Spooling help

[Shimy87]

It appears I have a 2600- 2700 convertor. I think once I get the first gear fuel and timing tuned it will be okay. Suprisingly its REALLY rich with base settings and that is killing my spool. I will report back tommorrow, changing starter and tuning some more then.

[Steve Wood]

set the chip as per the method on my page that I gave you before

[Shimy87]

Tuning is going well. Starter went in easy but still very sluggish. Cleaned connections at starter when installed. Next step is to find other end of wires and clean those connections. Any advise or direction here would be greatly appreciated. Damn near stranded me while tuning as you need to shut off to adjust chip. And I am in middle of nowhere to tune....no traffic or police.

[Steve Wood]

check the cleanliness of the starter cable at both ends.  Then check the voltage on the battery while it is cranking....so unds possibly like a weak cell in the battery but that's why god created volt meters.

Be sure the ground cable is firmly attached to the turbo support bracket and is not loose...will not hurt to clean that connection as well.  I have seen a number of people that drove around with that connection unattached and the only ground on the car was the small wire going to the inner fender.

[larrym]

Battery?


Mobile larrym

[Scoobum]

As wire gets older it builds up resistance and also gets brittle. Replacing the cables from 1987 is never a bad idea.

[Shimy87]

Again Mr. Wood, your right on the money! When I changed the turbo I didnt see that ground cable was attached there. Put it all back and didnt reconnect it im sure that was causing me the trouble with the alky system to, as the fix for that was to put a direct ground to the Map.  Thanks again Steve 

[Steve Wood]

LOL

so did you put it on and does it crank better now?

Don't feel bad, I have seen them left off quite a few times...

[Steve Wood]

Do I need to come up there and kick you in the head to find out if that fixed the starter?

[Shimy87]

Ouch!! Dont know yet. Reattached it abour 10 the other night but havent run the car since.  Ill post up results but I'm gussing That will have solved my problem

[Shimy87]

finally drove it agan this morning....sta rter works awesome.....sp ins twice as fast as old one. On the spool also, after some tuning its is good, and I still havent fine tuned, starter issue, but i think it will suit my needs. Much stronger car now, lose traction a bit when it hits second, never happend with stock turbo. O2's top of thrid at 792 so there is a bit left there, and more down low 

[Steve Wood]

Ain't science amazing!?

[Steve Wood]

how does it run from a roll?  I would think it would get up and get it?

[Shimy87]

Very strong! September 27 is the next time I can get it to a track. Cant wait to see what it runs. If a few things come together I might be able to get some Nitto's on it by then.

[Steve Wood]

with those tires, you don't have a chance, I don't think...  On the other hand, it may be too weak on the bottom end to blow them away on a sticky track and it might not be too bad...altho they might go up in smoke about 25 mph...I guess you won't know til you try them.  If you have Nittos, it may come out slow until the boost gets up...again, I guess you have to try it to know for sure.

You may get an indication by how bad, if at all, they spin on the street