new engine - wont start
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new engine - wont start
I have a new street ported engine that I just put in running a T61 with a haltech EMS, 550/1600cc injectors, jacobs ignition amp...
Got it all put back together yesterday and tried to turn it over - started turns it over just fine, but it wont start. I checked the spark at the front rotor and it has a VERY hot spark coming off of it from the Jacobs. I verified with a stethiscope type thing that the injectors are firing and fixed a fuel leak at the primary rail today that was causing no fuel pressure to reach the injectors. (RC engineering didnt put the upper o-rings on the injectors - they are rebuilt and flow tested)
THe fuel system now pressurizes via grounding the F/P connnection in the diagnostic box with no leaks up to 38 psi.
a few things I am unsure about though...
with the car turned to the "ON" position, shouldnt the fuel pump pressurize the system?? I thought so and since mine isnt, I grounded the F/P connection again and tried firing up the car that way - still nothing.
along those lines, if the fuel pump should be pressurizing the system and it isnt, could that mean that 12V is not reaching the Haltech? and would the engine still spark if the Haltech isnt telling it WHEN to spark??
there has to be some little gremlin somewhere....
sorry for the short novel - but PLEASE HELP if you can...
TIA,
Got it all put back together yesterday and tried to turn it over - started turns it over just fine, but it wont start. I checked the spark at the front rotor and it has a VERY hot spark coming off of it from the Jacobs. I verified with a stethiscope type thing that the injectors are firing and fixed a fuel leak at the primary rail today that was causing no fuel pressure to reach the injectors. (RC engineering didnt put the upper o-rings on the injectors - they are rebuilt and flow tested)
THe fuel system now pressurizes via grounding the F/P connnection in the diagnostic box with no leaks up to 38 psi.
a few things I am unsure about though...
with the car turned to the "ON" position, shouldnt the fuel pump pressurize the system?? I thought so and since mine isnt, I grounded the F/P connection again and tried firing up the car that way - still nothing.
along those lines, if the fuel pump should be pressurizing the system and it isnt, could that mean that 12V is not reaching the Haltech? and would the engine still spark if the Haltech isnt telling it WHEN to spark??
there has to be some little gremlin somewhere....
sorry for the short novel - but PLEASE HELP if you can...
TIA,
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