Dell'orto

Game over

I'll consider it

Nah ignitor pack was still plugged in...will dig further into it tonight, and just hope that it isn't dead

Assuming it hasn't broken two seals on both rotors of course...who knows poorly this engine was assembled, yesterday was the first time since its been rebuilt that its actually driven properly! PPRE also said it was knocking when they had it on the dyno, it could have damaged it then. Yup factory cat, was just driving at the time. The way it just died didn't feel like an engine giving up either, I'm hoping once I take the UIM off I'll find the injector plugs have come undone or something

Thanks man, it is a nice looking car. Stock Series 7 rims have really grown on me, and these ones are so mint. Just a shame I haven't racked up 100k's driving in it yet

Yup still OMP. I'd given it a bit of a bootful just prior, but that pic there is the log from it. Maybe time for an LS2 swap?

Won't start at all...I'm not 100% sure that its blown, as its pretty rare to do both rotors. I did find when cranking it over if I kept my foot flat it would semi run at about 500rpm, but would die as soon as I took my foot off the gas. I did manage to get it running by adding more fuel at cranking, but it died as soon as the motor got any load. When I did get it running it was rough as all fuck and blowing smoke, and pretty sure it was blue smoke too.

However thats about where the good times ended. Took it for a drive, and it was going great, making all the right noises and generally being quite fun to drive. Then I went and got some gas (only 95 in this hick town) and headed out to lower hutt to get some 98. Gave it a bit of a boot on the motor to catch up to traffic, then about a minute after that the car stopped running Last log didn't look too bad, aside from possibly the timing So yeah, gonna see if I can compression test it tomorrow and go from there. If its blown the engine then I might sell the sedan and build a decent one for it. Or sell both of them and give up on cars altogether.

Well here is where we say WTF Mazda. For those who didn't believe me about them using the same plug, here is the fuel temp (gray) and the coolant temp plug (green) Not only that, but the IAT and a couple of other sensors also use the same type. Now I did some reading last night on wiring diagrams, and found the IAT and coolant temp sensor have nearly identical wiring...both have a brown with a black trace, the IAT has a green wire and the ECT has green with a white trace. I pulled the upper intake manifold off and checked - they had the correct wires. Bugger! However when I went to pull the ECT plug off the sensor I noticed it was a new plug - the original was pretty broken, so PPRE must have replaced it. I pulled the insulation tape off and voila - the wires were not br/b + g/y after all! Looked at the fuel sensor and there we go. Swapped the two over (easily reached, especially with the extra lenght on the new ECT plug) and reassembled it. Fired it up and finally it idles right! Once the coolant temp reached 80 degrees (which it finally could!) the idle dropped to 950rpm So. Much. Win

Nah, he wasn't accurate enough in his answer, we'll let it slide

Looks like it!

So earlier this week, by chance I was scanning TradeMe for Apexi stuff (just to see what was out there) and came across a Series 7 specific Power FC for $650! I got in touch with the seller, and as I was heading to Auckland for the Tool concert took the opportunity to take a slight detour to Tauranga on the way home to collect it. Plugged it in today after working out the terribly complex install (I had to undo 3 bolts!) and turned the key. Straight away, I noticed the idle was substantially better - it used to be quite choppy, and always smelt insanely rich (Even though PPRE said it wasn't) but now was quite steady and smelt much more normal. I let it warm up, and took it for a drive. Two things stuck out though, the idle was still sitting at 1500rpm, and the water temp read out took forever to rise. Took it for a drive around our suburb, and its night and day! The car now revs cleanly, and at around 3000rpm has a solid punch.I forgot how tall geared FD's are, I was easily able to exceed the open road limit in 3rd...not good in my suburb! However it would still misfire when it made .6kg/mm above 4000rpm. Mentioned to Lith that the water temp was still really quite low for a 5k drive and about 10 minutes of idling, and he said it sounded more like air temperature. Eureka moment! Went back to the car, and selected air temp and coolant temp read outs, and I think we've found the problem...after sitting for 5 minutes both the air temp and coolant temps were sitting at 68 degrees. As soon as I started the car up, the coolant temp started dropping! A quick drive now found the car was pulling much better, but as I drove the coolant temp dropped and the car started to misfire again. Funnily enough, air temps stayed around the 50 degree mark Will see if I can swap the plugs over tomorrow, fingers crossed its just that simple!

Only one place you need to go

That sounds better than a 2M has any right to

You're lucky those Fins made it to you, I was very tempted to rax them when Shane wasn't looking Love your work though, looks awesome

There are heaps of books on TM (such as the ones posted earlier) on the subject, and they're bloody brilliant. I bought a bunch last year, and there is a ton of stuff in there that explains how/why things work the way they do.

Gonna put a noisy cam in it? I do <3 grumpy V8 idles

Yay paint! Now do a fuckin skid

Ah right, didn't realise they are 45 profile....I may have been taking the piss with 235/70s though

Christ what tyres would you run to fill those guuards, 235/70/14's or something??

Needs to be NA drillport stz with a Super Trapp. Do it

I'm always super envious when I read this thread. So much want for SA22. Also the more I look the more I like the wheels on it, they do suit it well.

Brass frost plugs? Engrave some sweet gangsigns in them and tap them in place

Thought it might have been...7500 would still be a good effort!

Do you know what sort of revs he pulls?