I ruptured one of the return lines on the top of the tank drilling a hole for a ground for a rear battery relocation.There is no fuel pressure at the rail and this is the only conclusion I can come to.I'm over the stupidity of this mistake. Just need to get it done.

So I can access the e brake cables inside the car and that would allow access to the straps to get the gas tank out so I don't have to mess with the sub frame? Is that what you're talking about?

Thanks man. All this shit to take out a gas tank.Yeah I looked in the VFAQ's, and it's like "remove subframe". Which tells me absolutely nothing.

I need someone's help with taking down the rear sub-frame on a 97 GSX in order to pull the gas tank.Everything I've found doesn't really have any step by step procedures. If anyone who's done this can help, I would really appreciate it.

I'm doing this right now. Looking at the rear section of the tank and all the mounting bolts are about the rear end.How the hell do I remove the tank without taking off the rear end? I just don't see it happening.

Well regardless of what operates the pump in respect to the key/on. I was turning on the pump with dsmlink, so there is no question the pump was operating. I had to take a break last night from the car. I'm gonna take the damn tank off tonight and take a look and see.

Yeah, my dumb ass drilled a hold right through a return line trying to drill a hole for a ground, right below the rear seats...yep on top of the gas tank, like an idiot.Now I have to drop the tank today in order to replace it. Hope it's not too much of a pain.My reasoning now is that the...

Yeah I'm having those issues too. However the pump is re wired and coming right off the battery. There shouldn't be an issue there but I'm not sure

Yeah that's what I thought, it's not reading jack. I pulled the line and put it in a gas tank to see the flow. It's pouring like an old man with prostate issues. If I have voltage drop problems, would that cause it? The pump not getting the proper voltage to run it at full power?

Would the APFR gauge produce/read stock psi (43psi) when the car is not running and fuel pump is on? (Switch on with DSMLink)I am assuming yes, but I need to ask this stupid question anyways. My knowledge base has perished some over the years of not touching the car.

So I was able to get a week of vacation from work and I took the car out of storage to see if I could finally fix this problem. Trying to read back over some things that were posted and really not having any luck.I just took some readings and did some troubleshooting that actually made sense...

Yeah man I just did all that, completely went through the entire harness from ECU to connections. Pulled everything out, check every wire, got rid of all the harness plugs that weren't being used...emissions stuff...stuff that wasn't even being used prior to this last build. The harness looks...

Well I have an update. I did get the car to run, but was still rough.My adapter was messed up, so after I sent it away to be repaired, I was able to link the car and load a base tune to work from. Got the car to idle and run for a while.There is still a grounding issue as mentioned...

ive never been able to before, interesting.but it wont matter anyway without loading a base tune. 1050's just won't get it done. my ECU was mapped by Thomas with 720's.there is some wiring issue with the car not allowing me to connect, until i get that correct it won't matter. thanks...

You know it's quite possible that it's from sitting the past couple of weeks connected without being started. This was a bran new battery just a couple of weeks ago....and I had the same problems regardless...anyway I'll juice it up just to rule it out.

Thanks for all your help and sorry I haven't been able to respond for a while. The car had to take a back seat to work.Couple of answers to address your questions:Yes, there is a huge battery drain when starting the car. The battery voltage is around 11.5v before starting, then drops off...

Update:Okay, so I went through everything again.Traced every wire in the part of the harness that I took out. No frayed wires, no exposed wires.I recovered and replaced all the wires, and re-routed them properly in the engine bay and pass compartment.I also completely took the...

Thanks for the information.....had an extremely long work week, so I will be getting on this in the morning. I will let you know how it turns out. Also, I'll give you a better picture of what the electrical system looks like.I put together a simple drawing to illustrate what is going on. (The...

Okay, well I was messing around with it for a few minutes....I don't think there is a problem with the starter or battery....but more of a short somewhere. I got another weird symptom that I'm going to have to check out.I have no idea why, but my throttle cable is getting extremely hot when...

Yeah I deleted that post because I just took that whole portion out of the equation.After I put the meter in series and disconnected about everything I could find...nothing happened so I wasn't sure if I was doing it correctly. I'm not even sure if I measured the resistance correctly. I...

Okay, using a test light.To make sure I'm clear on this, you put the test light in series. (Disconnect the battery cable, and put a test light on the post, and the other side on the cable.)When I do that, the light lights up pretty bright. So then I started disconnecting things to see if...

Okay, there is a drop at the battery as well...so I'll take a look at your tech article. The battery voltage on cranking is 10.3 volts.The voltage at the signal is 9.3 volts.

How and where would I get a voltage drop at the starter signal?I just changed that ground and now the motor is cranking a little, but still very slow.The meter is reading about 8.6 volts when I crank it.The starter signal wire in the harness goes to a relay under the dash. There are 2...

Man, I have all bran new stinger 2 gauge wires, bran new distribution blocks, bran new grounds, and I made sure I sanded all the paint off the frame and grounded the wires. The battery ground is on the frame....using the rear seat belt bolt....that ground goes to a distribution block, which...

