The day starts out as good as I could possibly expect. I get the call from Hoover toyota at 8:30am telling me that my sensor is in. I get in the Jag, and drive the 20 miles to that dealership. While driving, I call Work turbo,...the same place I bought the original BW from 6 years ago when the monster was still in build stage 1.0.
I get ahold of dude, and tell him what I want.
” I have a 2 jzgte vvti engine backed by a full manual 4l80 trans with a 3000 stall converter. The engine has a 90 mm TB, an aftermarket large plenum intake, new BC 264 cams, a mono scroll exhaust manifold with a chinee turbo on it. It’s fuel system has 95 lb/hr injectors fed by a 340 LPH intank pump. It has a air to water I/c, has water meth injection, and is controlled by a MS3x kit built ecu. ignition is COP, and there are 6 ign1a coils. I don’t care about making mega power, I want the thing to make whatever it’s currently making at 22 psi,... at 3000 rpm without having to rev it to 7000 rpm to see that power. Whatever it’s making it makes............All i know is that at 7000 rpm..........it dances.“
I want the dance to last longer, and not come on at last call.
The guy says,....”Are you the guy with the Crossflow headed ford motor in an orange Fairmont?”
This is the one he’s talking about..picture taken oct 1 2015
* It’s been 5 years now guys.
“I am the guy, but that engine gave up the ghost one year ago today. Now there’s the engine in it I just told you about..“
“ Dude I’m so excited you called. I have a drift car with a 2JZ in it,...me an Reed ( owner) have put about 4 different turbos on this thing, I know EXACTLY what you’ll need.”
So the day starts with me fetching a brand new CPS, and committing to a 1000.00 monoscroll BW/Garret hybrid creation that should match up to what I currently have, excepting that I’ll have to reduce the charge tube from 2.5 to 2” with a silicone coupler, and the intake from 4” to 3.5”. Ill have power from 2500-7000 rpm...if it’s 600, it’s 600, if it’s 500, it’s 500. I gave dude Half to start the build. I just want it to scare me off idle, instead of at 60 mph.
* Hell, maybe it’ll scare me at 60 too.
Were going 25 mph now boyeeee...
I get home, I install the CPS,..I start the car....it’s still doing the click and chug thing, and now I’ve just spent 150.00 more dollars to end up with the same issue I had on Sunday after spending 60 bucks.
We just came to a grinding halt.
For the next several hours I checked connections, I flipped wires, I swapped out all three crank position sensors...
All three are now doing exactly the same..........fcking,.....wrong, assed thing...click/ click,...chug/ chug.
Out of desperation, I send an email to Matt Cramer at DIY,......I text.......Steve.
Cramer responds with “ I need more info”, Steve calls....” What’s going on”?
Uhhhhhh,....I’ll take Steve to solve the problem for 1000 Alex.
Between Texting, and talking, “ change this, burn that” in tuner studio, the car goes from running and click/clicking,.....to no start.
We‘re rolling backwards.
* By now ( as you might imagine) I’m pissed...It’s not Steve’s fault that this car is back to being a FLAMING PILE OF FESTERING FLY RIDDEN COW SHT...
I text Steve with 3 words...” Fck this car”
He replies......
” Let’s Keep Calm”
Imagine Me,.........keeping calm when this car won’t start.
*I wish I could figure out how to include the entire text string here.
He says, we’re gonna get this thing to Cruisin the Coast...I think,.........yeah right.
He says do this...I do it. Still nothing.
He says change that. I do it. Still nothing.
He says, Add a resistor to this... I bitch...” why does it need this?.... this car has ran already.
He calmly says...Let’s just try it an see. I do it,...Nothing.
Now i’m closing the computer, The garage door is going down,...I fully plan on getting trashed while Raving and ranting about what a piece of sht a 2 jZ is...
Then he calls me.
“Turn off the VVTi range filter“
The computer is off,...the garage is dark...the door is down,...I’m halfway up the stairs to drunkie town....
Except, Ill turn around...I go downstairs, turn on the lights,...I open the door,....I turn on the computer,...I load tuner studio,....I make the change......I turn the key....
It freakin starts!
You have to give this guy Kudos to the 10th power...Who else would hang in there for free like he does? If you don’t use him to tune your car, you’re just wrong....matter of fact, if you don’t use him to tune your car you may as well do something really bad,...get arrested,...get convicted, get sentenced, and get sent up the river to Rikers island, and have to toss Buford’s salad for the next 7 years....
Seems easier to use him to tune your car instead.
We’re back to 50 mph...