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First time ive taken my car for a drive since July.
Had a very unexpected falling out with the shop that Ive been working with for a few years back in May after they kept my car for 7 months. Not really trying to go into the story so i dont make myself bitter about it all over again since ive let it go. Car is back in my hands and have been fixing the issues on my own when I get time.
The initial ride home from picking up the car was not great but decent. Apparent that they didnt even take the car for a single test drive during those 7 months. Reversed into the garage and the car started to smoke real bad and went super rich on the wideband. Smelled raw fuel in the oil. Bought a fuel lab afpr because I questioned several times, why i was being told that i didnt need one.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
Problem solved. (No, the fuel pressure isnt actually set to 24.
Problem #2. Car was still starting up at 2200 rpms. Took off my throttle body and blocked off my FIAV.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
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Problem solved. Idle was better, cold started at like 1500rpms and moved down to around 900 which is what is set in ECMLink.
Problem #3. Clutch drag and hard to put into gear after driving for like 10 minutes. Clutch had been replaced at the shop when it failed with the car on the dyno. Was told that it wasnt dragging anymore because my last clutch was. I tested it and it wasnt dragging, but was short lived for some reason and didnt pass the drag test on my next drive. I put in the short stainless clutch line Ive had sitting around for years, adjusted the master cyl and bled the slave. Yay! More parts out of the garage. Did a quick test while parked in the garage and it didnt move.. Soooo... problem solved, but Im going to say TBD until i do it again.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
About halfway into the initial drive home and then after, there was this nasty creaking from the rear. Im glad they took care of the control arms and axles/seals for me after i saw what they had to do to get the old ones out. Was definitely not a job for an amateur like me. My old strut/spring setup was ancient. Good time to put on the coilovers ive had in garage, along with the brakes and lines while ive got everything off.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
Left the car a little high knowing that it will sink a bit.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
Problem solved. No more creaking, Halfway between hard/soft is a good ride so far.
BLT time. Checking the throttle body for leaks after reinstalling, exposed a major leak from the first injector. I considered taking a bath in all the bubbles it was making. Ordered seals from Extreme PSI, depressurized the fuel system and took off the fuel rail. Old rings at the top of injectors were disintegrating.You must be logged in to view this image or video.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
Plugged that leak... and then the leak in an intercooler coupler....and another coupler... and a third coupler...and a small one at the BOV.... and the J-pipe...makes me concerned that the shop tuned the car with all of these leaks. Id only driven it twice including bringing it home and stayed out of boost so cant imagine that these leaks appeared with the little driving Ive done.
Remaining issues Im tracking down:
1. After plugging the boost leaks, the car starts up at like 1100/1200 rpm. Seems low to me but maybe its just been that long since Ive started the car without a 2200 rpm start up that I dont remember what "normal" is.
2. Im rev hanging really bad during shifts. Im starting to narrow it down to the throttle cable used for the cruise control delete. Seems like its not tight enough at the pedal.
3. Dont think the guy that was tuning had an opportunity to finish everything since he was suppose to come back to do some last minute things, so would appreciate if someone could let me know what state the tune is in because all I have to go on is what the shop was telling me. Not sure if I should just completely start over on my own or try to continue with what he has going. Car is on SD, considering there were leaks and I added a afpr, not sure if what he has there is still relevant.
Thanks for taking a look.Yes, this is the most current that i have. I see what youre talking about the missing inputs in the miscellaneous tab, right?
Also noticed that my fuel trims are running rich and openLoopThreshold has been altered from stock values. Thought that was suppose to stay stock, but im no tuner... yet
I debated on making it a thread, but with my job and going in to winter in Chicagoland( I dont drive it in the winter), I didnt want to start something and waste peoples time if i wasnt able to be consistent, hence the general update and just an inquiry into where the overall tune stands. But since its still hovering around 60 degrees, im goiing to try and get some time away from work... maybe i can get it done before it snows.
Yeah, not sure how it runs well without any of those inputs.. Overall, it idles fine and also drives fine except for the rev hang. But since i havent really tuned anything, I dont know what I dont know to be able to say things are... "fine" or "decent" are just a shot in the dark. Havent really gotten on the gas since I didnt know how complete the tune was. Didnt want to a find out the hard way if it were to go super lean or something. Hopefully, the winter holds off till the week of Thanksgiving. That might be my only opportunity to take the whole week off and dive into some of these things.
if it's not one thing it's another. More than likely self inflicted from jamming a paperclip in ports 1 and 4 in the obd2 plug trying to get into program mode (which failed). Now can't get connected to ecmlink. It did this last time i tried to get into program mode for keyless entry and i had to get in there under the dash and "tighten" the connector pin in the obd2 port and it worked again. This time it won't. It got dark so I couldn't really dig in deeper. I'm off Thursday so after appointment I'll see what I can see. Maybe I pushed the pin out of place or something. Ecmlink just says no response received.
I wish mine had the black roof and spoiler. I am jealous.Got the Talon washed an into the garage, safe from weather and that damn pooping bird.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
Dont worry.. Global warming's got your backHeater core has arrived!
Started removing parts, and It looks like I do indeed need to gut the interior to install it.
Started contemplating running the car with no heater in winter.
Nothing a little vinyl wrap won’t fix, ya know.
Is that a tee off the bov line, sir? Your MAP sensor and your BOV are using the same hose?
Is that a tee off the bov line, sir? Your MAP sensor and your BOV are using the same hose?
That will cause a response delay to your sensor due to the fact that it either has to pressurize the rest of that hose and the top of the BOV "hat" and your MAP won't read correctly until it's all equalized, or evacuate it of air to cause vacuum and the same equalization must occur.
How much, well, maybe not much.. but a tee off your BOV is forbidden around these parts. Bad, sir, bad
Me, I need to do something. I'm going stir crazy and 3D prints take a long time, so i'm going to probably put all four new wheelies on and see how it looks. I'll store the car in the air and off the brand new rubber to dissuade against any flat spots. Give them a season until I don't care anymore
Not really as it looks to be a 2 port. If he plugs both into his valve cover, he won't circulate oil vapour through it and won't be solving crankcase pressure at all.@curt-s
If he ran the pcv hose to the catch can like in the engine pic on your profile... Would that be a legit way to free up an extra port and not have to take the IM off or would it cause issues or too big of a port? Asking because im in a similar situation and dont have the time or motivation (Dont judge me)
Well, if you're not experiencing any changes and your response is still good, then there ya go
Didn't think it was. The Q was could both hoses go to the can to free up the one normally used for PCV.
he wasn't ready (in my Kevin Hart voice still fine tuning but gonna start on paint and body soon.