For the ground, which starter bolt, or does it matter?

I think I found the problem from what you've just written, I highlighted the text.I did a battery relocation for this car, in the trunk so the negative terminal on the battery was grounded off the frame in the trunk. The ground that was on the transmission was not on a starter bolt, it...

From what I have been reading, would this be correct?It's seems that it would be physically impossible to bolt up a transfer case with a FWD flywheel. I mean, I had no issues with the transfer case. I mean since the AWD flywheel is smaller, you can mix that up with a FWD, but not the other...

If you had a FWD flywheel on there instead of an AWD flywheel, would the starter not engage the flywheel?In other words would I have the symptoms I'm having now? Starter winds, motor doesn't crank, bench test shows the starter popping out, but nothing cranks?The gears on the starter are...

Okay, so I bench tested, (or at least I think so). When I put power to the starter, the gear popped out but did not spin.When I changed out the starter with another bran new one, it still did the same thing. Once again, 9.8 volts was going to the starter.Test- Not sure if I did it...

I've never had any problems dealing with Mike or any of those guys 1 on 1. I highly doubt this is the case, but you never know. They gave me a great deal on the kit, slave and ring gear included. I have nothing but good things to say about all those guys.Silly question from me but what is the...

I would be pissed if SBR sold me a FWD flywheel, I didn't count the teeth. (This is for my GSX not GST).This is a new starter from Mitsu, I learned my lesson a long time ago buying manufactured crap from NAPA.I will test voltage drop at the starter. It just makes a weird humming noise, so...

Unbelievable, I can't even believe that I missed something this simple. Instead of having B+ go to both fuse points, I had them both bolted on to the 100A fuse!But now I have another issue, and I noticed this when I tried to jump the starter. I don't know if it is a power drain, or...

Okay, I have a problem that I just can't seem to figure out.A little background:I just put the whole car back together and now it has absolutely no power. Here is a list of what I did to the car.Motor/Trans/Clutch/ect....Battery Relocation, ECU harness clean-upI pulled the...

nevermind, problem found, missing freeze plug under #3. dont ask me how.

I am out of answers.just put the whole car back together, went to put water in it and it all just poured all over the ground on the front of the block behind the turbo, by the water pipe. pulled the wastegate off so I could feel back there as I poured water in. the water pipe is bone dry...

Man, that's funny, I didn't even look at this thread before I posted! My work online network blocks photos, so I thought this was some only some poll about how you like your own cars! lol"Rice-rice-baby, rice-rice-baby, dun, dun, dun, du-du, dun, dun" ;)

Super Rice baby!

Makes sense dude, but I've never gotten less than half between highway and and city mpg. When you get about 200 miles out of a tank something isn't right. I have 3 of these cars currently, and built or not built, I've never had this bad of a mpg problem.Nah man I tune my own cars, and...

That might sound like a good idea, but think about it really. It doesn't matter what turbo you have, or what setup you have period. Just because you have larger stuff only means you have the capability to run big.For example, my built GSX, stroker, 3065, 1600's, ect...I can get 41mpg highway...

Okay got the rest of everything I need.Finally all the drivetrain parts are here. The crank damper is here, along with all the fluids needed and gaskets. Time to get this thing done.

If you're not new to Diamond Star, then why the hell would you ask one of the dumbest questions you could possibly ask, then follow it up with even dumber responses?I recommend this thread to be moved to...

Little update and change to my parts list. As you mentioned those parts were very expensive, so I made sure I set my priorities straight. I made sure I got just what I needed for now.Driveshaft Shop 3.5" Driveshaft---yea!!!! Fluid Dampr Crank Dampr--- must have!!! New Samco Upper & Lower Rad...

This whole car is expensive, what's another 3K? I want a low 10 sec FP3065 timeslip...which is great in a 2G. We'll see!

Actually I said screw another single disc, got the PTT baby!

After a long time of being idle, and trying to get my health back on track, it's time again to get this project done!!I have just ordered the following parts to beef things up a bit and plan on adding a few more before I consider the 600hp+ project complete.DSS Driveshaft Custom Side Exit...

Sucks I missed this, would love to know if there is anything else coming up. I will have the car back together soon!

It's not driving habits, I have the same habits in/out of the city, in/out of this car. I can hyper-mile this car and get crappy mileage.I have 3 of these things, and I only go fast in the ones that are fast, even in those, I can tune them well enough to get great mileage out of them. 25 or...

yeah, im ripping that 255 out soon.the bcs malfunction is causing timing and fuel issues in the ecu. when its malfunctioned, the ecu basically thinks the turbo is over-boosting. its really a fail safe like fuel cut. so it dumps max fuel no matter what adjustments are made to airflow (AFC)...

Ha, ha, sorry didn't post an update this weekend.Took a look under the hood, and laugh out loud. Good thing I have the excuse that I have a "slipped" disc in my neck, because not knowing that there isn't even a BCS on a car I bought 3 months ago is just embarassing.The guy I bought...

Thanks for the input guys I knew I was missing something simple....plugging in a BCS. lolI''ll give an update.