my f'n SR WTF?!?!?!?

[brianboy240]

this is my situation everybody...

i dropped my car off a few monthes be4 the heart of the summer hopping to get it back for the summer fun rides. its just getting an sr swap with a few other things (aluminam radiator, stage 2 clutch, ect ect) its been almost 8 monthes now and i still havent got it back...granted it had a few problems when it was shipped. the main problem right now is that everytime it goes into boost, its kinda die's out or boggs out (thats what he tells me). a specalist came and lookd at it too. i have been patiantly waiting for my car back and i just cant wait enymore, winter is comming and at this rate im not ganna be able to drive my car till next spring. im just woundering what u guys would do? the last few exuses he had was the ecu was dented and he has been looking for an ecu and nobody has one, i doent have eny money for an aftermarket one, and i belive there is a sensor he is waiting for as well from NY. i just cant wait enymore it seems like everywhere i go im getting teased with see'n 240's around and what not. sry for *****'n but if u were in this position what would u guys do?

the guy doing it is a specialist in turbo's and baysicly everything out on a drag track,(dosn't do much with engin swapps and "ricers" as he would say) do u think i sent it to the wrong guy? im a poor college student and i just don't know what to do enymore...

[srdub-t]

did you ever switch to a walbro 255 lph fuel pump? did he put the right plugs in it?

[brianboy240]

it was the ussual sr swap kit, i belive it came with all the right plugs and everything, the compony who i got it from said they gave everything in the kit, but when i got it the fuel injectors were shot and the oil pan was crushed ect. ect. (not a very good job packaging it). also they said the ecu was ganna be shipped un-cut, what do u know, i got it cut up and had to get it re-wired, im not sure if its the technitions fault for taking so long or the people who sent it. its a tough spot to be in right now for myself. i asked him about the fuel lines and he said they were fine, im not exactly sure what that means, im ganna call him tomorow. what kinds of questions do u think i should ask him? just tring to get other people involved in this becuase to be honest i almost gave up on calling him untill the winter is over. (not really but u know what i mean.) im all out of ideas and really looking for some help here.

p.s. this is my first 240sx sr20det swap, i know alot about them but not everything, and i would really appriciat u guys helping me out here maybe throwing me some q's to ask the guy maybe knock a little sence into him?

thx guys greatly appriciat your help

[srdub-t]

well make sure about the fuel pump the spark pluggs, and then i would suggest that you go down there personally and take the car for a ride so you can better explain exactly whats goin on with the car.

[brianboy240]

its the stalk plugs and it run's fine untill it hits boost...it has about 35k on the engin (thats what they tell me)

i dunno if ill be able to drive it since the plates are on my winter car and i dunno if i can drive it under there repair plates.

p.s. thx for all the help so far, i am ganna ask these questions

[blinker_fluid]

I had the same problem, it would idle fine but when i try give more than 20% throttle it would bog down and have no power but i could hear the turbo spooling. The cure was to set the ignition timing to 15* btdc. Warm it up, hold it at 2k rpms for a minute, turn it off, unplug the tps, start it up, set idle to 800 rpm, snap the throttle a few times, adjust cam angle sensor until timing is correct, turn off, plug in tps, set idle again, drive it like you stole it.

[efrain240sx]

I also had the same problem, I checked every thing but no matter what I did it still felt like ****. timing was always being retarded when I would step on it, at the end it turned out to be a bad knock censer that was reading all waked out.

[brianboy240]

thx for the tips guys and to blunker fluid i wrote down those by step and im going down tomorow to get some stuff out of my car and while im there ill take a look at it. ill also keep in mind everything els everybody has said.

im not exactly sure how to change the ignition timing or adjust the cam angle sensor or even check a knock sensor, but im ganna look it up right now, and have the guy help me do it tomorow while im down there. im sure he has all the required tools. ill post back up tomorow and let everybody know how its going

again thx to everyone helping.

p.s. i think after this im ganna create a thread for everyone els having this problem and list things that will help and not help. i dunno if this is a commen problem or not but for whoever this happens to i feel their pain and doent want others to go through this. ill list how to do it and the tools ect. ect.

[blinker_fluid]

get the s14 fsm off of ka24detdvd.org, its the same as an s13(for the most part). Just get a timing light and don't use the loop in the back of the harness, put an old spark plug wire in between the coil and spark plug. Disregard all of the consult stuff the fsm talks about and you should be good. And yeah the knock sensor will mess with the timing and cause the same problems but the CAS is more likely the cause.