2G No Start - Cranks, has Fuel, Spark, Timing and Compression. ECU is good.

[Copper_4g63]

Hey Everyone, I'm not one to post on forums really at all but I'm completely stumped here and need some fresh minds. ill fill you in to where I am at now with the car.

Its a 1997 2g with a freshly built engine nothing special just 1mm oversized and forged internals and an evo 3 16g turbo running ecmlink v3, and a walbro 255 and pte 680cc injectors. I have installed the engine finally after 2 years of the car having no engine and im am having troubles with the start up.

The car cranks over fine, I have checked the spark and I know it has spark. fuel is getting into the cylinder and ecmlink is showing the fuel flowing just fine. timing is 5 degrees on cranking and there is no CEL for anything. the car sounds like it wants to start but wont. I am at a loss for what to look at. we checked mechanical and electronic timing and everything looks good but it wont start.

 

[Vegas Smith]

Is the gas new? Have you checked compression or done a leak-down test? Boost leak test? How can you check electrical timing if the car won't start?

 

[Copper_4g63]

fresh 94 from the gas station, yes checked compression and all boost leak and leak down tests and it passsed. for the electrical timing we used a lab scope and back probed the cam and crank sensors and they correlate and mechanical timing is perfect

 

[Vegas Smith]

Post a log, but do is the coolant temp sensor working? that's often a cause of hard-starts. Spark plugs fouled?

 

[Copper_4g63]

Having trouble getting the logs to post. i cant get file to add to the post but i may be doing something worng. I had that issue it had toasted the ground strap however that issue is fixed and everything is working great now. i had an electrician repair the ecu and i fixed what caused the short.

 

[Copper_4g63]

Thats a picture of the log when it sounds like it’s about to go and then doesn’t

 

[pauleyman]

Did the car have link previously? If not did you change the firing order?

 

[Copper_4g63]

yes it did and im using the stock firing order. thats how it was hooked up. is there a setting in link that shows what the firing order is

 

[pauleyman]

If you are using a 2GA Ecu in a 97 car you do not use the stock 97 firing order.
http://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/swapplugwires