Steve W.

Hi guys, I'm back. I was able to return the Micro squirt, so now I'm thinking I will look at the Enduring Solutions route that G.D. mentioned. Anyone offer advise? Pointers? I'd sure love to get my ol GL back on the road. Thanks folks. Steve.

Well, I did the five bolt conversion some years ago, and I'm running Nissan calipers in the rear that do allow a parking brake. The Legy SS turbo donor car I used for my 2.2 swap, had a new set of drilled and slotted alloy rotors and nice calipers. I have the front installed but would like to swap the rears. I've got a template one of the guys made up a few years ago, that with a machined hub spacer allows the Legy stuff to bolt rite up. That's why I was trying to find my old posts. Sticks in my mind it was Shawn W and Numchucks that had a thread goin. I think it can be done with just the centering hub spacer and redrilling a couple of holes in the backing plate. Wish I could dig the old thread up. Thanks. S..

Hi folks. I've been away for a while, not sure what went on recently. Seems there's some changes. I haven't been able to find any of my old posts. One I was looking for in particular, was from maybe 2 and a half years ago. We had been working on an adptr. to install early Legy rear brakes on a GL with five lug conversion. Sticks in my mind maybe Shawn W was part of the project. I've searched some but haven't been able to find any mention of it. Thanks all. Steve.

Hi Guys. Ido, this is a fresh engine, compression great, don't think it was any mechanical issue. Not sure yet about M S support, I'm just fishin at this point. I haven't even broken the Microsquirt out of the packaging yet. Hopefully they'll take it back if I go another route. M S is set up to use G M sensors, and I got them with the unit. IAC, MAP, CTS. I'm running an Innovative MTX-L wide band, down stream from the turbo. I might need to pick your brain a little GD. Thanks guys. S..

Hi Bennie. It ran strong with the original harness and ECU, but the AFRs seemed to be backwards. Josh worked with me for months, I replaced the ECU, MAF,TPS, most everything there. Tested all the routing and connections, all the sensors showed proper values. After switching to the NA set up, it would fire up instantly, rev and idle smoothly, and die. Good fuel pres., spark, great vac. 45 seconds or so and it shut off, cycle the pump and away it would go. Well, that's when we bought this new property and that project went on hold. I gotta tell ya, I've lost my enchantment with the stock system. GDs Enduring Solutions looks like it might hold promise. Thanks Bennie. Steve.

Gloyal,I started with a 93 Legy SS turbo donor car. Had the GL up and running, but couldn't get the AFRs dialed in. Wanted to run rich on decel, and lean under boost. Ivan insisted that he'd had nothing but trouble with the turbo harness and ECU, and I'd be ahead running a N A set up and adding boost controls back. Tore it all out and went with a N A set up. Never got it to run right with this configuration either. I've seen some success stories at M.S.forum. Some have had good results with running crank sensor only, say cam sensor confuses the squirt. Also, some have been changing the 6/7 wheel to the later (36-6-6-6?) wheel. I can add a knock sensor module. Still not sure which way to go. Tried to bring up my old build thread, but failed. Thanks guys. S..

Hey GD. I took a look at the ESL, promising. Is this what your running? Not sure I'm electronics savey enough to do the board install, but I see they offer the service. About the same money as the M.S. I think. So, I could send them my ECU, get it back and plug it in? Still have to tune. Thanks. S..

Hi folks. I did a 2.2 swap on my 88 GL 10T a few years ago, and even with help from you guys and in particular, Josh, I never did get it running right. It's been sittin in the way in my shop since. Recently I ought a Microsquirt V.3 and supporting sensors, and I'm about ready to pull the trigger on the install. I've been searching forums at M.S., Legy Cntrl., and here, and so far haven't found a thread that runs to fruition. Can anybody aim me in the right direction? Thanks much. Steve.

Well folks, I've started replacing parts one at a time. Tried installing the Maf. from the turbo system, no change. I'm gonna' try the temp sensor as Miles suggested. Not sure what to try next. S.

Hi. guys. Just back from the weekend in Colorado seeing family and friends. Rite back to work. Miles, this is the temp. sens. I drove it in with a few weeks ago. It was runnin' smoothly then, but for the fuel enrichment issues. I'd sure replace it if you think that mite be the problem. -- These pumps ground thru the pump relay, No? It shows good pressure, 35lbs. well after it dies, and I pulled a line last week, good flow. I haven't tried introducing fuel thru the throt. plate, but I'd be really surprised if it wouldn't keep running. Gota' be something I'm overlooking.

