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Old 07-30-2003, 09:35 AM
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Sit a plug in the wire on top of the engine.. I assume your on your own.. sit in the car and make sure you can see the plug.. turn it over and see if it sparks.

The other option is your afc is not in right.. I had a stock gsr computer start and drive with 680cc injectors so I don't think that is your problem.

have you dried and cleaned the plugs yet?
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:08 AM
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Car should be dried out now. Going to check in a few. I dont beleive I wired my resistors wrong, because I dont see how I could have, and went over it quite a few times. I think I'm just running too rich honestly. Would setting the smc idle to as lean as it goes and trying to crank be hazardous? I'm going to do the plug trick right now and let ya know if I'm sparking. My Smc wiring is fine to my knowledge, everything is soldered good and intact.
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:14 AM
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You won't hurt anything just cranking it over..
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:17 AM
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Could someone tell me a little more about priming your turbo for the first time? Do you guys just leave the oil feed line off until you see oil come out of it?
you pull the fuel pump fuse and crank it over a few times so the oil pump starts pumping oil into the turbo.
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:42 AM
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Actually just thinking about it, I did retard my timing at the distributor? Could this lead to a starting problem? Didnt use a timing light, just pushed it back a few degrees.
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thats easy enough to correct.. try it out?
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:47 AM
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I would say that could be the problem..
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Old 07-30-2003, 10:57 AM
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But wouldnt I want it retarded while boosting? I'll give that a try too.
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Old 07-30-2003, 11:37 AM
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You want it retarded a could degrees.. its easy to retard it a lot by just turning it.
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Old 07-30-2003, 01:51 PM
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Ok I really need urgent help on this. I made a fuel pump cut off switch and wired it up because I thought maybe it was giving too much fuel at prime time. So I advanced timing a bit, and pump original plugs in (i was running 2 steps colder). Car wouldnt start, gas, and a bit of oil drained from the car. (I added oil to cylinders). no oil leaks. So anyway I decided to turn the pump off for the ---- of it, and the bitch cranked and idled for about a minute I was scared of ------ ---- up so I cut it. My settings are all the way lean for idle -59%. Through 1,500. Anyway. It confuses me. I know the pump switch is wired right because in the off position it doesnt prime, otherwise it does, and I know the car started without the pump on.. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Also once the car was idling, it flashed a CEL for like 2 milliseconds, and then came back on about 2 seconds later for about 2 seconds. A few seconds later I cut the car.
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