Hello all :hit:
As some of you would know last Sunday (4th) Sundeep, my brother (dpk83) and I began a CFI -> MPI conversion on my car. We figured it would be pretty straight forward, given that it wasn't long ago that his car was done, and this is about the one millionth time this has been done on a car in the club.
With 90% of the parts I needed to complete it we set off that morning in search of the rest of the parts (mainly hoses, pipes and various nuts and bolts. We returned to Sunnys house at about lunchtime with everything we needed, so we had lunch while the engine was cooling.
After lunch we set about the fun task of pulling all the CFI parts from the engine. I messaged Doug (SPHELL) to see what he was doing that afternoon, and sure enough he was able to come over and help with getting the MPI parts onto the engine. The only problems we had at this stage of the game, were that there was some concern over the injector wiring loom that we were using. We actually had three different looms and none of them were complete!
With everything ready to be bolted up to the engine, we were on the home straight. An hour later it was all on and about time to give it a try. The engine started cranking but there was no spark at all! (see separate thread in garage) We tried various things that night before calling it quits. Doug gave my brother and I a lift home.
Monday afternoon I returned to Sunnys house ready to give things another try. Sunny was sure that he had worked out the problem with car, while he was waiting for me to come over with the keys. Again, there was no luck in starting the car. We tried more things that night but still no spark. It was at the stage when I started to get frustrated.
Tueday I returned once again in the hope that we would hear the engine running that day. We tried lots of things, but there was still no luck.
Wednesday I gave my mechanic a call in the morning and he suggested I try various things to get it started but none of them worked. I gave him a call back and he gave me the number of an expensive on the spot E.F.I specialist. I called Ray (E.F.I man) and arranged to meet him at Sunnys house on Thursday morning.
Thursday morning 8:15am I arrived at Sunnys house and waited for Ray to show up. He did some tests and nearly got it running, but the car started to backfire through the inlet manifold and out the throttle body. Hrmm... Ray suggested that the dizzy was 180 degrees out and because he had run out of time left that job to Sunny and I.
I came back that afternoon when Sunny had finished school and told him what we needed to do. So Sunny took the dizzy out and put it back in the way Ray had described. There was spark now but the engine still wouldn't start. That night I returned home and called Ray to ask for an explanation. He didn't know what to say, except that he could take a look on Friday morning at about 10:30.
Friday morning 10:30am I arrived at Sunnys house with my mum and waited for Ray. He arrived and took a look at things and said that the engine should have started last night. He took the rocker cover off to check things and put it back on. He tried it and the car started for the first time in five days. He spent a couple of hours going over things to get it running as well as possible.
Friday afternoon, when Ray left I drove the car home only to find that lots of black smoke was coming from the exhaust and the car was running quite rough.
Saturday I was at work and left the car sitting in my garage at home.
Sunday morning I intended to take the car for a short drive around the block to see what it was like. I started it and it was running rough as anything and stil lots of black smoke. Took a look under the bonnet and found that one of the pipes going to the MAP sensor had come off. Plugged it back in and the smoke had disappeared! I was happy.
Sunday evening I drove to Sunnys house to collect tools and get Sunny to have a look at it, as he hadn't seen it since Thursday night. We ended up installing my new throttle cable and thermostat before adjusting the idle speed. When we had done that, the car was running absolutely perfect. No smoke, no rough idle. Took it for a drive and things were great. So we put Sunnys pod filter on and took it for a spin.
With myself driving, Sunny in the passenger seat, my brother in the back and heaps of tools and parts in the boot the car was still pulling noticably harder than when I had the CFI and was driving alone! Returned to Sunnys and put back the standard airbox were off. At last, after a full week the conversion was complete.
In no particular order I would like to thank the following people for making this happen:
Sundeep - dedicated a full week to working on my car, for that I can't thank you enough.
Damian (brother) - for helping us when he could, came to pick-a-part and wreckers on the first Sunday
Doug (SPHELL) - for helping on Sunday night and via SMS through the week, and also for the lift home that Sunday night
Simon (Bass_Crazy) - for selling me most of the parts I needed for the conversion and for the phone support at times
Karl (NZ) - for organising to have Scott Hart do the conversion in the first place and offering lots of support via email and MSN
Sundeeps mum - for not getting angry at having my car sitting in her driveway for a week with parts all over the garage.
And anyone else that replied to Sunnys threads in the garage, I thank you all.
