cdkilla's build thread

[cdkilla]

Yeah if your pushing alot of boost it should probably have that. I'm only gonna run 7psi until I get an SR turbo, then I might run 10, but these will still hold then.

[bentvalves]

that intercooler is in a perfect location, its a shame more owners dont opt for the MID mount. Doing a front mount..... removing the bumper support, moving batteries, cutting holes in the chassis. It just doesnt add up.

what kind of interooler is that?

[zombieslider]

oh cool, just all the piping ive ever seen was like that so i didnt know.

[cdkilla]

Ummm No name intercooler I picked up off my buddy. Yeah, I couldn't justify cutting all that up for a front mount, especially with all the room the ca leaves. I can measure the intercooler if you'd like.

[bentvalves]

No its ok I mounted a trust intercooler in a friends s14 in that same exact location on a KA, came out very nice. It really is the ideal spot for an intercooler I asked about the intercooler because it has very nice endtanks.
Modified by ks13 at 12:33 PM 11/22/2009

[cdkilla]

Yeah it's a pretty awesome location with minimal piping. Can't wait to get her running! Just got to figure out why I have neither spark or fuel.

[1991ls13]

ca; how cute

[cdkilla]

ca; how cute

Yeah, cute, but they sure sound pissed off.

[cdkilla]

Update?

Got some issues, as would be expected with the jank harness that came with my swap. I got stuff put together, not near as clean as I'd like, but I want to get her started before I clean stuff up. Tried, and it seems to crank good and thats about it. Hooked the noid lights up and the injectors aren't firing. Checked for spark, and I'm lacking that as well. My buddy had a known good CAS, so we swapped that just for kicks, no change. ECU reads code 55 and I have a known good that I tried, still no change. Now normally I would be looking for something that could cause me to loose both spark and fuel, but I'm afraid they might be two totally unrelated things.

Any help would be much appreciated, just shoot some ideas at me lol.

Tomorrow I will get out there and start tracing wires back to the ecu.

Anyone got an UNCUT harness? Mine was supposed to be, but that didn't hold up so well.Thanks!


Modified by cdkilla at 7:26 PM 11/23/2009

[float_6969]

Do you have power to the injectors with the key on? I sounds like you've got something wired wrong behind the battery.

[cdkilla]

I was searching the fsm and forum to try and figure that out. I got my dvom out and I thought I was supposed to have 12v at on side of the injector harness. The ECU then grounds the injectors correct? No, I don't have power at the Injector harness with koeo.

[cdkilla]

?
Modified by cdkilla at 7:02 AM 11/29/2009

[cdkilla]

FSM=amazing.

Figured that the connector I spied was for the auto that once resided in my car. Traced the wire from my resistor and lo and behold it wasn't wired in.

That took care of the fuel problem, now onto the spark.

Wish me luck.

[cdkilla]

UPDATE!

Similiar problem with spark, not wired up correctly. Got the harness wired according to FR sport SR swap, turned her over and she fired right up. Allbeit was on 3 cylinders, she ran. Wasn't getting fuel on cyl. #2. Ends up that the terminal got shuved up into the connector some how and doesn't reach the terminals on the injector. Going to take care of that and some other loose ends and see how she runs later today.

Thanks for all the help NICO! Couldn't have got this baby running at all without the help of this forum, and the fsm!

[cdkilla]

She's alive! Running strong on all four!

Epic Fail.

Then she died. With a bang. Tore the head off. #3 and #4 pistons don't look too hot. The head definatley needs to be machined. An intake valve in #3 cyl. bent. I'm too pissed right now to even go back out there. We'll see.

[zombieslider]

dam that sux to hear.

[cdkilla]

Yeah sucks big time. Rebuilding her before I thought I would, I planned on doing it next winter lol.

Anyone have a spare head in good condition lying around, let me know. Thanks.

[sjbsuperman1425]

any thoughts on the cause?

is your head out of spec for machining or is something inside it beyond fixing?

[cdkilla]

Looks like something was in cyl 3 and 4. Yeah the head doesn't look machinable and the pistons look bad too. I'll post pics. shortly.

[Shift_Cory]

PICTURES OR FAIL..... like your build hehehe..... o wait neither of my cars are running either

so bring back that other down pipe, let me know what ILL garage says about sellin u a bogus m0t0r

[cdkilla]

Pictures of fail.





