Mx5 - Turbo time (Video link). hair cuts by appointment

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:48 pm

tonybennett9 wrote:got the car running Friday night, with downpipe on but not connected to rest of exhaust need to make some adjustments to line them up.

started it Saturday morning and no spark .

coil packs and or dizzy have failed, its been hard to start since ive owned it when its cold.

can i use any 12v coil packs ?

so got smashed drunk in Queenstown , had a English chick chuck water in my face at 5am for taking the piss out of her. and ended up getting a free car lol

i dont think youve told us what ECU you are running?? did you do a firmware update with the coils connected??big No No on megasquirts.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:57 pm

link ecu not sure what version yet. battery negative was lose under closer inspection the terminal is split some one over tightened it and it lent forward and split.

hooked up another battery with leads got it to fire and run for a few seconds before it died again, now even hooked upto a running car it turns over with no spark and fires every few times.

next step is to beef up the battery ground to the chassis and replace the negative terminal. so gutted

FUCK CARS

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:59 pm

yup the quickest way to kill coils is bad grounds. it causes the internal voltage in the coil to skyrocket and blow them.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:05 pm

strange how it ran fine Friday night , and now its having problems. would you mind just flying down and fixing it ? i have lost motivation

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:49 pm

tonybennett9 wrote:strange how it ran fine Friday night , and now its having problems. would you mind just flying down and fixing it ? i have lost motivation

haha i have an mx5 12 feet away that Ive lost motivation to fix.....I dont like your chances.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:55 pm

lol whats the problem with yours... maybe we can swap jobs lol electrical can really do my head in. i think I'm chasing it down now tho

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:01 pm

mine has a dodgy power steering pump, and all of a sudden is running pig rich even though the data logs are normal. keeps flooding when hot starting.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:06 pm

get rid of power steering go to manual rack ? fuel pressure reg? leaky injectors ? map or maf?

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:21 pm

i like my power steering . drove a manual rack and hated it...worse than my old Fiat 124 coupe... as i said all the logs come back normal. fuel pressure normal etc etc . can't be effed with it at the moment. serious case of no love for the mx5. oh and those little jobs are just the tip of the iceberg....cambelt... gearbox rebuild, suspension bushes...diff replacement....ECU upgrade...soft top replacement....repaint....... the list goes on and on at the moment.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:29 pm

dam, I know the feeling. best of luck man

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:33 pm

Haha, you two be glad you haven't experienced 90's VW ownership, a standard car with a tonne of head bashingly frustrating problems.

And a prick to work on.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:36 pm

you win

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:53 pm

car is now at auto sparkys

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:29 pm

any update?

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:38 pm

yea man thanks for reminding me.

it was many small things but is now running.

bad battery,bad grounds, bad plugs. apparently something to do with odd ignition voltage was cause immobilizer to cut spark but not all the time.

$340 later ( new battery better grounds and a hours work) and it runs like a dream, although it only has a downpipe coming out at the passengers ass so this makes it sound like a 600hp track car so i got some odd looks at the gas station today. you can hear the wastegate open out the down pipe sounds trippy

will post a video soon, rest of exhaust being attached on Sunday.

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:19 pm

nice...i drove all the way across town with just the down pipe...got some very disapproving looks.

tonybennett9 · Post by **tonybennett9** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:48 pm

here is a we video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ul1-OczqE

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:06 pm

sounds great!

good to see your build all up and running

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