My winter IX RS project cleanup
Jan 5, 2011, 06:42 PM
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Hey, thanks for the compliments everyone!
So, tonight, I spent the past 4 hours out in my 70 degree garage working away. I hooked the starter wire back up, tightened up the charge pipe, went and checked everything under the hood good, and then went on to the inside.
I got under the dash, and I am just test fitting everything now. I found a bunch of ground spots to hook up the harness grounds too, ran all of the connectors back to where they go, made new battery cables, fit everything in and then put the battery in. As you can see, it's very sloppy now, but I am not finishing up, I am just verifying that the car still starts, before I pull the dash and work on the next harness.
Here is a picture of how I have everything laid out for testing:
I double checked everything, primed the car, and tested for leaks. No fuel leaks, so I continued to start it up. The battery was ALMOST dead, but it did crank over, the dome lights and dash lights came on, and the car was about to fire. The battery is completely dead now though, and I don't have the jumper pack at the house right now. I need to run out to auto-zone and charge this up on my lunch break tomorrow, then it should fire right up after work. Let's hope!
But, it primes, cranks, lights work, no fires, no leaks. I think it's going to work
-mark
So, tonight, I spent the past 4 hours out in my 70 degree garage working away. I hooked the starter wire back up, tightened up the charge pipe, went and checked everything under the hood good, and then went on to the inside.
I got under the dash, and I am just test fitting everything now. I found a bunch of ground spots to hook up the harness grounds too, ran all of the connectors back to where they go, made new battery cables, fit everything in and then put the battery in. As you can see, it's very sloppy now, but I am not finishing up, I am just verifying that the car still starts, before I pull the dash and work on the next harness.
Here is a picture of how I have everything laid out for testing:
I double checked everything, primed the car, and tested for leaks. No fuel leaks, so I continued to start it up. The battery was ALMOST dead, but it did crank over, the dome lights and dash lights came on, and the car was about to fire. The battery is completely dead now though, and I don't have the jumper pack at the house right now. I need to run out to auto-zone and charge this up on my lunch break tomorrow, then it should fire right up after work. Let's hope!
But, it primes, cranks, lights work, no fires, no leaks. I think it's going to work
-mark
Jan 5, 2011, 07:12 PM
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Hah, you'd have to convince Kristin to let me do this for someone else. I may never see her again !!
Here is a quick video I just threw together, I wish it fired though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acNv467l6_I
Here is a quick video I just threw together, I wish it fired though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acNv467l6_I
Jan 6, 2011, 08:06 PM
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I am pretty confident it is the combination of the cold weather, the older E85 in the fuel cell, and the tune that are preventing the car from firing. I gave it a try again today, and it's the same thing, cranks, spits out fuel, but doesn't start. No use running the battery down, it wasn't starting.
I talked to Austin @ STM, and we are going to try some starter fluid tomorrow, after checking the spark, and see if that does the trick. I pulled the plugs to let them and the cylinders air out tonight.
If I have spark, and the starter fluid doesn't work, then it may be something like crank signal. If I am not getting spark, then I am kind of stumped, but again, I am 90% sure that it is just the combination of the fuel, tune, and the extremely cold temperature right now.
Wish me luck!
--mark
I talked to Austin @ STM, and we are going to try some starter fluid tomorrow, after checking the spark, and see if that does the trick. I pulled the plugs to let them and the cylinders air out tonight.
If I have spark, and the starter fluid doesn't work, then it may be something like crank signal. If I am not getting spark, then I am kind of stumped, but again, I am 90% sure that it is just the combination of the fuel, tune, and the extremely cold temperature right now.
Wish me luck!
--mark
Jan 6, 2011, 08:13 PM
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DAMN it didnt start! Did you ask Emery if he has your AEM setup for cold start and e85?
Honestly it didnt even sound like it was getting spark. did you forget to hook up the triangle crank angle sensor plug maybe? lol not likely i guess due to you just overhauled the entire harness.. but just trying to help you trouble shoot it.
Honestly it didnt even sound like it was getting spark. did you forget to hook up the triangle crank angle sensor plug maybe? lol not likely i guess due to you just overhauled the entire harness.. but just trying to help you trouble shoot it.
Jan 7, 2011, 06:02 PM
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man i hate working in the cold inside the garage, what kind of heater are you using for the garage?? i was using those torpedo heaters but they are too noise and annoying and smell lol
Jan 7, 2011, 06:04 PM
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I have a fully insulated garage with a 75,000 BTU, K1 kerosene powered salamander. It doesn't smell at all, but it is loud. I will take the noise along with the 70 degree weather when it's 18 degrees out though 
