Hi I have a version 1 sti engine with the 5th injector manifold which has been deleted, I have a constant flash on my engine check light.. Which means ok no faults, the car turns over fine.. But constantly flood it's self I have a decent tune running on the standard SA type ECU

Supporting mods

Fresh build
Fmic
3" exhaust
Headers and uppipe
Vf34
Ported heads
Ported inlet
Ported headers
Forged etc
Actuator set to 1bar
Grade 8 iridium plugs
New coilpacks
Sard pressure reg
Braided fuel line set up from filter to pressure reg

It's pops and bangs but doesnt rev just does
Stinks of fuel
Pops in the induction
Puffs white smoke out the exhaust every once in a while..

I'm soo confused because it was running before and all of sudden has stopped ??

Any helps please ?

 

How old are your spark plugs as I had this problem when my plugs went down and it seemed like something major as the car wouldn't even drive ,,,might be worth a quick clean to see if it helps as mine had done less than 1000miles

 

coil packs plugged in correctly? e.g white plugs to the correct cylnder

 

White plugs to the front cylinders for the coilpacks to match the grey injector plugs if im correct ? and the plugs are brand new mate.. Have had a hour or two running time.. I near enough had it running proberly with a fuel cut at 4000 due to the boost solenoid.. Sorted that now it won't run

 

What 'tune' is on the ECU ?

 

Standard SA type ecu think it's the 14.9psi oem one.. The car has always run fine on it

 

Airflow meter? cam or crank sensor?

 

That's the route I'm going to go next I think.. I have the green type Afm, I have tried my crank sensor on my mates impreza v4 and it works still

 

I hope you get it sorted mate, but you're mental running that spec on a standard ecu

 

What would you advise then 53 ? Spoke to jolly and he reckons 330bhp for £625

 

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Are you running that lot on a standard OEM JECS ECU? or did I miss something?

Shaun

 

Mate, I have to agree with 53.
I've seen this SO many times before - people bang on a load of mods, then all of a sudden the car runs badly, overfuels, and eventually because the owner doesn't get it mapped, goes bang or something else expensive breaks.
2 guys on our local club chose to go this way because they didn't think it was a good use of their money - and a few months later ended up with big repair bills or having to replace parts which could all have been avoided by getting the car mapped. One of them lost his engine which he'd spent hundreds on with a mate doing it up, but never thought to spend money on the most important part of the car!

Don't kid yourself that a map is a big price to pay - a £3k bill to take your old engine out and put a second hand one in IS!

Speak to Simon (JGM), get it mapped, it will run a whole heap better and you remove the risk of detonation, overfuelling etc.
Your FMIC, the bigger turbo, the FPR, etc if not setup properly is just an accident waiting to happen as far as your engine is concerned.

There are plenty of options for you, ESL is probably the one to go for IIRC - friend has a version 1 running it and he's well happy with it.