EFI Turbo pre set up set up - update it runs and idles
Before I start I need to say that before this car is driven anywhere it is going for a setup at Power Engineering - I am just after advice to get the car to run so I know the basics are all OK before it goes there.
I MFI Turbo -> EFI Turbo converted my car last year and it's sat for a year since. I had it running last year it would start and idle perfectly but it would not rev, it bogged down and wanted to cut out straight away and the fuel pump wouldn't prime so I've just bought a new ECU. (Before swapping the ECU everything was tried to get the pump to prime checked and checked then checked some more and no joy. Then plugged in a zetec ECU, turned the ignition on and got prime. So I diagnosed the ECU as bad)
Yesterday I put the ECU on it and also set the CO pot to 1500 ohms using my multimeter which I believe is roughly the factory setting, put some fresh fuel in and tried to start the car with a set of jump leads on. It sounded like it wanted to go but wouldn't, a couple of times it kind of started but as soon as I touched the throttle it died again.
I suspect that the fuel pressure is way out so can someone explain to me how to set the fuel pressure to the standard setting? I have a fuel pressure guage which I am going to fit to know what the pressure is at and I know where the screw is. I'm guessing I can set the pressure without the car running as the pump primes on ignition?
Also read something about taking a hose off somewhere or other when sodding about with it?
Just want it to start and run so I can get it upto temp then it will be straight off to Powers before it turns a wheel. Just don't want it to get there as a complete non runner, if there's anything daft I want to sort it first.
Last edited by mannion; Mar 12, 2013 at 06:09 PM.