Ash
As some of you would know last Sunday (4th) Sundeep, my brother (dpk83) and I began a CFI -> MPI conversion on my car. We figured it would be pretty straight forward, given that it wasn't long ago that his car was done, and this is about the one millionth time this has been done on a car in the club.
With 90% of the parts I needed to complete it we set off that morning in search of the rest of the parts (mainly hoses, pipes and various nuts and bolts. We returned to Sunnys house at about lunchtime with everything we needed, so we had lunch while the engine was cooling.
After lunch we set about the fun task of pulling all the CFI parts from the engine. I messaged Doug (SPHELL) to see what he was doing that afternoon, and sure enough he was able to come over and help with getting the MPI parts onto the engine. The only problems we had at this stage of the game, were that there was some concern over the injector wiring loom that we were using. We actually had three different looms and none of them were complete!
With everything ready to be bolted up to the engine, we were on the home straight. An hour later it was all on and about time to give it a try. The engine started cranking but there was no spark at all! (see separate thread in garage) We tried various things that night before calling it quits. Doug gave my brother and I a lift home.
Monday afternoon I returned to Sunnys house ready to give things another try. Sunny was sure that he had worked out the problem with car, while he was waiting for me to come over with the keys. Again, there was no luck in starting the car. We tried more things that night but still no spark. It was at the stage when I started to get frustrated.
Tueday I returned once again in the hope that we would hear the engine running that day. We tried lots of things, but there was still no luck.
Wednesday I gave my mechanic a call in the morning and he suggested I try various things to get it started but none of them worked. I gave him a call back and he gave me the number of an expensive on the spot E.F.I specialist. I called Ray (E.F.I man) and arranged to meet him at Sunnys house on Thursday morning.
Thursday morning 8:15am I arrived at Sunnys house and waited for Ray to show up. He did some tests and nearly got it running, but the car started to backfire through the inlet manifold and out the throttle body. Hrmm... Ray suggested that the dizzy was 180 degrees out and because he had run out of time left that job to Sunny and I.
I came back that afternoon when Sunny had finished school and told him what we needed to do. So Sunny took the dizzy out and put it back in the way Ray had described. There was spark now but the engine still wouldn't start. That night I returned home and called Ray to ask for an explanation. He didn't know what to say, except that he could take a look on Friday morning at about 10:30.
Friday morning 10:30am I arrived at Sunnys house with my mum and waited for Ray. He arrived and took a look at things and said that the engine should have started last night. He took the rocker cover off to check things and put it back on. He tried it and the car started for the first time in five days. He spent a couple of hours going over things to get it running as well as possible.
Friday afternoon, when Ray left I drove the car home only to find that lots of black smoke was coming from the exhaust and the car was running quite rough.
Saturday I was at work and left the car sitting in my garage at home.
Sunday morning I intended to take the car for a short drive around the block to see what it was like. I started it and it was running rough as anything and stil lots of black smoke. Took a look under the bonnet and found that one of the pipes going to the MAP sensor had come off. Plugged it back in and the smoke had disappeared! I was happy.
Sunday evening I drove to Sunnys house to collect tools and get Sunny to have a look at it, as he hadn't seen it since Thursday night. We ended up installing my new throttle cable and thermostat before adjusting the idle speed. When we had done that, the car was running absolutely perfect. No smoke, no rough idle. Took it for a drive and things were great. So we put Sunnys pod filter on and took it for a spin.
With myself driving, Sunny in the passenger seat, my brother in the back and heaps of tools and parts in the boot the car was still pulling noticably harder than when I had the CFI and was driving alone! Returned to Sunnys and put back the standard airbox were off. At last, after a full week the conversion was complete.
In no particular order I would like to thank the following people for making this happen:
Sundeep - dedicated a full week to working on my car, for that I can't thank you enough.
Damian (brother) - for helping us when he could, came to pick-a-part and wreckers on the first Sunday
Doug (SPHELL) - for helping on Sunday night and via SMS through the week, and also for the lift home that Sunday night
Simon (Bass_Crazy) - for selling me most of the parts I needed for the conversion and for the phone support at times
Karl (NZ) - for organising to have Scott Hart do the conversion in the first place and offering lots of support via email and MSN
Sundeeps mum - for not getting angry at having my car sitting in her driveway for a week with parts all over the garage.
And anyone else that replied to Sunnys threads in the garage, I thank you all.
Ash