These valves shouldn't be open, on account of the intake cam not being in the head.

Bad picture, but you can see the marring on #3 and #4 pistons. Kinda.

[r34 gtr]

God, I would probably cry. That looks terrible.

MAD detonation in #4, and about 16 bent valves. Good time to upgrade to the best available, I guess. Good luck with that...

[cdkilla]

Yeah. For sure tears.

If it was detonation, could it cause that much damage in 15 seconds of run time? Because thats all the longer she ran before valves were bent.

[zenki-S13]

man i cant wait to get my ca inonce i finish some of the stuff its going in

and good luck with the build man

[cdkilla]

God, I would probably cry. That looks terrible.

MAD detonation in #4, and about 16 bent valves. Good time to upgrade to the best available, I guess. Good luck with that...

If this was detonation, could this serious of damage occured in as short a time as 15-30 seconds? Because that is all the longer I had her running before catostrophic failure of the head. I just want to make sure I fix the root cause before I dump all kinds of money into the bottom end and a new head. Definatly don't want to get her all rebuilt just to fail again.

I talked to iLL Chicago, the shop I purchased the motorset from, and as you can imagine, they were very resitant to help in any way. I finally got them to help a little, in that I can get stuff at cost through them now. But you have to have money to spend money, so I'm going to save up and get some stuff ordered.
Modified by cdkilla at 9:38 PM 12/4/2009

[cdkilla]

So on with the rebuild I suppose.

I was looking into forged pistons and realizied I don't plan on making serious power. Maybe 250 hp someday. So I guess now I'm just looking for a set of used pistons and rods that I can take to the machine shop and have mic'd. Any one have any they would like to get rid of, let me know. Thanks

[davidricardo86]

Damn so sorry about the mishap. You'll get back on your feet. But on a side note, i noticed youre from Freeport and Shift_Cory is from Rockford. About 2 hours from Chicago. Im in Cicero, a suburb west of Chicago you may have heard of. Anyways good seeing more CA18s nearby.

Keep us updated on the build.

[cdkilla]

Damn so sorry about the mishap. You'll get back on your feet. But on a side note, i noticed youre from Freeport and Shift_Cory is from Rockford. About 2 hours from Chicago. Im in Cicero, a suburb west of Chicago you may have heard of. Anyways good seeing more CA18s nearby.

Keep us updated on the build.

Nice. Yeah shift_cory is one of my buddies, we went to college together lol.If I had a sr, he would have already had the parts for me and my car would probably be running lol. He has every part for these cars minus ca parts lol. He's definatly a good dude though. One of my other buddies lives like 5 min. from me has a ca also lol. I think hes known as papaburgundy on here. Just got his ca running smoothly like last weekend. Only problem he's running into know is brake and clutch fluid overheating due to the aftermarket ex. maniflold. lol. Maybe spring time when this beast runs(hopefully) we can meet up for a cruise? I'm always down for a good cruise with sweet cars. I'm not much into looks though, so she may not be pretty, but she'll go alright.
Modified by cdkilla at 7:06 AM 12/6/2009

[cypher02xd]

If this was detonation, could this serious of damage occured in as short a time as 15-30 seconds? Because that is all the longer I had her running before catostrophic failure of the head. I just want to make sure I fix the root cause before I dump all kinds of money into the bottom end and a new head. Definatly don't want to get her all rebuilt just to fail again.Modified by cdkilla at 9:38 PM 12/4/2009

I think that the mechanical timing was off (timing belt) or the belt wasn't as tight as it needed to be. Once it was started with the rotation of the crank and everything else the belt jumped timing and the pistons got an upclose look at the valves. I see what LOOKS like metal shavings/chips on that one piston.

[cdkilla]

I think that the mechanical timing was off (timing belt) or the belt wasn't as tight as it needed to be. Once it was started with the rotation of the crank and everything else the belt jumped timing and the pistons got an upclose look at the valves. I see what LOOKS like metal shavings/chips on that one piston.

I would agree, except the damage is limited to #3 and #4 pistons. The timing wasn't off and the belt was tight. It ran great for a couple start ups and one time for all of 30 seconds before ka-boom.