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[1982gl4]

Wiring is all done. I need to hook up my fuel pump, and program the MS, and she should be ready to run. I'm ordering wheel adaptors for the rear to get them spaced out to match the front. No word on my sway bars though calling them later today to find out where they are. I would post pics, but I have no internet at home, and wont for like another week. I'll update when I can...

[1982gl4]

Alright so i have internet back some updates!
All the wiring is DONEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I even hooked up my fogs

I got a wide band o2, with a controller
And put my better wheels back on, and got new lug nuts.

This week I will be getting wheel adapters for the rear that are both hub and wheel centric, and try to get it running i gues

[bigjimd]

It's been said before but WOW I like that vehicle! You guys are gonna force me to build a Soob of my own yet. I just wish they were a little bigger all the way around it's tough working on the daughters wagon as big as I am.

[1982gl4]

Thanks! I'll take complements any day And I agree these cars are small, but man do they put a smile on my face.

[1982gl4]

Some updates!
Wheel adaptors are on the way I ordered them this week.
My sways are in, but don't fit due to my exhaust. I'll fix it when I can get it to work after it's running I can either space the sway down, or move the exhaust. Not that big of a deal either way. I added a place for my temp sensor from the ea engine. I also finished up my fuel lines and it has a fuel pump now. I just need to wire it. after that fluids will be added, and I will then try to get it running. I just have to do some vacuum lines and then TUNE. I can't wait

The rear sway!



The front



My fuel pump/mounting bracket using Mercedes radiator mounts



and my radiator hose adaptor/ temp sensor

[1982gl4]

Okay so I have all the fluids in now, and after dealing with a massive fuel leak I think I have everything sorted out. Right now I'm trying to program my MS, and I have no idea what I'm doing. There's a lot to learn here. Hopefully I can get it running in the next few days!!!!

[Pooparu]

Where did you get the sway bars from?

[1982gl4]

They are from addco. It took them a while to get to my place (a few weeks) but the kits look very well built. I contacted an ebay seller ( I think it was never enough performance or something like that) that has the them, and got the pair for $250 shipped! The front is wicked heavy, and the rear, well it will have one now hahaha

[Pooparu]

Can you pm me the information? I'd love to through a set on my hatch.

[1982gl4]

Sure thing. I'll do it as soon as I can!

[1982gl4]

Alright so I got some parts in today. My wheel spacers came in but the idiot that measure them, made them a bit wider than the front, but I don't think it's going to be too big of a deal. It will also help when I lower the rear, and add some RA mud flaps

[1982gl4]

I'm so sick of this computer crap I've spent all day on it, and still nothing. For some reason I can't get a tach signal to my MS on it's stim. And when I tried on my car something's now wrong with the starting circuit and it won't turn over, on top of that some of my wiring's screwy so one of the relays is not getting power from or too where it should. I'm feeling rather frustrated at this point. I wish I had just cut down a stock harness it would be running by now at least

[TomRhere]

Walk away from it for a day or two. It honestly helps to do so.....

(would say go grab a beer or two, but you're not old enough)

Do like the look of the tire/wheel well alignment. Don't look like the tires are "hanging out". I hates that look........

[1982gl4]

Haha thanks, I walked away from it a bit, and think I have found the problem. for some reason my Ecu isn't getting a tach in signal. It's not that it doesn't have one it's that it's not reading it. SO I'm going to be contacting Matt at Diyautotunes (for like the millionth time, I feel like I'm nagging the poor guy) , and see what he thinks on the subject. Maybe I can get this figured out.... Turns out the starter issue was a pin that fell out of a connector on the steering column that was an easy fix. And for my wiring I had the two relay out puts mixed up. So those two problems are solved. Now I just have to figure out what the heck is up with the ECU.

[moosens]

Don't forget the alarm system. Half of VT will be following you home, and expect notes on the windshield when you come out of stores ,etc.

[1982gl4]

Last year was bad enough moosens, I had all of that before I did all this work, I can't imagine what it will be like now....

As for updates, I have none. I'm back in school now so progress is going to be slow. But that's not the biggest of my issues. My ecu is messed up, and I have no idea why. It can't get a cam or crank input. And the person I contact for this works monday-friday, guess when I'm at school.... So getting this figured out is going to take a long time....

[1982gl4]

Alright, I cracked back into this one tonight. I need to get this running for my own sanity. I brought home the snap-on modis (scan tool) from work to use its Oscilloscope function. I have so far determined that the cam and crank signals are getting to the ECU, but there's no signal to the ignitor, fuel pump, or pretty much anything else because of this. Therefor my issue is in the ECu. It's programing, or there is a problem in the way it was put together (me) I'll be e-mailing Matt at DIYAutotune so I can get this figured out. I need to drive this next summer.

[1982gl4]

For the first time in a long time I feel like I'm heading in a positive direction with this I'm getting spark when I test the MS outputs, which leads me to believe I misadjusted the VR trim ports on initial assembly. I still have a bunch to do, like get the tach signal reading, calibrate some sensors, figure out values of things like my CTS, and the flow of my injectors, I also need to figure out how to program my IAC and get that working like it should. But now that i know it has the ability of putting out spark I'm hopeful.

[1982gl4]

Spent the weekend trying to adjust the VR ports of my ecu, but got nothing I adjusted them all the way up and all the way down, and everywhere in between. There's still absolutely no output signals to my ignitor or anything else. I don't know my next move.