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Installed turbo, now car wont start, Help!!


teglsturbo
12-07-2003, 03:25 AM
My turbo setup is a T3/t4 turbo set at 8 psi. What I have for fuel management are 450cc injectors with 10 watt 10 ohm resistors, 255 walbro fuel pump, and a safc2. Just finished installing it last night and the car wouldnt start. I can hear the fuel pump starting up in the on position, and I'm pretty sure the battery is fine since the lights are working. Checked the connection on the safc2 and it is all connected fine. The car cranks but it doesn't start. How can I check if its getting spark, and how can I check if its getting fuel? What else could be the problem? any comments would be helpful, thanks.

civic15.8
12-07-2003, 01:01 PM
well here is one way you can check if it is getting fuel take the injectors out of the intake and try to crank it if they squirt then you are

93_Civic_b18C
12-11-2003, 12:55 AM
My turbo setup is a T3/t4 turbo set at 8 psi. What I have for fuel management are 450cc injectors with 10 watt 10 ohm resistors, 255 walbro fuel pump, and a safc2. Just finished installing it last night and the car wouldnt start. I can hear the fuel pump starting up in the on position, and I'm pretty sure the battery is fine since the lights are working. Checked the connection on the safc2 and it is all connected fine. The car cranks but it doesn't start. How can I check if its getting spark, and how can I check if its getting fuel? What else could be the problem? any comments would be helpful, thanks.

Well if ur head lights turn on doesnt mean your getting the full campacitie from your battey to give enough for the engine to crank. But anyways make sure that ur injectors are installed properly and check ur full ignition system coil, wires, plugs. good luck.

spooleffect
01-04-2004, 01:28 AM
You need to tune the afc. Your ecu is still expecting stock injectors so it is giving you a pulse width for a small injector. With a stock pusle width your shooting 3 times more fuel in. Thats why you are not starting.

silky4u
01-04-2004, 01:31 AM
You need to tune the afc. Your ecu is still expecting stock injectors so it is giving you a pulse width for a small injector. With a stock pusle width your shooting 3 times more fuel in. Thats why you are not starting.
If your are getting the spark and fuel then that's your problem, or you need a 2 inch head gasket. :evillol:

teglsturbo
01-04-2004, 02:34 AM
I found the problem a long time ago sorry for not posting it earlier. The fuel pump I recieved was the wrong one and it had the filter facing up in the tank instead of down. It wasn't getting any fuel because I only had a little less than a 1/4 tank of gas. Another problem was that one of the injectors was not getting contact with the resistor. So one of the cylinders was not recieving fuel even after I fixed the pump. Everything is working great now. Thanks for the replies

Teggy Pwnage
01-06-2004, 10:31 PM
Im planing on the same setup as you are, have you dynoed or do you know your hp/whp? How long did it take for you to install the turbo and everything + tuning? and did you have a shop do your tuning or did you?

teglsturbo
01-09-2004, 11:59 PM
Im planing on the same setup as you are, have you dynoed or do you know your hp/whp? How long did it take for you to install the turbo and everything + tuning? and did you have a shop do your tuning or did you?

I haven't dyno tuned it yet, so I really don't drive around that much. I'm expecting no less than 215whp once its dyno tuned. The whole process took me a couple weeks, but thats just because I had no idea what I was doing at first. If you really know your stuff it shouldn't take more than ~18 work hours. Since your planning on the same setup, I would definitely recommend it. The turbo pulls hard, the safc setup works great, and 8psi is real fun =).

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