It runs!

Pylon · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:18 pm

Well...Megasquirt and EDIS are talking turkey with the 122. It fired up tonight. First it screamed because the intake manifold wasn't seated right. After we fixed that it seemed to idle pretty good. Nothing adjusted in the settings yet and it was pig rich but it appears that all systems are at least functioning. Still need to get the rad in and filled and get the alternator wired but it's getting oh so close...

Huge thanks to Matt for all the help...so far. Much more to come too...

volvoshredder · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:24 pm

FANTASTIC DALE!!!!

CONGRATS!!!
I'm really happy for you. I can hardly wait to see that thing ripping around!

Greg

Ugly Duck · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:13 am

We've got a LOOOOOOooooOOOOOoot of loose ends to tie up, but we're getting there...

Everyone knows it's not a good thing to start your engine and rev it up right away, right? With the intake manifold on crooked, it barked and then WAAAAAAAAAH right up to the rev limiter of 6200... Stayed there for a couple seconds while I figured out how to shut it off (not as simple as turning a key). Set the RL to 2000 RPM as we chased down vacuum leaks, until we found the intake was sitting funny. A few taps with a rubber hammer, some wrenching to tighen up loose nuts, and walla.

Volvord · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:38 am

Ah, the "put it to the floor" engine break-in process.

Congrat's Dale, I know there is a lot of work to do but this is a milestone

Pylon · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:54 am

Meh...the engine is well broken in...Andy looked after that. Probably saw 6200 many times in that 142... I hope it was the bouncing off the rev limiter that made it so loud though... :shock:

Yeah...lotsa loose ends as Matt said but just getting it to fire was a huge weight off my shoulders. I'd spent the better part of last week and the weekend putting together the wiring and other than a couple of minor issues, it seems to have gone well. The engine bay looks somewhat more busy now with all that wiring loom running everywhere... And Ian, those two relays for the headlights now have 5 more identical ones clipped in beside them...

Keeping my fingers crossed that the new master cylinder comes in today and we can bleed the brakes and drop it on its wheels kinda permanently...

Ugly Duck · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:17 am

Wassa mater, Dale? You said you wanted it loud.. Being that the spark was terribly retarded trying to keep the RPM in check, before the fuel cut actually kicked in, I'm sure it was quite a bit louder than it would be tooling down the street. Once we finally got the vacuum leaks under control, it was pretty quiet when burping the throttle butterfly. WOT and on the limiter was another story...

Hopefully we can get the alternator and cooling system installed today so we can let it run for a few minutes tonight.

Pylon · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:46 am

I wanted it so you could hear. I don't want it to wake up the people in Riverbend when I fire it up. However...it did sound much better when it calmed down and wasn't bouncing off the rev limiter...

JordanRules · **Joined:** Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:28 pm **Posts:** 487

Good job guys

Glad to hear it finally ran.

I guess the next goal is to have it driving?

Jordan

Pylon · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:10 pm

It could pretty much be driven now except it doesn't have any seats in it...

The master cylinder does work, just not with light pressure. Stomp on it and it holds fine. Anyhow, the new one will be here by the time I get back from my extended weekend of flyfishing. I leave tomorrow after work and am home sometime Sunday...

We had it running for an extended period of time tonight. Seems to run fine but there is a huge intake manifold gasket leak. We're going to pull the intake and possibly the header again and get everything buttoned down so there are no leaks.

I certainly won't be doing a lot of hotrodding around the neighborhood. Blipping the throttle produces a substantial bark. Lets hope highway cruising is a fair bit quieter...Once the vacuum leaks are fixed and we can run some reasonable timing, it might improve a bit. The cam seems pretty lumpy right now but again, that might have more to do with a major vacuum leak...

All in all a successful evening...

Tha VZA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:05 pm

Pylon wrote:

It could pretty much be driven now except it doesn't have any seats in it...

that's no reason to stop you...

ciao

girlwithblack245 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:04 am **Posts:** 67

Yay Dale!!

Congrats on getting that ol' thing running

(geez, I really need to pay more attention to this board...)

Pylon · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:14 pm

girlwithblack245 wrote:

(geez, I really need to pay more attention to this board...)

Uhhh...yeah...

Matt worked on it a bunch when I was gone and got the vacuum leaks fixed. Now it snarls like a kitten at idle. Well...it idles anyways...at normal idle speeds. I'm hoping it'll be a bit more quiet at highway speeds. If not, Matt and I will be deaf by the time we get home from the BC trip...

Got a few more things to do but it's awfully close to driveable... :supz:

It's not so stealth, if you know what I mean...

Tha VZA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:54 pm

Pylon wrote:

Now it snarls like a kitten at idle. Well...it idles anyways...at normal idle speeds. I'm hoping it'll be a bit more quiet at highway speeds. If not, Matt and I will be deaf by the time we get home from the BC trip...

all together now!!!

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"IF IT'S TOO LOUD, YOU'RE TOO OLD"

ciao

Pylon · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:21 pm

Tha VZA wrote:

"IF IT'S TOO LOUD, YOU'RE TOO OLD"

ciao

You haven't heard it yet, huh? :wink:

RaZ · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:04 pm

Haha, heard Viks car at WOT yet?

- R

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