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Hello everyone, new poster long time reader here. I recently acquired a 2.3T swapped car. I honestly think it's got a good amount of potential but at the current moment no so much.
On a cold start, it's great. Very smooth and boosts well.. But once warmed up the idle bounces around a bit and driveabilty is pretty poor, not smooth at all. The car littlery bucks around.
First thing I did was gap the plugs at .30, that helped a little but not much. The car has a FP gauge inside and it's reading around 41psi while the car is idling (with vac line on). From what I've read that's about right.
I'm also trying to figure out what parts are on the car. So far I've figured out it's a '88 Turbo coupe motor, volvo FMIC, 255lph pump, kirban adjustable FP regulator, adjustable cam gear, 35 pound injectors (brown tops), 3G alt, big VAM and a LB3 computer.
Here are some pics, to help:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0502.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0504.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0505.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0506.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0498.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0508.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0510.jpg
Also a video showing how poorly it drives:
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0512.mp4
I've pretty much narrowed it down though.Came home from work last night and hopped in the car and took it around the block. Ran perfect! UNTIL the engine bay (and motor, temp was at 125 and coming up) got some heat into it then it started running like crap with bucking and all. So if I had to take a educated guess, I'd say it's something dealing with spark (wires/cap/rotor, coil, TFI module). Something heat-sensitive.
I also did a little digging earlier and found the ECT sensor (in the upper intake near the FP regulator) was disconnected. So I hooked it back up and I undid the battery for now to let the computer reset. I'll go outside in a bit and see if that did anything.
Please post up if you have some incite on this problem!
-Mike
On a cold start, it's great. Very smooth and boosts well.. But once warmed up the idle bounces around a bit and driveabilty is pretty poor, not smooth at all. The car littlery bucks around.
First thing I did was gap the plugs at .30, that helped a little but not much. The car has a FP gauge inside and it's reading around 41psi while the car is idling (with vac line on). From what I've read that's about right.
I'm also trying to figure out what parts are on the car. So far I've figured out it's a '88 Turbo coupe motor, volvo FMIC, 255lph pump, kirban adjustable FP regulator, adjustable cam gear, 35 pound injectors (brown tops), 3G alt, big VAM and a LB3 computer.
Here are some pics, to help:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0502.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0504.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0505.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0506.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0498.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0508.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0510.jpg
Also a video showing how poorly it drives:
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/pay...G_0512.mp4
I've pretty much narrowed it down though.Came home from work last night and hopped in the car and took it around the block. Ran perfect! UNTIL the engine bay (and motor, temp was at 125 and coming up) got some heat into it then it started running like crap with bucking and all. So if I had to take a educated guess, I'd say it's something dealing with spark (wires/cap/rotor, coil, TFI module). Something heat-sensitive.
I also did a little digging earlier and found the ECT sensor (in the upper intake near the FP regulator) was disconnected. So I hooked it back up and I undid the battery for now to let the computer reset. I'll go outside in a bit and see if that did anything.
Please post up if you have some incite on this problem!
-Mike
-'91 Mustang w/ '88 TC motor... The daily
-'88 Mustang w/ T-70'd 5.0... The race car
-'88 Mustang w/ T-70'd 5.0... The race car