have to go meet with Tom B. tomorrow, I figure I can try and knock out the installation of this little bad boy.
Props to Munkywurks for giving me a great deal on this SARD Fuel Pressure Regulator and adapter. I also got hooked up with a Setting Meter for it...which will come in handy since right now, I'm running pig rich, and the car dies after a bit of idle. :(
I hope the install goes easy...it'll be harder taking the whole UIM off to get to it than it will to install it, methinks. Wish me luck!
http://www.hawaiitalks.net/photopost/data/525/SARDFPR1small.jpg
http://www.hawaiitalks.net/photopost/data/525/SARDFPR2small.jpg
ArchangelX
01-26-2007, 05:45 PM
Welps...it all went in...got it done in about half a day...but one of the A/N fittings isn't tapered and is slightly too small, so I had a leak in the return line section of the FPR. Suxs.
So...I've gotta go pick one up from Hydra-Air tomorrow. Dangit. I just want to have it running again! So frustrating!
hachirolla808
01-26-2007, 07:05 PM
Such is life huh! Glad to see you getting that thing back together. I need to get my car on the road soon too. Just waiting for the insurance. Then I can get the plates. Procratination is my worst enemy.:afraid6:
ArchangelX
01-26-2007, 08:23 PM
Man...the registration penalty is going to be huge for me. It's still registered, but it's past due like since October. :(
Dangit! Reminds me . . . gotta get rid of the FC which also has past registration fees due. Was going to ask $200 just for someone to take it away.
corytomo
01-26-2007, 08:55 PM
FC TII? I should use that rear end/tranny for the miata, but it requires a lot of custom work.
AX, good luck on getting it started, I know how projects like that are.. :)
ArchangelX
01-27-2007, 07:52 AM
Yeah...that's pretty much it. Getting it started and running...gar! :faint:
hachirolla808
01-27-2007, 02:28 PM
FC huh. Does it run? What kind of shape is it in? I might be interested in a project.
ArchangelX
01-27-2007, 03:00 PM
Welps...the bad boy is up and running, it just has a rough idle problem we're trying to get situated, and for some reason my fans aren't coming on till the water temp is at 226 degrees. I gotta look up if that's normal operating temperature. I'll post a vid in a second for it...
Other than that, when on the throttle, it revs up smooth, no black or white smoke, and we're ALMOST there. It just needs tuning, I think.
ArchangelX
01-27-2007, 03:30 PM
Here's the vids:
Engine Idle & Exhaust:
http://www.hawaiitalks.net/images/misc/video/MOV00018.MPG
Water Temp & Revs:
http://www.hawaiitalks.net/images/misc/video/MOV00020.MPG
FC huh. Does it run? What kind of shape is it in? I might be interested in a project.
It runs great, but it won't start up on it's own initially. We've been pull starting it. I think there maybe a relay problem or something. Once it starts up, you can shut the engine off and it will restart on it's own. It's not a TII, it does have the 5 lugs though. I think it's a GTX or something. the interior is maroon and if cleaned up it will be in fairly good shape except for the dash. I would spend the time to fix it up, but I just want to get rid of it, along with a whole bunch of other sh!t. Anybody interested in: FD fiberglass fenders (new), FD downpipe, Kawasaki 1,100cc jetski w/trailer, chainlink fence, vinyl fence, credit card machines, grease guns, '93 accord rear wing, solvent tanks, engine diagnostic machine, SCCA legal '83 RX7, automotive paints, work benches, desks, etc . . .
. . . . oh, back to Mike's FD. Watching Jin-san do his magic with a laptop--in the passenger seat--while I was driving--tuning the ECU--with no license plates or hood through CIP, was something else. Geez, with all the problems we had like the temperature sensor periodically giving a misreading and causing the motor to die to the boost dropping off, I think Jin-san actually set the fuel mixture, injector timing and ignition timing all throughout the rpm range. The only thing we didn't do is the load settings. I was totally amazed!
(off topic) hey, we have spell check now! Or is it that I'm using a different browser?
Udrivecrap
02-10-2007, 11:07 PM
laptop... kewl.
ArchangelX
02-11-2007, 12:08 AM
Er...I think we've always had it spell check.
Jin freakin' blew my mind...that guy knew his shiat. It was amazing. I just need to fix a few things, and swap some parts out...and I think I'll be good. The car is much, MUCH, better than it was. Pretty incredible to watch him tune it.
Udrivecrap
02-11-2007, 07:27 AM
did he use a hammer? :confused:
ArchangelX
02-11-2007, 07:59 AM
No...he just used a laptop. My Throttle Control Solenoid was bad...he just popped it off and tuned it without it. Freakin' incredible!
Udrivecrap
02-11-2007, 08:20 AM
i woulda used a hammer :beatup:
Er...I think we've always had it spell check.
. . . but it never worked when I was on explorer. Now that I'm using Mozilla Firefox, it's does it automatically like MS word.
Back to Jin . . . it's his dealers license that gets him all the software to do that stuff. I never knew about injector timing.
Dangit! Reminds me . . . gotta get rid of the FC which also has past registration fees due. Was going to ask $200 just for someone to take it away.
I think the penalty is something like $15.
Btw, isn't sard a JPop group? :imu2: :p
It runs great, but it won't start up on it's own initially. We've been pull starting it. I think there maybe a relay problem or something. Once it starts up, you can shut the engine off and it will restart on it's own. It's not a TII, it does have the 5 lugs though. I think it's a GTX or something. the interior is maroon and if cleaned up it will be in fairly good shape except for the dash. I would spend the time to fix it up, but I just want to get rid of it, along with a whole bunch of other sh!t. Anybody interested in: FD fiberglass fenders (new), FD downpipe, Kawasaki 1,100cc jetski w/trailer, chainlink fence, vinyl fence, credit card machines, grease guns, '93 accord rear wing, solvent tanks, engine diagnostic machine, SCCA legal '83 RX7, automotive paints, work benches, desks, etc . . .
I take it some (or all) of this stuff is at the lot? Might be interested in the Jetski
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