- Joined
- Jul 16, 2009
- Location
- Monterey/Falun
I was driving the car the other day, and it lost a ton of power and started surging on the highway, got it to work luckily and checked the basics on it. Fuel pressure was good, went to 100psi right away with the return line clamped off. Found that the number 5 spark plug was completely fouled out. So I unplugged the injectors and commanded the fuel pump on for about 1 minute and then cranked it with no plugs in it. No fuel shot out so I'm guessing the injector is okay. Pulled the valve cover and for some reason I think the cam was cut a little bit off. I found one of the push rods was too long. Super odd, so I ordered one pushrod for it and it's fine now. I have started on the fuel system for it and I'm hoping it works out the way I planned. Also the rest of the turbo parts are in and I got my Arduino standalone boost controller for it. So that should be interesting to test out. Now to tear it down and get the turbo installed and get the cuttout situated as well as the complete fuel system overhaul. Going to throw on a truck intake as well and see if it will clear the hood so I can squeeze a little more power out of it and iff it clears good I will see if the bread box intake clears as well. I have had some interesting things also happen to it and now I'm thinking I may need to get the converter swapped out in it because the car is making enough power now to push it to like 6500 rpm and it feels flat. Oh well more time and money but hoping by the fall I'll have it all sorted and hit the track