Well, we are by NO means done with the car, but on Week number 10 since the initial teardown She Starts AND idles Fairly nicely.
There were some startup issues which I wil list later (edit this initial post), and I have a video clip I will host up later. Got a LOT of cleanup to do now, so I will post back here later.
RC
Here is First Clips Actually Starting the car:
YouTube - Initial Startup
Here is the car with exhaust sound...notice how the "pop" scared the @#@#* out of me (camera shake)
YouTube - Mustang Idle
I have one with the Autometer Wideband, but it's not uploaded yet...will put it when I get a chance!
Here are a couple of
that happened just before startup:
--Battery Hooked up: door unlock did not work...door lock opened trunk
--Got ONE click when turning ignition...took about 15 minutes of trying, retrying, turning crank by hand, and checking everything again...Starter power not connected...Double
--Now car would crank but not turn over. Did not hear fuel pump so we checked CCRM (fuel relay) everything ok there....HAH...triple left 2 harnesses not connected to Computer. When that was hooked up, fuel pump worked and door lock switches were back to "normal"
--- Still would not turn over...checked computer, and main harness not tightened ALL THE WAY down...bolt was only hand-tight.
WHen all the things that "should have been" done were finally done car started on the FIRST
lol attempt. Died after 2-3 seconds. Then we got Voltage on TPS, and it idled better, adjusted timing to base 10* and adjusted throttle (about 30 minutes of work) THe end result (as of now) is what you see/hear in the picture of the back revving engine.
I just mentioned these issues to prove that you CANT CHECK TOO MUCH all the final things that should be checked before startup. We were so careful with so many other things. Dont overlook the obvious.
The next 2 weeks will be finishing gauges, shifter, front end, and a few other things before beginning tuning and then moving on to other parts of the car.
Thanks for all who have helped with questions on here and EXTRA thanks to Jose for being Crew Chief and Mario for being Pit Crew Anchor!!!
RC
There were some startup issues which I wil list later (edit this initial post), and I have a video clip I will host up later. Got a LOT of cleanup to do now, so I will post back here later.
RC
Here is First Clips Actually Starting the car:
YouTube - Initial Startup
Here is the car with exhaust sound...notice how the "pop" scared the @#@#* out of me (camera shake)
YouTube - Mustang Idle
I have one with the Autometer Wideband, but it's not uploaded yet...will put it when I get a chance!
Here are a couple of
that happened just before startup:--Battery Hooked up: door unlock did not work...door lock opened trunk
--Got ONE click when turning ignition...took about 15 minutes of trying, retrying, turning crank by hand, and checking everything again...Starter power not connected...Double
--Now car would crank but not turn over. Did not hear fuel pump so we checked CCRM (fuel relay) everything ok there....HAH...triple
left 2 harnesses not connected to Computer. When that was hooked up, fuel pump worked and door lock switches were back to "normal"--- Still would not turn over...checked computer, and main harness not tightened ALL THE WAY down...bolt was only hand-tight.
WHen all the things that "should have been" done were finally done car started on the FIRST
lol attempt. Died after 2-3 seconds. Then we got Voltage on TPS, and it idled better, adjusted timing to base 10* and adjusted throttle (about 30 minutes of work) THe end result (as of now) is what you see/hear in the picture of the back revving engine.I just mentioned these issues to prove that you CANT CHECK TOO MUCH all the final things that should be checked before startup. We were so careful with so many other things. Dont overlook the obvious.
The next 2 weeks will be finishing gauges, shifter, front end, and a few other things before beginning tuning and then moving on to other parts of the car.
Thanks for all who have helped with questions on here and EXTRA thanks to Jose for being Crew Chief and Mario for being Pit Crew Anchor!!!
RC
I just saw your message. I was in bed almost the whole day yesterday I can down with something last week and it wont let go. Anyway bro great work I cant believe how quick you guys put that together. Wish my would have gone as smooth as yours.
