Faelflora breaks his promise, time to part out car. GIT THE SAWZALL!
So as of today both the rolling zip tie disco and the worlds slowest spooling turbo miata both made positive pressure, didnt overheat, held battery voltage, advanced the variable cam, and rolled down the road under their own power. And I was awake.
I'm moving across country and I think it would be wise of I drive my borg s366 3000 miles this weekend. It has sat for 3 years so surely that means it is well rested and ready to cruise along, behaving like a normal car and not breaking down in kalamazoo because of some ridiculous hideously impractical mod that the owner forcibly made and re-made to the poor once functioning automobile.
I would post a shitty video but the car is full of 3 year old gas and that is excellent for sad sad videos. Will be driving miata tomorrow tho to suss out the car's character and figure out what else I should mod before I leave on friday.
In retrospect I do have to say that I find it strange that I built this car to actually start performing like a real turbo car at around 80mph.
I'm moving across country and I think it would be wise of I drive my borg s366 3000 miles this weekend. It has sat for 3 years so surely that means it is well rested and ready to cruise along, behaving like a normal car and not breaking down in kalamazoo because of some ridiculous hideously impractical mod that the owner forcibly made and re-made to the poor once functioning automobile.
I would post a shitty video but the car is full of 3 year old gas and that is excellent for sad sad videos. Will be driving miata tomorrow tho to suss out the car's character and figure out what else I should mod before I leave on friday.
In retrospect I do have to say that I find it strange that I built this car to actually start performing like a real turbo car at around 80mph.
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Boring... Boring... Boring....Boring... WHEELS SPIN!!!!1!!
Congrat's on getting car moving on it's own hilarious power. Now just don't try to take the transmission out somewhere in Nebraska.
Congrat's on getting car moving on it's own hilarious power. Now just don't try to take the transmission out somewhere in Nebraska.
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Ok question.
Sometimes my fuel is just fine. Then the next gear the car goes progressively lean to redline. And by lean i mean from 11.7 rising to 15:1.
What do you think could cause this? Assume a mechanical issue.
Sometimes my fuel is just fine. Then the next gear the car goes progressively lean to redline. And by lean i mean from 11.7 rising to 15:1.
What do you think could cause this? Assume a mechanical issue.
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Yes normale life
eat niggliye dix fucxbucket have donkey why no help with mechanzi failzu
Thank you for responding o' lone troubleshooter of miataturbo.net. Your reputation rides before you, the grand socket slamming orangutan of the ancestral mauritanian princes.
Yes it has gauge it is inside the hood ideally so i can't see it when i drive
HELP MMMEEEE
yes i am thinking the regulator is shitting the bed. out of boost all is good so **** youuuuuu
but helpp hpzlzzpzlz
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4 things:
That's just off the top of mah head. Hope it helps or spurs some innovation
- Camera in the engine bay on the gauge. Do a pull, watch the video
- Add a 4 foot hose extension between the regulator body and gauge. Gaff tape gauge to windsield, do a pull.
- At idle, disconnect the vacuum line from the regulator and feed air pressure into the regulator boost reference port with a highly regulated pressure source. Watch gauge for 1:1 rise.
- Move oil pressure sender from block to regulator body, do a pull, watch for pressure rise.
That's just off the top of mah head. Hope it helps or spurs some innovation
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I assume you have fresh gas...
Ensure rising Fuel Pressure via one of Gordon's numerous methods.
Can't remember your Fuel Pump wiring. Dual 044s making your voltage sad?
Still squirting meth? Is that flowing correctly?
Originally Posted by faefae
but the car is full of 3 year old gas and that is excellent for sad sad videos.
Can't remember your Fuel Pump wiring. Dual 044s making your voltage sad?
Still squirting meth? Is that flowing correctly?
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If in series, I could see one non-functional pump acting as a massive restriction. I would imagine its not fun to suck/push fuel through a dead pump.
If in parallel, would one non-functional pump act like a return? IDK what happens when you try to pump fuel backwards through a fuel pump.
But yes, if dual, regardless of the configuration make sure they are both working.
If in parallel, would one non-functional pump act like a return? IDK what happens when you try to pump fuel backwards through a fuel pump.
But yes, if dual, regardless of the configuration make sure they are both working.
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IIRC they are parallel in-tank
What's your base fuel pressure Fae? Wasn't there a lengthy discussion about how you're running like 80psi base? (like around page 58 or something?)
Pumps just sucking up top?
What's your base fuel pressure Fae? Wasn't there a lengthy discussion about how you're running like 80psi base? (like around page 58 or something?)
Pumps just sucking up top?
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