Jeffs_Emporium

I have been plagued by a fuel issue for the past month since reassembly. The fuel pump was making a horrible noise that got progressively louder and the car would only fire up for 1 or 2 seconds then splutter out. I replaced the fuel pump, same problem. 

Painfully purchased a Tomei fpr and Guage and all sorts of fittings to allow me to fit the gauge in place of the cold start injector hose while retaining the factory fuel reg for now to fully identify what the issue is 

Putting the gauge on and priming pump the fuel pressure took about 30 seconds to hit 38psi and then cranking it drops down to zero. 

Next I took the high pressure hose off the pump and into a Jerry can, key ON and it hoons out like everything is fine. 

Reconnect that and try the return hose off factory regulator, about a teaspoon after 30 seconds. 

Reconnect that and try the high pressure hose going into damper on other end of fuel rail, hoons out everywhere. 

Have a look at the damper in my hand and it has a copper washer jammed in the wrong side blocking the feed from the banjo. 

So about $500 later and many afternoons wondering what the fuck is going on and calling my dad and other mates for ideas I've finally found the issue and can get on with enjoying the last 3 weeks of my current warrant of fitness  

Have spent the morning stripping the hatch with tergostrip to see if there's anything else hiding before sending off to panelbeater. 3 spots of rust where the window rubber holds water in and just the shit load of dents on the bottom 3rd. All the rest looks alright.

Will ask for wiper and squirter delete while it's being worked on. 

Injectors are back in with new o-rings from MSEL and primed up without leaking. 

Sprayed the glovebox panel with vht wrinkle this afternoon. 

I need to find some space for all the wiring, each of the plug ins have like 1m excess loom attached....

@Barnz.NZ put me onto a single 14" ssr tomcat listed on Yahoo Auctions Japan which I managed to win this morning. Will be using it with the other I have to make a pair for the mark II with hopes of finding two more eventually 

My favourite part is the integrated bracket held by the air fuel ratio gauge 

I can't wait to light up this Christmas tree 

Stan's custom creations finished up my wangan spec glovebox install. Just need to throw some wrinkle black across it or some leopard velvet. 

Glad I grabbed spares of the injectors as two were seized completely. Recieved the lot back with 6 tested and new caps fitted. I cut the offset keyway off with a craft knife put them in the fuel rail and decided to prime the fuel system to make sure there were no leaks. After about 20 seconds it starts pissing out two injector seals. When I installed them they didn't feel as tight as usual in the rail. Took them back out and the rb20det injectors are 7.14mm where the o-ring sits and the 1gge are 7.84mm in the same place so my 1gge injector seals I have from new gasket kit aren't suitable.

Decided to have a browse under the cam covers while I'm here to check for wear and it still looks as clean as when I assembled it almost 2 years later. 

Also using this time to improve some of the hoses and vacuum lines and fit the old vacuum tank for the heater (heater goes cold when on boost currently)

Have been looking into changing to a 1ggt/ze spark plug R5671A-7 .7mm gap from the current BCPR5EIX-11 with 1.1mm gap 

I also finally found an article on installing the hks supercharger kit which is in the 1987 hks power catalogue

I was always confused about how they offered an intercooler version since the charger is mounted directly on intake manifold. This manual shows that version has two pipes coming off the intake manifold which will go to intercooler, who knows how the air would actually circulate through intercooler??

In the attempts to try get this running better I've tracked down some 270cc rb20det injectors. 

These have the same high impedance as my gen 2 1ggeu 185cc injectors and will be getting sent away today to get serviced and flow tested prior to installation.

The only thing that isn't plug and play is the offset location of the top keyway doesn't match the centred toyota plugs. I'll be filing them off 

The idea is that I'll be able to do fine tuning with the graphic control computer. 

Also looking to decrease the supercharger pulley size eventually an have been told that rb26dett and gtir sr20det injectors are the high impedance same design and 440cc so there's room for further improvement. 

I've also tracked down this hks electronic governor control that can advance/retard spark based on rpm and map sensor which I'm looking forward to playing around with.

As you might tell I've developed a bit of an obsession with this hks gear over the past year. So much so that I've decided to start a small online business via Instagram @jeffsemporium sharing what I've learnt from countless old forums and magazine articles and reconnecting these parts with the correct vehicles since 90% are advertised incorrectly. I'll also be selling other japanese old tech from the 80s, magazines and the odd fashion accessory