Day 15 - She runs!!!!!!!
At long last the day has come, the day i turned the key and it fired to life!To start i finaly fitted my HKS oil temp guage and wired it all in ready, then my mate Mr_Ben came over, so i started by getting my Spoon cat back system off his car!
After struggling for over an hour it was finaly off - sodding stuck bolts grrr!!
However the fun had just begun - i left ben fitting his std system back on, while i attempted to fit my spoon to my car, which wasnt have any of it!
I found out the "JDM" sized CAT - the end flange was way too big to connect to my std EK9 exhaust manifold, thus menaing i couldnt get my exhaust on today :( so im hoping a local custom exhaust place can sort me out tommroow and ill be well away ;)
However it wasnt gonna stop me starting the beast up - it would just be stupidly loud!
SO there we stood, myself at the wheel, ben, my wife - her sister all watching - I clicked the key... it was trying hard bless it... then we discovered a fuel leak so i switched off before it even fired up!
After that anti climax we tryed again - and....
She ran!! Whoop!
And with only two fault codes and no reverse lights !
Faults codes where 7 - Throttle angle sensor - whcih i 1/2 expected to play up as it was damaged when i got the engine, so i "fixed" it, but clearly not well enough!
So i removed the one from a D16Z6 Throttle body i had spare and fitted that - all sorted!
The other was a code 20 - which is the electronic load detector - now this is ment to pic up engine revs when you, for example, tunr on the headlights and the radio - sapping energy - it automaticaly pics up engine revs to compensate - but i dunno where to start with this yet im gonna consult the honda workshop manual later on.
And the reverse lights - i have no idea im sure its a fuse or soemthing!
Anyway im over joyed! it ran, and it ran sweet!
We then set up my Fuel pressure regulator to 40psi (ive read its ment to be 38psi or 40-45psi at idle so i figured 40 would be ok for now - pls email me if you know for 100% sure) then drove to the end of the driveway and back to check the clutch was working ok!
So im happy as anything :D 2 yrs planning, 10 months finding the parts and money, and 15 days of building - not to mention copiouse amounts of blood, sweat, swearing, bruising, stress and tears - but its been worth it :D
Tommorow i hope to sort the exhaust out and get that on, get myself insured then take her out for my 1st ever test drive - and yes i will be driving like a big girl and taking it easy :P
Thanks
Chris Gordon
posted by Chris_Gee @ 5:34 PM
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