It's time to start a new thread for this car.
I've had it for almost a year. I'm graduating from college in a week, and starting a job that pays well enough to make this thing a project car.
Here it is the day I got it back home.
Some stage 0 work:
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While cutting out the cat, I damaged the turbo, and it was smoking like crazy. One of the nuts on it was hella stuck, then rounded off. I had to get creative.
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It was a tight place to weld, but it worked. I couldn't believe it.
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Less than a week later, I loaded it up and moved 800 miles from Illinois to North Carolina.
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Since then, its been a matter of keeping it moving forward on a microscopic college budget.
I don't have pictures, but since purchasing it, it has received:
It has two symptoms: (1) intermittent low power from about 2k-3k or so. (2) Intermittent cutting out with no perceivable pattern.
Also: CEL is on with a code for the fuel mixture rich/lean. Leanness seems the more likely possibility, especially given the color of the spark plugs, and the low fuel pressure-like hesitation.
My theories:
-The fuel hose diameter drops after the filter (its the original line), so that may reduce pressure. But I don't know why that wouldn't be continuous. Plus, I don't think its any smaller than the pickup pipe in the tank, and it also seems like the regulator should compensate.
-Fuel Injector problems, either wiring or cloggedness. I've soaked them in SeaFoam though, so I'm not sure. Noid confirms that they are getting signal, but its an intermittent issue, so who knows.
Here are the spark plugs.
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I got some good advice from a guy on FB, and I'll be checking my O2 sensor next.
Here is the list of things to be done:
[x] Stage 0
[ ] Driveability problem
[ ] Leaking water pump seal
[ ] Sloppy steering
[ ] Cut springs
[ ] Wheels/Tires
[ ] Boost Gauge
[ ] Wideband
[ ] MBC
[?] 15g?
[?] LSD
[?] T5 Manual swap
[!?] VQ35+6mt Swap
I've had it for almost a year. I'm graduating from college in a week, and starting a job that pays well enough to make this thing a project car.
Here it is the day I got it back home.
Some stage 0 work:
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148410416@N02/33959198788/in/dateposted-public/" title="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 027"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33959198788_972b977ff0_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 027"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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While cutting out the cat, I damaged the turbo, and it was smoking like crazy. One of the nuts on it was hella stuck, then rounded off. I had to get creative.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148410416@N02/47047020194/in/dateposted-public/" title="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 049"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47047020194_47532cebf5_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 049"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It was a tight place to weld, but it worked. I couldn't believe it.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148410416@N02/47047020464/in/dateposted-public/" title="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 047"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47047020464_9e0720e63c_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 047"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Less than a week later, I loaded it up and moved 800 miles from Illinois to North Carolina.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148410416@N02/47047019904/in/dateposted-public/" title="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 060"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47047019904_cd7f529a73_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="Go kart, Family, Volvo, Black Lion 060"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Since then, its been a matter of keeping it moving forward on a microscopic college budget.
I don't have pictures, but since purchasing it, it has received:
- Turbo
- Plugs and wires
- Fuel filter
- Single in-tank Walbro 255
- Distributor cap+rotor
- Used ECU
- Fuel sending unit
- Tires
- Fuel pressure regulator
It has two symptoms: (1) intermittent low power from about 2k-3k or so. (2) Intermittent cutting out with no perceivable pattern.
Also: CEL is on with a code for the fuel mixture rich/lean. Leanness seems the more likely possibility, especially given the color of the spark plugs, and the low fuel pressure-like hesitation.
My theories:
-The fuel hose diameter drops after the filter (its the original line), so that may reduce pressure. But I don't know why that wouldn't be continuous. Plus, I don't think its any smaller than the pickup pipe in the tank, and it also seems like the regulator should compensate.
-Fuel Injector problems, either wiring or cloggedness. I've soaked them in SeaFoam though, so I'm not sure. Noid confirms that they are getting signal, but its an intermittent issue, so who knows.
Here are the spark plugs.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148410416@N02/40869856783/in/dateposted-public/" title="DSC_0005"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40869856783_558f2c4fc8_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="DSC_0005"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I got some good advice from a guy on FB, and I'll be checking my O2 sensor next.
Here is the list of things to be done:
[x] Stage 0
[ ] Driveability problem
[ ] Leaking water pump seal
[ ] Sloppy steering
[ ] Cut springs
[ ] Wheels/Tires
[ ] Boost Gauge
[ ] Wideband
[ ] MBC
[?] 15g?
[?] LSD
[?] T5 Manual swap
[!?] VQ35+6mt Swap
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