SR20DET....It ran...ran...died.

[tokendog]

Hi Nicoclub, I am back again. SR20DET still giving me trouble. I guess I did some thing wrong.

I blew a HG a while back and I changed it. I used a OEM HG with ARP studs - torqued to specs. The car started right up - had a few grounding issues, sorted those out, and then it had coolant flow issues - sorted that out. It ran for about two days and one day while speeding up to around 3.5k RPM, the RPMs just dropped and the car shut off.

It would not start again. I checked for fuel, good to go. I checked for spark, good to go. I checked the timing - still the same as when it was running. The cams are turning. I have not removed the valve cover to check the camshafts, to see if they are broken or anything, but I did not hear any type of rattling noise or mechanical breakdown when it shut off. It just turned off.

I do not have a diagnostic port on my ECU and my wiring is not perfect(a mechanic did this for me, doubt he knew what he was doing), but it has been running fine up til this point. It most likely is an electrical problem, but I am not experienced enough to know.

Here's a video of the car trying to start up:http://video.google.com/videop...hl=en

I have not done a compression check but that is the next on the list when I get another day off.

Any ideas? I will happilyS send cash to anyone who can help me get this thing up and running again.

[Justin35ll]

Damn that sucks hope you can get it runing. Maybe try checking the ignitor?

actually if you're getting the spark then nvm, I'll keep thinkin

[pauliedrft]

I would pull your valve cover off first and start looking at the timing chain ..