TheS14project

Thanks bro.

A bit of bad news tonight. The guy I bought the harness off of on here, sent me a text to let me know that the harness had been damaged and was sending me a refund. So it looks like I get to go back on the hunt for one again :/

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Big Zee

such shitty luck so close to the end

subscribed thread. great work Seth.

TheS14project

Thanks brotha. Hopefully I can score another harness again soon.

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TheS14project

So lets break down this shit into steps so you can see what a pain in the dick hole this car has been for the last 8 months.

1. Follow wiring diagram, ecu plug was split, modified it and was making connection.
2. After sorting out a few bugs, the car fires and idles perfect. However only on 3 cylinders.
3. Discovered two broken coilpacks, replaced coilpacks, new plugs. Didnt fix it.
4. Bill Cook came down with Aaron, TR, and Edgar. Used everything off of Bills running RB car, except for his engine harness. Same result. So it has to be the engine harness.
5. CMJ comes down, with his ecu just to be sure its not an ECU issue even though we used Bills and he said his car did the same thing. Same result and found out I broke my CAS.
6. Box up my harness and sent it to a forum mod, sponsor and RB guru on Nico for repair. Takes over 4 months and a fiasco before i finally get it back.
6. Install harness, new plugs, new CAS and same result. Car runs on front 3 only still.
7. Wheatley comes over and spends hours tracing wires with me in the garage, all signs point to an ECU related issue and a bad coilpack harness. Needed to borrow CMJs harness and ECU to confirm, but his shit was hard wired in and I didnt want him to pull the shit apart and fuck his car up...lol

Now the holidays are here, so I waited before doing anything due to a lack of time and funds to get back to work on my car. Krag hit me up and said he wanted a crack at finding out what was the actual issue and if it was simple fix before I started buying more parts or just losing my patience and ditching the motor.

He and Mike came down with what looked like a small factory of electronic devices to prob my car like it was Johnny 5. After talking about what had been done to the car and what Wheatley was able to figure out they went from there.

Mike found out that my car has 550cc injectors which the ecu is tuned for, but then Krag pulled the ECU apart and ran some tests on it to find out that unfortunately it wasnt something that could be fixed and a new ECU was needed. They went down to Castleton and picked up CMJs ecu to make sure the car was getting fuel and spark to all 6 cylinders. Which Im happy to say it is now, however the stock ecu with the warbro and 550s were flooding the car out plus Im sure the plugs are absolute junk again.

So now its time for me to find a stock replacement ECU and a Apexi AFC and down tune the car.
I think this is it, Ive said it before, Im still gun shy of saying it now, but everything is working as it should be.


Thanks Mike and Krag for your time on Sunday, plus CMJ for the use of his ECU. Not to mention thanks to everyone whos helped me try to figure out what the fuck was wrong with this heap. Bring on spring, Im ready to rip!

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xBlastoisex

holy shit seth.. i didnt even know about all the other non sense that happen..

Edgar

this car is a fucking nightmare

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OBEEWON

Glad for you. Car is too beautiful not to be on the street.

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Om1kron

Finally man. Finally.

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vaughn4

Been watching this thread for a LONG time.. Glad to see you getting things resolved!

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epics13

Just spent the my whole newtork security class reading this build (hopefully I didn't miss too much lol) and all I can say is WOW, great job over all man keep it up hope you find a new ECU and get that beast rolling soon. I dont think I would have the mental power to put my car down for as look as you did, like what almost everyone said MAD props to you.

TheS14project

Thanks Gentlemen. Just waiting on some fundage to buy the parts that I need, and then its time to enjoy this madness..lol

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cemtoes

High five to a fellow s13.4 owner! Looks fucking amazing man!!

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get chill.

bardabe

DON'T DO SAFC!!!!! Go buy nistune, and Have Steve Send you a Map, trust me you will thank me and yourself Nistune or Haltech is the Way to go. piggy backs suck monkey dick

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HPballer76

just read through all 13 pages. don't know how i missed this build before now but very nice work!

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Sir Smokes A Lot

I love the color this car is gonna be mad fresh when you get it on the street! The lil shit gives you the most headache lol but you have to finish it bro!!! Good luck dude!

eklips3

amazing. i have so much similarities on build build. I have a rb20 240sx hatch , good to see another one out there. props to you man.

thanks for the front sway bar clearance pic with the oil pan !! i was contemplating on getting aftermarket sway bars and now i know for sure that i will have to dent my oil pan to be able to fit them .

why didnt you get the side feed intake manifold for it ?

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TheS14project

Thanks Bardabe for the heads up, once the ecu gets here its being sent off to AVP for some Nistune action.

I would like to change over to the non crossover Intake manifold in the future. The only ones Ive seen are either ass raping retarded price or on ebay in Taiwan and I like to buy stuff I know Im going to get in this lifetime...lol.

Biggest reason is I havent done enough homework on them to see what the better versions of them are. I dont want to put something on my car that looks cool if it robs my car of power or makes it run like poo.

Oh and thanks again everyone for the comments and compliments.

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Charlie

Just a thought

http://ts-factory-hp.com/rb25det_surgetank.html

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JDM Sil4ty

^^^ cool website ..
i cant wait till this gets running .. its fena be beastly ..

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JohnnyDrfiter22

Big props to you and to also your boys coming thru to help you out!

The Hamsterball

TheS14Project,
big props to your build... i hope it works out for you. SUBSCRIBED!

i just read every post from your build on this thread and i am amazed... especially about the paint job and fine choice of aero.

can't wait to see some track vids!

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89fastback

this is one of the best builds i have seen in a while, mad props to you the car looks amazing

TheS14project

Thanks dudes, ive hit a money snag at the moment. Trying to sell off some crap so I can get the stuff I need to fix this beast. Balling on a budget ya know...lol

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Mr. Goodkat

Wow, nice build. Your car turned out great! Much props...

Emericask8er7439

hey man prolly stupid thing to say hah but if you didnt figure it out the reason its staying running after you shut it off is the turbo timer. Prolly already knew that but owell hah on other note this car is fucking amazing man. you gave me motivation to actually get back to working on mine. im goin rb25det

ultimateforce

The piping makes your bay look awesome.

tricky_ab

The progress you've made so far is looking great! I can't wait to see the finished product!

speedfreak90

very sick build!!!!! good job man. may we all strive for this kind of product!!!

cfreshs14

props on an awesome build. hope to see it up and running....

cmj

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