$15 mod that saved my FDs a$$
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$15 mod that saved my FDs a$$
1st of all I actually SEARCHED to save us all from the headaches.
My FD had a pain in her *** for a while now. I had the all famous "3000rpm hesitation" going on. It occured mostly while cruising on the freeway @ around 60-80mph while barely touching the gas. The car would jerk back and forth until I punched it then all was ok. My other problem was the boost spiking from 6000rpm to redline... like 15-16psi. The car sounded like it was backfiring so I just let go of the gas 'cause I don't wanna be going in for ANOTHER engine. I don't have too many mods so I like to keep it around 11psi.
I just got a new engine dropped in a few months ago and it only has like 4k miles on it. When I got the engine I also had the usual fixings: plugs, oil, oil filter, radiator flushed, injectors flushed, tranny fluid, etc. Once the symptoms started I figured it was maybe my spark plug wires or coils because it hesitated like a bitch and I have like 25k miles on my Nology wires. So I double checked w/ my mechanic and he mentioned one of the Mazda newsletters. I looked through the books and sure enough it was a problem (found in like the 97 book having to do with all the FDs) with grounding the negative battery cable. Symptoms were exactly like I described.
Now I was on to something... I went down the street to the local RICE shop looking for the hyperground system which was like $125... I was like F**k that! I made a quick call to my good buddy rotor-rooter for a 2nd opinion...
Within seconds I was outta there. I 1st went home and jumped on the forum and found some interesting threads.
Thanks to damian and James Paventi for their detailed pics and write-ups.
Then I went to Kragen and bought a 60" 4 gauge battery cable and a couple connectors for the grand total of $15. After some cutting, splicing, zip ties, and screwing... within an hour I WAS DONE!!!
pic 1: I ran a wire parallel to the negative battery wire but then grounded it near...
pic2: the power steering fluid
while I was there I re-did the back ground from the UIM to the body...
and the finished product from the top view...
I took my baby for a test spin around the neighborhood and from the second I stepped on it my baby was back!!! I tried to redline her and sure enough all the power was back with NO more breakup, no hesitation, and no boost spiking!!! I haven't got on the freeway yet but cruising around the hood I didn't feel any jerking so I guess she's all better.
I grounded what I thought would make the biggest difference and so far it's great... definately worth my $15
I'm glad there's such good things in this world like friends and the RX-7 Forum. Thanks everyone!
Mike
My FD had a pain in her *** for a while now. I had the all famous "3000rpm hesitation" going on. It occured mostly while cruising on the freeway @ around 60-80mph while barely touching the gas. The car would jerk back and forth until I punched it then all was ok. My other problem was the boost spiking from 6000rpm to redline... like 15-16psi. The car sounded like it was backfiring so I just let go of the gas 'cause I don't wanna be going in for ANOTHER engine. I don't have too many mods so I like to keep it around 11psi.
I just got a new engine dropped in a few months ago and it only has like 4k miles on it. When I got the engine I also had the usual fixings: plugs, oil, oil filter, radiator flushed, injectors flushed, tranny fluid, etc. Once the symptoms started I figured it was maybe my spark plug wires or coils because it hesitated like a bitch and I have like 25k miles on my Nology wires. So I double checked w/ my mechanic and he mentioned one of the Mazda newsletters. I looked through the books and sure enough it was a problem (found in like the 97 book having to do with all the FDs) with grounding the negative battery cable. Symptoms were exactly like I described.
Now I was on to something... I went down the street to the local RICE shop looking for the hyperground system which was like $125... I was like F**k that! I made a quick call to my good buddy rotor-rooter for a 2nd opinion...
Within seconds I was outta there. I 1st went home and jumped on the forum and found some interesting threads.
Thanks to damian and James Paventi for their detailed pics and write-ups.
Then I went to Kragen and bought a 60" 4 gauge battery cable and a couple connectors for the grand total of $15. After some cutting, splicing, zip ties, and screwing... within an hour I WAS DONE!!!
pic 1: I ran a wire parallel to the negative battery wire but then grounded it near...
pic2: the power steering fluid
while I was there I re-did the back ground from the UIM to the body...
and the finished product from the top view...
I took my baby for a test spin around the neighborhood and from the second I stepped on it my baby was back!!! I tried to redline her and sure enough all the power was back with NO more breakup, no hesitation, and no boost spiking!!! I haven't got on the freeway yet but cruising around the hood I didn't feel any jerking so I guess she's all better.
I grounded what I thought would make the biggest difference and so far it's great... definately worth my $15
I'm glad there's such good things in this world like friends and the RX-7 Forum. Thanks everyone!
Mike
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Re: $15 mod that saved my FDs a$$
Originally posted by Tanabe
Now I was on to something... I went down the street to the local RICE shop looking for the hyperground system which was like $125... I was like F**k that! I made a quick call to my good buddy rotor-rooter for a 2nd opinion...
Mike
Now I was on to something... I went down the street to the local RICE shop looking for the hyperground system which was like $125... I was like F**k that! I made a quick call to my good buddy rotor-rooter for a 2nd opinion...
Mike
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Congrats with the car! I guess there's nothing left to do but buy my hi-flow cat* I'll even give you a break on the price if ya rig up some grounds for me.
BTW, my second idea was to vent the stock BOV
*or polished uim
BTW, my second idea was to vent the stock BOV
*or polished uim
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yeah i actually bought them (gold plated) from kragen a while ago when my stock ones were falling apart (maybe a year ago) since then they're still as clean as when i bought 'em maybe 10 bucks each... i don't remember
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The grounding kit is one of the best things I ever did for the driveability of the car. You call it the 3000rpm hesitation though, and that still exists. The problem you got rid of was the light throttle bucking. My car was missing many of the factory grounds, so the problem was really bad, it made people think I didn't know how to drive, heh.
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Wow, this is exactly like the FC 3800 rpm hesitation caused by the same issue: poor grounding. Of couse we have six ports which will not open from time to time, and dirty secondary injector issues . . . and air flow meters!