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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 04:32 PM
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VA FD from hell?

Having problems with my FD it is completely built inside and out doesnt even have a mile on it its a single turbo race port on a power fc. OK the porblem with the car is that i cant even drive it down the road it goes to full rich on light throthle and wont go anywhere. ive changed everything from sensors, coils ,upper intake gaskets, fuel pump , fuel filter, harness, ecu,pic ups for timming, and even rebuilt a different engine an put it in with the same problems ive changed everything exept the car, NEED HELP.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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Get it tuned. You said you have a PFC.

There is a dedicated PFC forum to help you out.

https://www.rx7club.com/power-fc-forum-47/
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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are tps and map sensors set to specs?
single turbo pfc map?
info on injector setup.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:42 PM
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Has the PFC been setup or is it running the stock map? Do you have a 3 bar map?

So you swapped engines? Did you do a compression test on the previous?......

How much experience do you have with rotaries?
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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What size injectors are you running?
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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it was running 550 and 1200cc's and i installed the stock 550 and 850cc and it still does the same. I reset the computer and I downloaded a map and it still acts like that. Its not tunning I tried getting it tunned but they couldnt figure out the problem it was having.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 11:23 PM
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I have alot of experience with rotary's I have a first gen with a turbo II swap and a miata with a turbo II swap and have built tons of engines. The compression on the first one was perfect I changed it thinking there might be a problem with it that was the last thing i did, The only thing I have not changed is the body harness and the shell lol. Could the fuel pump get too much voltage and over pressurize the system.

PLZ dont say it needs to be tunned its been taken to 2 shops
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 12:38 AM
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Could easily be a dis/misconnected sensor. How does it idle?
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 05:30 AM
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When you setup the single wiring harness, did you check continuity with each pin? Did you ensure each joint had a ground? I saw that you said you switched harnesses, a possible sensor misconnected could be it as well. Easy to do it twice.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 05:35 AM
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If you absolutely can't figure it out, you may consider taking it to Peter Farrell's if your not too far. Last resort of course.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 10:31 AM
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If u have a pfc , please post a picture of the sensor setting from the commander, and post on pfc thread
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FC3S1991
If u have a pfc , please post a picture of the sensor setting from the commander, and post on pfc thread
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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ok ill get a pic the car idles fine
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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Have you tried going WOT yet? Don't do it if you haven't, but if you have, how did it run?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 01:46 PM
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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i did it just floods out, my friend said that FC's have a low pressure relay and high for the fuel pump i wonder if the fd has the same and its running the walboro at really high pressure im going to buy a fuel pressure gauge and get an aeromotive regulator
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:06 PM
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did you also change out the secondarys?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:17 PM
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What about the intake setup? Do you have an air filter? Is the airflow sensor good?
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 01:02 AM
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Theres a million things it could be. Be patient and go back threw everything and most importantly with a full set-up..........just go get it tuned
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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I think changing the FPR and getting the fuel gauge is a good start. You can also check all the sensors using the Power FC commander or datalogit if you have either.
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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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yes i changed out the secondarys and did a sensor check everything but the fule temp sensor was good it marks 4.8i disconected it still does the same
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 08:55 AM
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Tow it to a reputable rotary shop. It seems that you're in over your head. I would tell you to bring it up to me but you're quite a ways away. I have a couple good ideas. One simple one is replace those 550's as it seems one if not both are sticking. Don't rule it out unless you've swapped them with a known good set as it's more common than you would think. Next would be looking into the wiring. I'm very sure its one of the two as your symptoms are the same as I had with one of my customers car's last week...
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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I changed the 550s with ones I sent to injector rehab no chang and I changed the engine harness the problem isnt the injectors it idles and starts fine its just running full rich when you give it a little throthle
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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It could be a sensor issue. TPS maybe....mine was bad and I had to change it, so we know the thing does fail.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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Tps was changed and adjusted
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