ported motor, only atf will start it and runs patheticaly
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ported motor, only atf will start it and runs patheticaly
I got the ported motor in and heres the thing, it takes atf to start it, idles fine, but anything after it runs like ****. any suggestiosn or do you need more info?
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the street port and the rebuild were done by the guy i purchased the motor from. its a large street port. for some reason i can never get the timing DEAD TDC its always either too retarded or too advanced by 1 or 2 degrees. no matter how i stab the CAS i have to either go full retard or full advance on the cas adjustment.
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Originally posted by billzrx7
the street port and the rebuild were done by the guy i purchased the motor from. its a large street port. for some reason i can never get the timing DEAD TDC its always either too retarded or too advanced by 1 or 2 degrees. no matter how i stab the CAS i have to either go full retard or full advance on the cas adjustment.
the street port and the rebuild were done by the guy i purchased the motor from. its a large street port. for some reason i can never get the timing DEAD TDC its always either too retarded or too advanced by 1 or 2 degrees. no matter how i stab the CAS i have to either go full retard or full advance on the cas adjustment.
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first thing is setting the timing correcly. even if it is a "large" street port stock timing will start and run the motor very well. if the port on the housing is to high it will set the timing way off. a guy in our club did his own incorrect porting and could only get his started by pushing it. he later got another motor, we opened his and it confirmed our suspicions.
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Originally posted by billzrx7
im estimating 18-22. its got hurley 3mm seals so its a tad better off to begin with. i could be wrong but no idea.
im estimating 18-22. its got hurley 3mm seals so its a tad better off to begin with. i could be wrong but no idea.
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two quick questions. One have you had a compression check done on the engine? And two, how large is the porting i know if you get it to big, it wont idle for ****. Anyways, I havent messed with any street porting on my engine, I know it is the way to make hella power, but i couldn't get myself around to cracking open a 17lbs of vaccum pulling j-spec motor i got. I know I would just end up messing something up, or someone would mess up my engine. Bad things with my car seem to always happen.
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^^^ UPDATE ^^^
I finally got the car timed correctly but it still doesnt seem to run properly and I still have to start it with atf. this is after the car has probably ran a total of 30 minutes since the motor went in. it also seems to be running a little warmer than usual but no co2 leakeage into the coolant. any other help? to anyone that can help me with this ill send loads of free parts to.
I finally got the car timed correctly but it still doesnt seem to run properly and I still have to start it with atf. this is after the car has probably ran a total of 30 minutes since the motor went in. it also seems to be running a little warmer than usual but no co2 leakeage into the coolant. any other help? to anyone that can help me with this ill send loads of free parts to.
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I got my streetport done, put it in, and had a shitload of problems at first too. This is what I found:
-Make sure your engine ground is good.
-Replace your fuel filter.
-AFM. This was the cause of all my problems. After months of testing and fiddling around, I took it to Mazda, and $738 in labour later, it was running like a dream. The problem was the AFM. There seemed to be some sort of short in the harnas leading to the AFM, which was then sending mangled signals to the ECU. The car was either way rich that it would flood it's self and not start, or so lean that the headers would glow at idle.
First thing to do: because you have an S4, make sure your AFM is lying flat, in the stock location. If it's on it's side or tilted, it wont work properly. Then check it with the test in the FSM. If it is bad, it might be your problem. Good luck!
-Make sure your engine ground is good.
-Replace your fuel filter.
-AFM. This was the cause of all my problems. After months of testing and fiddling around, I took it to Mazda, and $738 in labour later, it was running like a dream. The problem was the AFM. There seemed to be some sort of short in the harnas leading to the AFM, which was then sending mangled signals to the ECU. The car was either way rich that it would flood it's self and not start, or so lean that the headers would glow at idle.
First thing to do: because you have an S4, make sure your AFM is lying flat, in the stock location. If it's on it's side or tilted, it wont work properly. Then check it with the test in the FSM. If it is bad, it might be your problem. Good luck!
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I know you probably dont want to hear this, but stand alone management will take care of that stuff usually. I have a ported motor in my t2 and i set the idle at 1100rpm and its just fine (my alternator kicks in at 1000rpm, so i bumped it to 1100 so i always have 14.7 volts no matter what). You can do SO MUCH MORE with stand alone than fighting with the stock computer. Just an idea....
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Originally posted by Nick86
First thing to do: because you have an S4, make sure your AFM is lying flat, in the stock location. If it's on it's side or tilted, it wont work properly.
First thing to do: because you have an S4, make sure your AFM is lying flat, in the stock location. If it's on it's side or tilted, it wont work properly.
still works fine
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