IT RUNS!!!!!! i got it to fire up, it wouldnt idle, but it did start and rev. **** YEA!!!!!!!!

 

Awesome! Glad you got it to fire. Now the real fun begins lol.

 

Happy for ya, the first time mine fired and idled right was only eclipsed by the birth of my kids lol.

 

well, got coolant in it and started it up again, seems like its only running on one rotor. im going to check all the megasquirt settings, something is not quite right. is that whats going on for you too sean? or does yours fire on both rotors for sure?

 

Mine is firing on both. Once it's past the horrors that is my startup/warmup procedure it actually runs fairly smooth (sort of) smooth enough that I can tell both are working.

Now, when it goes to stall and starts bucking I have no way to confirm if both rotors are going, but I would assume they are. What makes you think just 1 is working on yours?

I've talked to several people and all agree that my timing is too advanced for idle. Not really sure why Aaron has his settings like that, maybe MS3 uses them differently or something?? Who knows, but they all agree that it should be only a few degrees in the lower bins. I'm hoping to get some time tonight to try that out, and also dial back some fuel since it seems to be half flooding if I can't it to start up within the first try or two...

Probably worth my while to re-check my CAS to make sure it's set correctly. I'm confident that once the car can start and idle without drama the rest of the tuning process will be smoother, but holy **** this is complicated/frustrating....

 

God damn it runs GREAT!!!! update today. she colds starts effortlessly and idle's really smooth. im keeping the idle at 1500 til it breaks in all the way so i haven't messed with idle tuning too much. just have to finish my exhaust, make an intake and hook up my omp and ill drive this thing outta the shop and home.

 

<---Jealous lol

 

Awesome!

 

Its great to hear that your beast is screamingly alive now man. I can't wait till I can come see it. Still planning mine out as we speak. Congrats man

 

so lots of good news and some bad news. the car starts up and runs pretty good, drives decently (needs more tuning) and overall works. but now all at once im having a problem with my ecu deciding to shut off while the engine is running. so for now thats where im at. the cars at my house now and it wont run for more than 2 min.

 

Well all is good in this hood

found out i had a loose bolt on my ecu grounds, so thats why it restarted and was having problems. i have 50 miles on it now and it seems to want to run really well. just doing some tuning on the ve table for now as i put some miles on it. coolant temps are staying real cool with the vmount.

 

Nice!

 

That rotor clean up looks great!

 

thanks man!

Thanks for the good words.

little update, started daily driving the car. i have to remove my omp and block it off for now because its pouring 2 stoke out of the seals. so ill order a rebuild kit today for it. also have to fix a little coolant leak i have on one of my v-mount hoses (its kinda ghetto so its expected). only other thing i really need to do is re-ground my wideband to the same place as the MS so they both read the same. then just lots and lots of tuning.

 

got any vids of the engine reving?

 

i will tomorrow, i was going to take some video today but instead i decided to accidently **** up a fuel injector oring causing a massive fuel leak, guess i need to deburr my fuel rail a little more. car is staying at the shop again tonight :C

 

Wow. Great build! I love the level of detail and dedication that your thread displays. You have inspired me to get some work done!!!

 

Thank you. your car is very nice.

so another lame update.

after having a coolant hose fall off on the freeway i decided to do things a little better. i got new coolant hose and fixed her up. drove fine for 20 miles. drove it to work this morning and everything was great. went to get lunch, return and notice alot of coolant leaking. i tore it all apart and found that i had cracked my waterpump housing. **** sucks. oh well, getting another tomorrow hopefully so should be on the road by tomorrow night. seems like every time i fix it something else happens. wtf....

plus side, i have almost 100 miles on the engine and it seems to run really strong.

 

wow this post was awsome i ran acrost it today. Im planning on doing alot of work on my sa. I need to do all the wiring so that part help alot great post man thanks again for all the pics.

 

Cracked water pump? How does that happen? I'm getting really go at taking off UIM and all attached stuff off my sons 86. Trying to resolve a leaking FDP. All the old spare ones have leaked and now the banjo trick is not working either. can't get it to seal, copper washers on aluminum don't seem to work that well.

 

it was a cracked water pump housing. where i have drilled and tapped the 3/8" NPT there was a pretty thin wall, i had a leak at the sensor so i tried tightening it more and the hole cracked out.

Got a new water pump housing, fixed up the cooling system. I have no leaks so far 50ish miles. I drove the car to work for the first time today it drove quite well and seems to drive pretty nice. I bought a Vibrant Performance muffler 3" straight through, it quieted the car down alot and i have a 3" vibrant resonator on the way too. I will take pics of the exhaust tomorrow. I have 120 miles on the car and climbing daily now. All i have left to do is plumb a heater core coolant return, hook up boost gauge, and tune alot more.

 

you started with Aaron's base tune or one that came from MS?

 

Yeah i used all the info on aarons site to make my msq. i had to change a few things for the ms3x stuff but other than that most of the info works fine.

 

well 250+ miles now, still running great! i bought the registered version of tunerstudio for the megasquirt. the autotune feature is amazing, saves me sooo much time and hassle, i recommend it to anyone. i will get a vid of it driving soon, its just too wet to have any traction right now

 

Does MS3 autotune based on AFRs? (like a Haltech PS1000)

How bout some finished pictures man!