Just for you Joz:

 

[Roy Walker voice] "Thaaaa's tha squay're!"

 

The egine is in the car, all the turbo pipe work is on. I have to say the new RCM rotated kit is far far easier to fit than the original one was. I was dreading doing that because on the last kit it was a pig to do especially on your back with the car on axel stands.

I had it all fitted and bolted up in about 25 minutes it's about the only thing that hasn't fought me on the car this time round

I have following left to do : the exhaust to fit, radiator mounting bracket to fabricate (the orginal mounting plates got cut away when I went for the front mount turbo), bumper to fit, headlights to fit alternator and belt to fit and finally bleed the brakes

Then I need to fill with fluids, prime the engine and then turn the key. I'm expecting that to be Saturday morning. Here's hoping

 

Did I miss a page somewhere with loads of pics of this going back together? Lol. Come on man, keep up! We are all watching! Haha. Glad its going back together ok so far.

 

The engine build has been done months, there's plenty of pictures of that

 

Good luck on Saturday morning

 

Good news and bad news today.
The good news it runs and sounds like its going to be a lovely engine.

The bad news it only runs for 3-4 seconds at a time and then dies. It will immdiatley start again but only for 3-4 seconds. The process repeats itself and so far I havent a ferking clue why. Totally and utterly stumped

 

Is it fuel related? Sounds like pump pruning enough pressure to start and run for while until pressure drops?

 

Priming (not flippin pruning). Sodding touch phones.

 

Yeah, or could be a fubar'd FPR?

Or perhaps a totally clogged fuel filter - perhaps the initial priming pressure from the pump on restarts is enough to overcome the clogged filter for those few seconds, then the clogged filter subsequently doesn't allow enough fuel through?! Stab in the dark, really.

What about a temperamental crank sensor? Bad earth from it?

'Tis a strange one for sure.

 

Have txt you Daz, sounds like an ecu engine trip - water temp wrong, or its on was antitheift map..

get laptop plugged in and can talk you through some checks, also passing next weekend

Simon

 

...And then the expert ^^^ comes along with a PROPER diagnosis.

 

Lol

 

Simon to the rescue

Dodgy Cal switch which had defaulted to my anti theft cal.
After some text advice from Simon I plugged the laptop in and changed the cal position in the ecu. Turned the key and she barked into life and kept running

Just a small fuel leak to sort in the morning and i can get some miles on it.

Happy days

 

Well done. Nice work.

 

How cool a diagnosis is that!

What does "Cal" mean, re. an ECU switch?

 

Syvecs has an 8 position cal switch option so you can have 8 map options.

I often set one as an antitheift and so that if the switch is unplugged it defaults to that setting.

I presume during the resent mods the calswitch has become unplugged.

Simon

 

Them Syvecs sound like a good peice of kit

Glad its sorted daz

 

Cheers Simon.

Also, what does "cal" stand for - I assume it's an abbr. or an acronym?

 

Calibration switch

 

D'oh of course.

 

Glad to hear it is back together and working
Did you go 6 speed in the end?

 

Nope, it's on a UK 5 speed just to get some miles on it. Speaking of which It's just done it's first ten around some local B roads. By'eck it feels sharp. Coilovers are mint, brakes are going to be superb judging by how they are out of the box. Couple of minor niggles to sort and i can get some proper miles on it but all good so far.

 

daz, can you refresh my memory on which coilovers you have fitted?

 

Bc

 

Great work Daz, pleased for ya mate.

 

BC's BR's from memory.

Glad to hear it is going okay mate. Wouldn't be trying to hard with the 5 speed considering I broke an STI box with 400/400ish.

 

I won't be doing any kind of hard driving on this box it's purely to get some miles on her over Christmas.

The Coil overs are BC RM (the inverted ones). They have 8kgf springs on the front and 6kgf on the back and they feel just right. After pottering about in my Golf for the last year I'd forgotten how raw a modded Scooby is. Time for some more miles.

 

1 bar of boost and 6500rpm within in first 25 miles no gently gently this time around.

I have to say though standard crystal lights are fooking shyte. It's back to the Morrettes ASAP for me.

 

Standard lights are awful...... morrettes for me mainly for the cold air intake ability though

Whats 1 bar of boost coming in at rotated compared to front mounted?