Well the Kia finally made it to the showroom.
07-06-2005, 09:31 PM
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Well the Kia finally made it to the showroom.
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After several months of finally getting the thing to run right last week it made it to the showroom floor. What has gone wrong?
- Clutch burnt out (replaced with 6puk Clutch specialities)
- DSM injectors would not seal in the Bungs, replaced with Chysler 2.2l injectors
- Mass air flow took a ----, Then needed to be relocated (inline of the airflow to keep the CEL off!)
- TPS broke
- I put the o2 sensor in a bad spot, because after I put the new clutch in, the engine was moving all around (soft mounts) in the engine bay and the o2 broke in half on the cross member.
- LF Axle took a ----
- SDS lost 1 output to the injectors
- 2.5in E-Cut out dead, motor no longer works
And my favorite... I let the owners son drive the turbo kia to school one day to show his friends. He ends up getting a 350 dollar ticket for speeding and improper passing haha. But right after that he goes "Man the clutch really feels funny?"
So I checked it out and whadda ya know, Got Crankwalk? The thrust bearings came apart at 10psi after 2 weeks of driving. So a new shortblock was put in (under warranty of course)
Boost down to 4-5psi and is now finally sitting on our showroom floor!!
Curious if they will ever sell this piece of ---- now, this was by far the shittiest project I have ever done and I will never do another one.
After several months of finally getting the thing to run right last week it made it to the showroom floor. What has gone wrong?
- Clutch burnt out (replaced with 6puk Clutch specialities)
- DSM injectors would not seal in the Bungs, replaced with Chysler 2.2l injectors
- Mass air flow took a ----, Then needed to be relocated (inline of the airflow to keep the CEL off!)
- TPS broke
- I put the o2 sensor in a bad spot, because after I put the new clutch in, the engine was moving all around (soft mounts) in the engine bay and the o2 broke in half on the cross member.
- LF Axle took a ----
- SDS lost 1 output to the injectors
- 2.5in E-Cut out dead, motor no longer works
And my favorite... I let the owners son drive the turbo kia to school one day to show his friends. He ends up getting a 350 dollar ticket for speeding and improper passing haha. But right after that he goes "Man the clutch really feels funny?"
So I checked it out and whadda ya know, Got Crankwalk? The thrust bearings came apart at 10psi after 2 weeks of driving. So a new shortblock was put in (under warranty of course)
Boost down to 4-5psi and is now finally sitting on our showroom floor!!Curious if they will ever sell this piece of ---- now, this was by far the shittiest project I have ever done and I will never do another one.
