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Old 12-30-2009, 10:30 AM   #315
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Re: david-b's 95 Eagle Talon ESi-T Motor Build

I'm working on trying to get a video of this thing actually running, but each time something happens. And quite frankly, it's too damn cold to get anything done.

Last Sunday I believe, it was the oil feed line decided to get screwed up and spray oil all over the engine bay, causing it to smoke up the entire car, including the inside. Didn't have tools with me but made it home with it happening once more. This happened after cruising at ~3psi on a short piece of expressway for a little. Everything needs a good whipe down now.

The WG flange to the manifold is still leaking. After using gasket sealer and Liquid Weld, it still keeps blowing it out. Tonight, I'm taking the car to the garage and just welding it together. If the time comes when I need to seperate the 2, I'll just cut off the flange and weld on the pipe so then I can at least position it better. This exhaust leak has actually gotten so bad, it's screwing up my idle and AFRs, causing me not being able to tune properly.

When there are no exhaust leaks, the car runs great though. I had that idle problem before it was bouncy and fluctuating pretty badly, but I've since changed MegaSquirt to base the throttle off the MAP instead of the TPS, and have gotten much better results. She purrs nicely with that.

For cold starts, I'm using some settings from a neon with 750s. Before it was taking 10-20 cranks before she would start and idle properly... last night with a temp of 17*, took 2 tries and started right up

Last but not least, my PS and Alt locked up the other day, and hoping it's just that the belts are too tight. I'll be working on that today as well. It's only happened twice, but that's 2 times too many.

I've haven't hit anything about 5psi. Mostly because my tires won't hook up... ever. Ground has been wet from all the snow and rain. Plus my tires suck. Pretty badly apparently. I'm waiting for all the little problems to be worked out and then take it on the expressway and give it a little boost.

Oh, and my driver door lock no longer will work with my key. WTF!

I think that's about it. Got to get all the little things fixed by tomorrow since I'm driving all over the city for NYE.
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