Peter Florance from PF tuning came over this weekend for the long-awaited start up. First, starter didnt even want to roll over. Found out that the reverse-lock-out switch was not fully engauging in the shifter so after by-passing it we disconnected the injectors and verified that we had pulse signals. After re-connecting the injectors we tried to start it. It seemed to very briefly start (likely from the priming pulse) and then nothing. Also noted that the TPS didnt show a signal until the pedal was down about an inch. Peter found that the TPS shaft was at the stop so we moved the linkage a tad on the TPS shaft and now we had great resolution at the touch of the throttle. OK, we got that fixed and again tried to start it....nothing. Peter kept adding fuel but nothing. Then it started but the thing idled at 4400 RPM! We got too much air. I set the butterflys on the bugcatcher to zero and we tried it again. Again it started but over 4000 RPM and then a backfire before it died. We had a huge vacuum leak somewhere. After looking around I spotted a blown out blower gasket. Yep....I forgot to torque down the blower bolts! We decided to call it a day so that I could pull everything off, replace the gasket, torque everything down, and reconnect everything. Disappointing but it could have been worse. We know it will run, it had great oil pressure, and there were no leaks. We also know that even with the spintech mufflers it is VERY loud. Peter and I will try it again this weekend. I am confident that It will run. I will try to shoot a vid and send it out next week. I gotta get this thing to at least idle so that I can make the Super Chevy show in Dinwiddie VA next weekend.
Oh yea...and Peter Florance (PF Tuning out of VA Beach) is a great guy and very sharp. Could not be happier with support I am getting from this guy.
Oh yea...and Peter Florance (PF Tuning out of VA Beach) is a great guy and very sharp. Could not be happier with support I am getting from this guy.
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