Okay I got the DOHC engine in the car, plugged in, and hooked up. Guess what happens when I turn the key:
A: Fires right up, runs good enough B: Liquids of some type spew all over the floor C: Nothing she just cranks, no fuel D: Nothing just cranks, no spark E: Nothing, I messed up the cam timing F: It bursts into flames, I run screaming unable to find water G: Wiring melts into a pool of plastic and metal H: Studders to life, choking and chugging I: Strippers jump out of the engine, fun is had for all
Maybe pluses for those who guess right.... maybe not sure yet
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FieroReinke Member
Posts: 1065 From: St James, MO Registered: Feb 2003
I am going to hope for I. But it is most likely D. Maybe when I do my TDC swap I will get some strippers but I dont think my parents would like strippers running around their garage.
Chris
------------------ 1988 GT T-Top #10/1252 3.4 TDC in the works
LOL, some of you guys have a lot of faith in me, some seem to have too little, lol.. Trying to figure out when to reveal the answer, this is entertaing, so I'll let it run a little longer
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Raydar Member
Posts: 40912 From: Carrollton GA. Out in the... country. Registered: Oct 1999
hey all i know the answer but guess what? im NOT telling YOU!!!! he he he. i know this guy and well he told me and said not to say anything so im not. he he have fun with this 86GT3.4DOHC. peace
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ltlfrari Member
Posts: 5356 From: Wake Forest,NC,USA Registered: Jan 2002
LOL, some of you guys have a lot of faith in me, some seem to have too little, lol.. Trying to figure out when to reveal the answer, this is entertaing, so I'll let it run a little longer
stop being gay.. tell us
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86GT3.4DOHC Member
Posts: 10007 From: Marion Ohio Registered: Apr 2004
I guess this has run its course..... THE ANSWER is F Then A. Perhaps I should explain
After cranking I quickly realized it was not getting fuel, to verify this I popped off the return fuel line. nothing, bone dry... I hook the FP back up (I had it hot wired) and begin to think. Suddenly I hear the FP change tone. For whatever reason it picked that exact moment to start pumping. Gas shoots all over the drivers side of the engine bay at 60 PSI. I got it stopped soon enough though, just a little lost. I then get back to trouble shooting. Still thinking no gas getting into the engine. So I pull out an old trick, dump a little gas down the throttle body, a trick better suited for 4cyls. I crank it, and crank it, hmmm maybe I was wron KABOOOOOMMMMM.... wow that was lou FIRE everything within 8 inches of the throttle body is burning, including the rubber fuel lines with 60 PSI of gas pumping through them. I jump up, and first instict is to blow on it !@?!?@? WTF was I thinking, obviously that didnt work.... I then sprint out to grab the hose that I always keep handy, I see it run under 2 Fiero doors then around the side of the house, after pulling up 15' it gets stuck on something, and I sprint inside to the near bathroom, where I found a buck and recalled that I recently broke the handle off the faucet. I then run into the kitchen, throw the buck in the sink and ran to find pliers to turn on the bathtub. After getting it runing, I go back, take my 3 cups water toss it on the flaming engine, effectivly doing nothing. I run back in and get 1/2 bucket of water and toss it on there, good, now its a smaller fire. Another 1/4 bucket of water finaly put it out. It then dawns on me to turn off the fuel pump. Some wires are a little crispy, but all seems well...
Anyway.... After a quick diagnosis, I figured the ECM was not working (no ses light, no injector fire) I then, while trying to fix the FP I attatched 12V to the jumpstart post, and I forget what happened next..... uhhhhh any way, the second try, she fired right up runs real good, except has a miss to it, possibly just lack of an exaust system, or the fact it hasnt run in who knows how long.
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crzyone Member
Posts: 3571 From: Alberta, Canada Registered: Dec 2000
lol sounds like quite an ordeal. Glad you finally got it running though, guess your wiring harness idea really works, congrats!
Was it loud without an exhaust system?
what exactly was his wiring harness idea? i havent really been following this topic to closely but i am interested as to what he did...congrats on getting it going though
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86GT3.4DOHC Member
Posts: 10007 From: Marion Ohio Registered: Apr 2004
WHAT DID YOU SAY??? SPEAK UP... I did find a new way to clean my floor. I gave her some juice, and I could see the dirt flying out from under the car and across the garage floor. And that was only at 4k on the tach, and the tach is from a 4 cyl, so it was really only like 3k. Less than 1/2 redline Uohhhh mannnn this is gonna be SWEET.
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PontiacJ8 Member
Posts: 592 From: Clay, New York w/ all the trees & the cars hidden in between! Registered: Jun 2004
Some wires are a little crispy, but all seems well...
