racerx55
12/3/2006 5:34:43 AM
racerx55
12/3/2006 5:38:06 AM
my camera must be dying i dont know why theyre so blurry
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4G67 - the old engine, n/a DOHC 1.8 bottom with a turbo 2.0 head....wonder why it blew up.
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silvercoupe97
12/3/2006 6:14:13 AM
Man, those are some mighty rusty parts, lol.
racerx55
12/3/2006 6:38:45 AM
good old rusty ohio - evrything sat for over a year, including the car, its all cleaned up & looks new now, im alot farther along than the pics, i need to update again, lol, i have to get a new clutch, the one from the car was a 2wd clutch and i dont trust it to last very long with AWD and the abuse i put on cars so im gonna run up to Summit today and grab a centerforce 3800 Lb set and lighter 11 LB flywheel, and i think i want a header while im there so i can get this damn thing put together
racerx55
12/3/2006 7:05:08 AM
also would like to get rid of the big chrome coffee can muffler and put a 40 series flowmaster on, im just not sure if it'll sound all that great
racerx55
12/4/2006 4:25:05 AM
it runs great, is way too quiet and the alternator dont charge but looks brand new.. one more thing to add to the list
already checked over and tested evrything the alt is crap
has a rough idle, i pulled the valve cover off it has cams that are definately not stock, i gotta look for a part number to see what they are
TheEngineer
12/4/2006 8:06:37 AM
wow that car is just a box of suprises, haha. It seems like everything you take apart you find something new
racerx55
12/4/2006 8:41:02 AM
its crazy, lol, so i took it for a ride , it dont spool till about 3500 rpm, right before the turbo spools (about 3000 - 3200) it starts burbling horribly rich, then pours a huge cloud of black smoke out then the front tires go up in a blaze (AWD parts are still on the garage floor)
its not rich at all untill its WFO and gets to about 3k then it just goes to hell for a second then comes on like someone kicked it in the ass, it runs alot stronger than i expected out of it for no adjustments at all, just gotta figure out the sudden dump of fuel, i did notice right when it does it the retarded stock boost guage jumps to 10 or so, what a waste of space
silvercoupe97
12/4/2006 9:00:21 AM
Are you using the donor car's ECU or the ECU that was in the original car?
racerx55
12/4/2006 9:13:21 AM
using the original ECU (93 talon Tsi) basically the same as the donor car (91 laser RS) all of the sensors looked the same, but i changed alot of them over, i do have a check engine light i need to figure out and the low coolant light never goes out even though its full, im not exaclty sure how to get codes out of a DSM without a scanner, i know how to do it on most other cars
but remember i have the 2g MAF wired in, different injectors and stuff so i'm probly gonna need to just work the bugs out of it and get a AFC
and not to mention the turbo timer doesnt work, its just there for looks right now
TheEngineer
12/4/2006 9:41:21 AM
check out the sticky in the DIY section. I posted how to get the codes out without a reader
racerx55
12/6/2006 12:34:44 AM
i got evrything straight, turbo timer works, ran ok, now when i rev it over 5,000 RPM #3 cyl dies and dont come back for quite a while, plus it loses compression on that cylinder, i investigated to find a lifter pumping up too far and holding an exhaust valve open, once you run it at 3,000 RPM for a minute the cylinder comes back again, the lifter was barely letting any oil out, something clogged it up i assume and it was pumping up too far and keeping the valve open, not always good on the cam or valve - so i get to go change just that one and see how it goes, my turbo timer was wired all ass backwards but works just fine now, so thats a plus
thanks for evryones input helping me out through this disaster of a japanese pile of crap
it runs good, now the fun begins
racerx55
12/7/2006 1:41:19 PM
well i ran into an issue of blowing the dipstick out and the valve cover gasket out under boost, the little breather vent on the side of the valve cover that goes into the inlet pipe before th turbo vents a small amount of blowby at idle, under boost it dosnt vent anything at all, that doesnt seem right for one, could boost be going from the intake manifold through the hose / pcv valve on the back of the valve cover and boosting the crankcase?, it cant have that much blowby, it does really well on a compression test and doesnt smoke one bit or use any oil, leakdown test it holds much longer than i expected out of a used engine, so it must be pressurizing the crankcase through a pcv or breather - maybe because i put the valve cover from the old engine it dont have check valves???.... bad check vavle somehwere maybe?? bad PCV valve?? i dont know, still figuring out the turbo hose routing mess
i also had my blubbering rich problem return , here the stock BOV is mashe down on the top ( i heard it was a cheap mod to hold higher boost - i bought the car this way) but it was sticking open and venting off all the boost then would snap shut, for a temporary fix i just took out the BOV and im being carefull about backing off the throttle too quick so the surge doesnt beat on the turbo too bad untill i get a new BOV and i turned the boost down to 10psi for now - i had it up to 20 psi and it ran like a red retarded raped ape & at full boost it still hung around 12-13 on the a/f meter and the EGT never got much over 800-900 degrees F on a long pull
i hate that annoying loud sound of venting to the atmosphere - any suggestions on a BOV? i dont like spending alot of money on a stupid little valve, i think theyre overpriced...
