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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:12 PM
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Cam timing would be more obvious and was detailed earlier in this thread... but if you still have the stock intake cam... its worth a shot (at this point)
THIS^^ Get rid of your (pointless in my opinion) exhintake mod, put stock gears and stock cams in, time it to the FSM and try to start the car.

EDIT. Hold on a second...how are you running Exhintake on a 99 head? Are you sure your cam is out of a solid lifter (99-00) motor? You can only run the earlier cam if you convert to Hydrolic.
Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Also, i cant remember if its possible, but check your CAS to make sure its not 180 degrees out... would be a basic thing to do and i dont have one anymore to see if you can even do that.
Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:17 PM
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well the CAS wont be, but the spark outputs could.

typically when you crank, and it's about to catch the motor stops itself, like crank crank clunk, crank crank crank clunk.
Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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Naw it's impossible. Mazda (ford) was actually smart about it.
Old Jul 28, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by shlammed
will the amphenol used flow the current you need? Last thing to check after you have made sure all of that works is the continuity of EVERY electrical connection from ECU to plug as well as grounds to ground and positive leads to ground for power.

With what you say... assuming the wiring is adequate and properly connected you have improper timing on something... be it injectors, spark or cam

Cam timing would be more obvious and was detailed earlier in this thread... but if you still have the stock intake cam... its worth a shot (at this point)
The pins are 14 gauge pins (same as 14 gauge wire which is adequate). I have double checked most every electrical connection for sensors and such. Only thing I can't remember checking is the cas which I will check again.

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If i am actually in my apartment for long enough i will take one of your old tunes i have on my laptop, change it to your injector size, and then give it to you.

I am in georgia now, flying home tomorrow afternoon, limerock all day saturday to watch, and sunday ill be at my parents house, monday I fly back to georgia. So no promises.

Are you SURE those are the injectors you think they are and not like 550s or something?
I am sure, got em off JayL (https://www.miataturbo.net/miata-parts-sale-trade-5/injector-dynamics-1000cc-fuel-injectors-53161/)

Originally Posted by 240_to_miata
THIS^^ Get rid of your (pointless in my opinion) exhintake mod, put stock gears and stock cams in, time it to the FSM and try to start the car.

EDIT. Hold on a second...how are you running Exhintake on a 99 head? Are you sure your cam is out of a solid lifter (99-00) motor? You can only run the earlier cam if you convert to Hydraulic.
It is a 99 cam I got off a member on here. I verified the cam # with the exhaust cam that is already in the head. If I can't get her to go I will eventually give up and put the stock intake cam in.

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well the CAS wont be, but the spark outputs could.

typically when you crank, and it's about to catch the motor stops itself, like crank crank clunk, crank crank crank clunk.
I verified the COP wiring to be correct (from the ECU to the cops). Is there any other way they could be wrong?
Old Jul 28, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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Holycontrolledexplosionsmotherfucker!


Starter fluid in the egr port of the manifold for ~2 seconds and it tried to stay running. When I hooked the fuel pump up it wouldn't so I am guessing too much fuel for initial start. There was a backfire in there somewhere but at least I know now it is still a fueling problem and I can stop ******* with other things.

One more data point: when I tried using starter fluid in conjunction with the fuel pump the car would only crank like it had been doing before but once I disconnect the fuel pump it'll sputter and try to stay running.

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Old Jul 29, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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Too much prime time?
Does MS have that option?
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prime isnt a deal, the cranking pulsewitdh is.
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Ok, I will be looking into that then. Thanks everybody for the help thus far!
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psh. blame it on the guy who messed with your cranking pw. . .

Good luck man. if i can help you at all let me know.
Old Jul 29, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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No way man. I had no fuel pressure and I am pretty sure the timing was off (both the intake cam and tdc)
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sounds like things are looking up!
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Yeah, if only I had time to actually work on this tune thing. Been busy with photoshoots, which isn't a bad thing, so I have merely glanced at it a couple times over the past few days.

Hopefully by the end of this week I'll have enough time to figure out how to tune and actually do it.
Old Aug 1, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 240_to_miata
psh. blame it on the guy who messed with your cranking pw. . .

Good luck man. if i can help you at all let me know.
i cut his pw down, i didnt add fuel.

it takes a few seconds to lower you pw.

and good job on finally using some starter fluid, now you know what to look at.
Old Aug 1, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Yeah, I figured that no fuel pressure was a problem so I wanted to fix that before I resorted to starter fluid. When I had fuel pressure and it still didn't work I decided it was time to spray it.

I know it only takes a few seconds to cut the pw down but I'd like to find the correct injector opening time and calculate the pw's.
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