HIGHFIV5's RB20--->S13 Project (LOTS OF PICS!)

[DrMango]

Looks good man. Sorry Im not on here very much to check back on this build. Hope my car is going soon and we can get a cruise in. Looks like your doing it right!

Ill try to call Kenneth again about that recirc pipe again. Hes always at the gym at night and never answers

Kyle

[HIGHFIV5]

Thanks man! No big lol. Yee stoked to go on a cruise!
How close is yours to being ready?"
And wicked thanks man.

[DrMango]

Well Im at work for a while yet and when I get back I hope to get it all road legal and stuff

Kyle

[HIGHFIV5]

Ahh i gotcha. When yeh back?

[RWD_GTR]

um why does ur rb20 need spark plug wires??

[HIGHFIV5]

Didnt come with coils, but a waste spark setup instead.
Google RB Buick Coil. Thats my same setup.

[HIGHFIV5]

Okay heres the vids as promised.
Video 1: First startup. Missed the startup part, surprised me lol.
Open downpipe.


Video 2: Second startup. Listen to how nice it starts. Exhaust was brutally rich (later found out to be cause the 02 wasnt connected right. OOPS!) Put the exhaust on. Blew a fat exhaust leak near the end of the video and so shut it off. Could see smoke coming up through the bay. Leak ended up being two
Shitty test pipe gaskets. Watch my face when i hit boost and the BOV releases. HAHA i had a bit of an orgasm



Currently waiting on, exhaust gasket, and stock Recirculation pipe to wrap her up and get her running smoothly.
Wanna figure something out for my tach. Mine doesnt work at all...damn SOHC.
Gotta wire my fans and hook up my gauges too then just tidy everything up and thats all i got left to do!
Cant wait to drive it!

[DrMango]

Kenneth is going to call me tomorrow about that pipe and if his friend has it

Kyle

[HIGHFIV5]

LOL damn. Too late ordered one from Mike at 4xToys.
Thanks tho man.

[eklips3]

sweeet good job buddy.

if you get your tach working you'll notice that the rpms are really high. to get around this you will have to get your tach calibrated.

[HIGHFIV5]

So im pre sure my ignitor is f*****...
Keep getting a misfire on cylinder 5
and i cannot get it to stay in time.
Needa hunt down an ignitor for cheap.
Anyone got one?
Than she should be ready to roll!
I hope...

[GavinJohnson]

Doubt it's the ignitor. Check the coil and plug gap first.

[HIGHFIV5]

Ok fellas i need some help.
Hoping i wont have to make a new thread...
Okay well i got waste spark for starters...
But anyways, i was timing the engine, i had it running pretty smooth
throughout the rev range and idling nice.
Its on jackstands so i took it through first and second a bit and seen if i was still
misfiring.
Well no missfire but then it started bogging down and it died.
Ever since then it was idling rough and sputtering.
I borrowed an igniter from a buddy and went to go try it and she wouldnt start!
So i spent all night trying to figure out wtf is goin on and heres what i found.
Okay so i got the timing light on the plug wires so i can see if its gettin spark or not.
With the plugs in the hole and turning it over i dont get anything from the timing light...
With the plugs pulled out of the hole and on the wire the timing light fires steady
as it turns over. So for some reason im losing spark when the plug is in the hole.
Im suspecting that the coilpack got fried when i did that 2nd gear pull in the air,
thus why the car started sputtering and dieing after that and then finally wont start...
Sound bout right to everyone?

[jessem]

Well first off, running the car on jackstands isnt a fair idea of how its running because theres no load on it. It would be similar to just free reving it. Also, it sounds like you hooked the timing light right to the plug wire? Or on that loop of black wire by the ignitor? Your positive your getting that coilpack pushed onto the plug 100% because it does take some good force, it has to be something insignificant like that becasue it seems weird its so intermitten. Try and track down a new coil pack though as you said and play around with that. Its obviously a spark issue and theres not that many variables there so cant be to hard to figure out.

[HIGHFIV5]

Yeh its waste spark to yeh can just hook the timing light up to the first wire.
It worked great than shat its pants...
Im so broke right now dont even know if i can afford another coilpack
Damn car...