HELP! No fuel or spark

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VanSil-80
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Car: 1989 180sx, silvia front end, ca18det.

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so last night i connected to nistune, car was ready to crank over after 8 months of building.. it cranked over, but no spark was being delivered, nor fuel.
could a low voltage battery be the problem, we were cranking over at 7 volts, could that not be enough to deliver spark and fuel to the motor?
do i need to tell nistune im running a z32 maf and 550cc injectors? or should it run off the map o nthe ecu?
i need a response FAST.


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King Ranzo
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That is definitely not enough to start. Your battery needs at least 9.6v under load to start the car.

boost_boy
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Charge the battery up and try again. That's not enough power to do much of anything, but give you some dim lights.

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King Ranzo
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^
Christ you have a LOT of CAs. I wish I had a built CA S13. I would've done that with mine, but I lost that car years ago. Now I've got this stupid SE-R. I wanna get rid of it so bad.

boost_boy
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I had an SE-R with a CA18DET in and it was nasty-fast. In a trade for a S13 with CA18 I built, I sent the CA18/B13 set-up to Jamaica and sold the body of the car locally. End result, I have a nice S13 with rebuilt CA18DET, T28, 1000cc injectors, standalone engine management, sil-80 conversion (brick headlights), megan coilovers, etc, etc, etc. I will happily sell this car for the right price, but i'm not desperate to get rid of it for a crack-head price, either. Why don't you boost the SE-R? Or you could always sell the SE-R and come and see me and I promise you a fast car for the money you pay :gapteeth: . I have so much CA everything, that I now have rare surplus that's going into classic mode.


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