Yea, I thot that was the case, and plugged everything before starting it. Used some 1/2" copper fittings and pipe to tie the turbo IAC tube down under to the N.A. fitting on that plenum. As mentioned, it idles longer, and still quite smoothly, then dies. Sure sounds like fuel starvation. I'll mess with it again tomorrow. Thanks.

Sorry, phrased that wrong. I don't have an N.A. hose and fittings to go from the IAC to the intake plenum. But I brewed one up and, it helped, it now runs a few seconds longer. Almost idles, then dies. Really acts like fuel shut off. I checked and great flow, and plenty of pressure. Oh, and I don't have N.A. parts to hook up the crank case vent to the plenum either, but that's caped off. --Onward. S.

Hey Bud. I was hopin' you'd chime in. So, did not know that, could it be something that simple? I hadn't cause I don't have the N.A. crank vent tube or stand pipe from the case to the intake, just turbo. I can sure run a soft line to tie em in. As a mater a fact, here I go, thanks. Steve.

You may be right. I was under the impression it just thermostatically controls the amount of incoming idle air.

That's the one Crazyeights, it had me so frustrated that I just left it in my way in my shop for about 10 months. Plus, I had to go back to makin' a living. Thanks. Subruise, I have it wired up, I just haven't hooked it to the intake plenum. I think it only needs fresh air to run. No? Thanks guys. S

Go XT6, much easier and you'd still have you'r driving brakes up front, and disks in the rear. Much better wheel selection two. I love mine. S.

Hi. All. Well I'm back, workin on my 88 GL10T. Had a thread going about it a while back.(Fuel cut at 3 to 5 lbs. boost) On Ivans advise, I pulled out the turbo wiring harness, and I've replaced it with a N.A. harness.and have it all set up N.A. for the short term. Everything's hooked up now, when I fire it up, it runs smoothly for a few seconds and dies. Haven't hooked up the IAC hose yet, but all the intake holes are closed up. Good fuel pressure. Not sure what to look for next. Josh, Legacy777 has been working with me, but I don't want to wear him out, he's been so helpful. Anyway, I'm sure some of you knowledgeable folks will have a verity of ideas. Thanks much. Steve.

Hi. folks. It's been a while since I've spent any time here. Been havin' to work for a livin', so my poor little car's been setting in my shop,in my way. The conversion's from a 93 Legy SS turbo. I rebuilt the engine, ported & polished the heads, custom exh. etc. The harness was from the same car. The GL ran strong but had eng. management problems. Under load it ran dangerously lean and at deceleration fully rich. (for more history search "fuel cut @ 3 to 5 lbs. boost") Anyway Josh (Legacy777)and Ivan advised a new harness and ECU,and here I am. I have a much better understanding of the system as I begin this time, but still hoping for advise from some of you knowlegable gear heads. Back soon. Thanks, Steve.

Thanks presslab, I've been shopping around, Summit has some pretty affordable. S.

Any info. on what years and models of cars would I look for to fit my GL? S.

I have to say, I'm proud of you for investing all that effort and $. I thot I had a lot of time in my old GL, but your puttin' me to shame. I haven't seen any negative feed back lately. Sure lookin' good. Steve.

Hi. Folks. Say, I'm workin' on my 88 GL 10T wagon, I did the five lug swap several years ago. I'm runnin' late model Legy twin pot calipers and rotors in the front, and have most every thing gathered to switch to Legacy in the rear. I figured this would be a good time to change to braided lines. Does anyone know of an affordable source for these lines? Don't have much cash to throw at it, but seems foolish not to, with all the other mods. Thanks much, Steve.

Say Ivan. If I was to switch over to an N.A. harness, I should be able to change it out from the engine harness connecters, (on the body side) and not have to mess with the eng. harness at all, no? The eng. side sensors should be the same N.A. or Turbo rite? What do you think Josh? I've got to do something, got a couple of bathroom remodels to do in Santa Fe soon, and don't want to drive that thirsty rump roast truck. Thanks, S.

Cool idea, gonna make the drive train longer? Maybe not to mush w/o a clutch. Keep thinkin. S.

Has anyone ever noticed that the TPS wiring reverses color at the Engine loom connector? On mine anyway, Blk. and Wht. switch locations at that plug, Red stays in the middle. Other than shortening the loom I didn't change anything from when I pulled it out of the car. Just sayin' S.