Valve Float is Mother Nature's rev limiter.
Rods are the Devil's.
Valve Float is Mother Nature's rev limiter.
Rods are the Devil's.
Dying to hear how the carb works.
NOHOME said:Dying to hear how the carb works.
Air and fuel go in, some sort of sorcery happens, power comes out?
I don't understand carbs for E36 M3.
No, I think he means...... "Smoke Show!"
In reply to SkinnyG :
No, I mean as in " I an hoping there is life after Fitech in the form of an analog fuel feed to the engine.Digital no es muy bueno.
AND smoke show!
Pete
Being at altitude, carbs have never been my friend. But it looks like you're on the right path.
It strangely warms my heart to see the fuel injection go away.
So, one of the parts orders got sent to the wrong address. I have decided a work around to keep momentum. Not optimal, but not the end of the world either.
Today's goal is road test to the gas station and tire shop. Think one of the rear tires has come out of balance or gotten flat spotted.
Got it up to temp and the thermostat housing started pissing coolant. Also need to find my vacuum gauge. Pig rich at idle by smell, but right by ear.
Dusterbd13-michael said:Got it up to temp and the thermostat housing started pissing coolant. Also need to find my vacuum gauge. Pig rich at idle by smell, but right by ear.
This right here beats dissolved air flotation units any day......trust me
Dissolved air flotation units? I know what the words mean individually.....
Dusterbd13-michael said:Dissolved air flotation units? I know what the words mean individually.....
Used in wastewater and pulp & paper processing. I spent a couple years designing them at a wastewater equipment company.
They look like this:
And the output looks like this:
Yup. Mopar small block beats that hands down.
TVR Scott said:Dusterbd13-michael said:Dissolved air flotation units? I know what the words mean individually.....
Used in wastewater and pulp & paper processing. I spent a couple years designing them at a wastewater equipment company.
They look like this:
And the output looks like this:
TVR Scott I'm literally knee deep in this E36M3 pm or ate3tu4sixfivejuantutu6 me sorry Db13 for the jack
Went around the block a couple times. Starting to get the carb tuned.
I did figure out that the gas gauge works. I thought it was dead, and had it on my list of things to fix.
Nope. Ran out of gas. 6ish gallons of lawnmower gas, gauge at 1/2 tank. Its a 14 gallon tank, so close enough for me.
Dusterbd13-michael said:Yup. Mopar small block beats that hands down.
This made me laugh.
Driving it on errands this morning. CANNOT get a consistent idle. Think i need to put a timing light and vacuum gauge on it.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Hey that's how I drove to work this morning. Vaccum gauge tucked under the hood, and a timing light laying on passanger seat.
Tightening the throttle cable helped. Sneaking in on idle mixture.
Looks fantastic though!
It does indeed look fantastic, great to see it running on the road.
In reply to dherr :
Its an amazing feeling driving it again and enjoying it. The last few years with megasquirt i was always too worried about it to enjoy driving around. This has been a huge success for my head.
I still have a long list of things to fix and finish, but the motivation is there again. Where it hasn't been since the efi conversion started.
Indeed it does look good. Maybe the "old girl" prefers "old school" bits. Is that an open vacum port on the booster? Keep on chipping away.
No to the open port. No vacuum leaks have been found yet.
And i do believe that this car is happier with period correct parts. Or my love affair with it is.
Last budget: 10,974.34 ish
Money spent and made:
around a grand on tuners and shops
500ish on msd distributor, box, wires
sold megasquirt for 1500
500 for carb, fuel log, fittings, etc
220 for used TR5 manifold
36 fuel pressure regulator
100 gaskets/coolant/hose/heat sheild
50 seats
140 new stereo (not arrived yet)
closeout box: $1
New total: 12,021.34ish
so, the last few years have not been kind to this car. I have done everything in my power to tame, as well as thrown money at the megasquirt. I've paid tuners and shops. Changed to fuel only. Rewired things. Changed components. Ran oscilloscopes. Everything. And three weeks ago, on another test drive to tune and see what funky new thing it was doing, it quit. I could not get it restarted, and had to br brought home on a rollback. It fired right up when I got it back in the driveway.
Done. I quit. I admitted defeat, and decided fighting the megasquirt was fighting a losing battle. I have fought it so long, there is no way I could ever get the faith to actually drive the car for any distance. I just could not ever see myself trusting it. So I sold it.
A gentleman on moparts, who is a long time megasquirt user and fan, and has successfully been running a TBI megasquirt smallblock. He wants my setup to go multiport. God bless him.
So, I ripped this off
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honestly, it felt RIGHT pulling this setup off. Like hitting a mental reset button.
To replace it, I scored a well used edelbrock TR5 off ebay. Was 220 shipped. Seller blasted and painted it prior to shipment, as well as helicoiled every hole.
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to go with it, I picked up a 650 holley brawler with electric choke and mechanical secondaries. A nice fuel log, a holley heat shield, new gaskets for the valve covers and intake, and an afco fan switch. Shot a coat of clear on the intake and heat shield to keep them looking nice.
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I also had to drill and tap the fan switch hole. I hate drilling stuff, but I had to this time.
Got it all mounted up, and worked on plumbing.
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since the car was set for EFI, I had to step the fuel pressure way down. To do so, I decided to use a bypass regulator. Bought one from ebay. Out of the box, it didn't drop pressure far enough. Only down to 20psi. To get the necessary reduction, I took the regulator apart and increased the orifice size on the return port to 3/16. the regulator was mounted to the heat shield at the back of the carb, EFI pressure rated hose was used throughout.
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went ahead and used a coil bracket from an early small block chevy, wired in the choke and fans, and generally tidied everything up. I also re-polished the valve covers.
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turned out nice!
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in the trunk, I finally addressed the fuel pump hole I cut oh so long ago. Before doing so, I finally installed a fuel filter. Sure, theres a sock filter on the pump, but it seemed like a good idea.
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to cover the hole, I found a brownie tray at the dollar tree in the right size. Cut a notch for the hoses, added some double sided tape, and done!
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onto the interior!
The Lincoln seats died. Fore/aft motors ceased functioning. And they never fit all that well. And they went 75lbs each. So, I tossed them, in their place, I picked up a set of neon seats from an 04 sxt. Black, cloth, light, comfortable. The tracks required a bit of surgery to fit properly though. About six inches of movement inward on the outside track, as well as making the front bolts parallel to the floor instead of perpendicular.
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so, the car is being driven again. This brings us up to today, where I used it to run errands. There's still a bit of carb tweaking to do, and a LOT of cleaning. Idle isnt right yet, and some bogging/hesitation. But, the car is starting better than ever, and the fear is gone. Today, I actually had joy driving it to my doctor appointment. (im not going hardly anywhere, and haven't in weeks. I'm in the category of folks that this will kill due to lung issues) i didn't fear coming home on a wrecker, or worry about it except returning to idle. So very, very nice.
So, short list:
reinstall hood.
Tune carb and ignition.
Fix speedometer and tach calibration
hook up parking brakes.
New lowering blocks and spring clamps in back
set front ride height and align
install passengers seat and console
fix HVAC issues and charge freon
replace dead head unit, upgrade sub amp
detail headlight to taillight.
Good for you. Now it's not labor, the fun is back in it. Hope you enjoy many miles and smiles. Wishing you and yours good health, now, and as time goes by.
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