Hopefully i can work on the car tomorrow, but we got a warning of a tropical storm coming in pray it misses us

 

Cranked my motor today!!!!
For some reason my starter wasnt getting power from my remote line, so we troubleshot it and instead jumper wired it from the ignition. It was cranking but not turning over. I wasnt getting fuel at first so turns out my fuel pump relat wasnt getting power. So we jumped that wire as well and then found my injectors werent getting power. So i am going to go through my whole wiring again and see whats the issue. As of right now it cranks, but isnt turning over

 

Just a little teaser
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/e85d739a.mp4

 

Been awhile since I've checked in here, everythings come along great!

 

awesome swap i'm currently working a 4g63 fd swap right now with r154 trans

 

Thanks guys,
Update!! Just realized i bought the wrong resistors for my injectors. Was trying to purchase 4.7 ohms but instead purchased 4.7K ohms. BIG difference. My fault for reading their website wrong. Going to work on getting the tranny on this week and routing everything correctly

 

Glad to see you are still making progress, slow though it may seem at times. Even though you are probably not an engineer, you are in fact making lots of little engineering decisions as you do a swap like this. You would not be the first engineer to put a decimal in the wrong place - at least the wings didn't fall off. You will get a lot of satisfaction when it is all done and sorted.

Your forum name, aznmagic, reminds me of a story I heard on the radio a few years ago. The guy was Asian, from Thailand or Indochina, and came to the U.S. to attend college after the Vietnam war. He was fascinated by the popular music of the time, and his favorite song was "Secret Agent Man", by Johnny Rivers, inspired by the popularity of James Bond. He learned the words just from listening to it on the radio, but never saw the lyrics written out. One day his friends took him to a Kareoke bar and insisted he get up and sing his favorite song. So he was up there singing, watching the words go by on the screen, when it came to the refrain "Secret Agent Man". He suddenly stopped, went back to his seat and his friends said "What's wrong?". He said "I always thought the song was about me. I thought he was saying Secret Asian Man."

 

It has definitely been a rollercoaster ride with this car, but i appreciate the compliments. Its funny what you mentioned because i actually want to be an engineer, just waiting for my enlistment to end so i can go to college. As for your secret asian man story, that was the most randomest thing i have ever heard haha. I know what you mean though, i grew up with people that told me about it.

Updates
I have the transmission and driveshaft in. I forgot to take pictures since i had worked pretty much 8 hours that day and was just ready to go home. So now i am currently working on plugging my speedo gear assembly so i can run a GPS speedometer sensor from Autometer. Still waiting on my resistors to come in, hopefully this week. Then just need to sweat all the small stuff like vaccuum lines an running the battery to the back. Almost there, all the big headaches are taken care of

 

Heres my list of things to get done today

-fix vaccuum lines (any insight would help)
-route throttle cable
-route battery to trunk
-install wideband
-install afc neo
-install resistor pack
-route wiring harness
-Put oil in transmission
-install shifter
-install boost guage/controller

A lot of minor stuff, but im sure the vaccuum lines are the source for my rough idle along with a bad tune

 

Well it looks like u have lots of things to do ..enjoy lol ..
once u finishe ur car i will star mine.....lol

 

Haha, thanks man, going to continue today, cant wait to see your ride

Heres yodays list

Solder cam sensor
Hacksaw brackets
Hood latch cable
Take out rx7 igniter*
Install intercooler
Fix passenger front tie rod
Saturday bleed brakes/clutch
Resurface rotors
Boost controller
Wastegate
Fix vacuum lines
Route battery to trunk
Install wideband
Bolt throttle bracket down

 

Got a lot of stuff done, not as much as i wanted though with this typhoon that was supposed to hit us

But now im running into some troubleshooting issues. It was starting before until my friend tried to figure out which coil wasnt firing. Then it stopped starting like it did. It seems like the coil packs arent firing because we put in starting fluid and even that wouldnt ignite. Going to replace all my capacitors this week an see if that was the issue

 

Turned out to be a plethora of issues

-blown capacitors- 3 of them
-fouled plugs
-found out 2 of my cylinders werent firing because of my coil connectors. I could only replace one of them cuz i only had 1 extra
-rewired a couple ignition wires, dont know if it was an issue but it just bothered me

Instead of the 15 second lag startup it would now startup right away. Now the rest of this week

-intercooler piping
-radiator bracket- weld to chassis
-bleed brake lines
-resurface rotors
-new tires

Then she should be good to drive

 

Wow! What a great build man!
I love 1jz motors my buddy had one with stock turbos and a W58 trans, in his Cressida. He turned the boost up a little and was running around 320 hp!
Those motors are real screamers.
Can't wait to see the car running.

~Tim

 

Thank you for the compliments, i cant wait either, i just want it to run first since it is my first swap hehe
Ill post videos when i can

 

Great news!!!

If all goes well this weekend then the RX7 will be on the road next week

 

AZ that's great ...pics talk way louder the words... let us see whats new pn ur baby (rx7) lol
Men glad to hear tha everything is coming like it suppose ..wanna see some running videos

 

Hehe ok, i want to get all the vacuum, electrical, and leaking gremlins out of the way. Right now its sounding rough and its cuz some of the cylinders arent firing. Gonna check my coilpacks come tuesday.

Was able to accomplish a lot today though

-turbo oil feed
-intercooler piping
-replaced clutch master cylinder
-brake tee/bled brakes
-gapped plugs to .028
-vacuum for BOV and wastegate

Here is how its running now. No midpipe cuz it still needs to be welded


http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k5/aznmagic_2006/?action=view¤t=e85d739a.mp4&evt=user_media_share

 

Ok so whats the status?
Any updates? ??

 

I almost forgot about this thread lol
Been on vacation in florida so the build was on hold. Build is still going to be on hold until i can get funds to get a standalone ecu. Im looking in getting a megasquirt 2.0
On the other hand i traded my rotary parts for a buddys cwest body kit
Too bad its fiberglass tho

 

THREAD REVIVE!!!!!

Been on vacation a bit so took some time away from this project. Took leave to work on it again. Completely redid the wiring harness and soldered instead of butt splices and checked everything i could on the motor. Now it runs with first crank and idles nice. But it won't rev past 2000-3000 RPMS which puts it in limp mode. I checked the CEL and it was giving me a code 21 which was for the Oxygen sensor. Not only that but it was running rich as crap. Stay tuned!!!!@$!$#!@#$!@#!!!!!!

 

Welcome back to the game (nightmare) jja jk

 

Hahaha thanks man.

I put in a new O2 Sensor but it was still acting up. So then i troubleshot the MAP sensor by starting the car and then unplugged the MAP sensor and voila. It went out of limp mode and revved just fine. So there goes another $300

 

There it goes another $300 Jajjajajajjaja and who knows whats next lol
hey b positive u almos done...

 

Thanks for the encouragement. I actually found a loophole for the MAP sensor. Since most MAP sensors if not all (including mine) input 5V and out put 0-5V then i am just getting a map sensor A LOT cheaper than Toyota. To me it was just a name brand you're buying. It was a big difference from Toyota $300 to Honda/Acura $30. I definitely like those prices