Orkney - New Home To A TII!

Grieve · May 18, 2012, 07:50:22 PM

Went up to the paint shop today and Mr Rex was sitting in the booth having just been painted! Excited is not the word!!

XRMike - Sister cars except for the vented headlight cover and black mirrors! Looks a good\'n though man!

flatout · June 30, 2012, 12:54:46 AM

any updates ? dieing to see the parts fitted dude,

Grieve · August 20, 2012, 10:34:29 PM

Hello guys and girls! A long overdue update - Mr Rex is on the road, having been painted. However, there are a few more parts I am waiting to come home for painting before I unveil her to you all! In the mean time...

I have just purchased an induction kit. Now, with being new to rotary engines, can I just go ahead and fit this or do I need correct mapping or something? Also, my idle is horrendous just now, wondering if the throttle positioning sensor is gone as it won\'t idle at 750rpm, just cuts out. Is there an upgrade or a replacement anywhere in the world? Any help much appreciated! Thanks!

Grieve · August 25, 2012, 08:39:34 PM

Probably a silly question, but I fitted my induction kit last weekend and attempted to start the car and I can honestly say I think I got the sound of detonation...? Popcorn sound? Anyways - am I not able to fit the induction kit without a remap or piggyback ecu...? Car won\'t start at all now :|

TiddlesRX7 · August 26, 2012, 01:21:42 PM

Did you remove the air flow meter when fitting the induction kit?

Prof · August 26, 2012, 01:39:49 PM

As Ade says, without the induction it will probably fire but then die straight away - that\'s what mine does on the chipped and stock ECU\'s.

I would doubt that you\'d get knock/det or pinking straight off the bat, although the car will rev up to 2-3K on startup.

Grieve · August 26, 2012, 05:02:15 PM

Yeah I pulled it off. Just getting plumes of white smoke when it does start, and it pulses when it does run then eventually cuts out. Took the spark plugs out and removed the EGI fuse to see if it was flooded but got no where, getting a bit stuck now. Wondering about idle speed or throttle positioning or something now I\'m guessing...? Annoying!

Prof · August 26, 2012, 06:31:50 PM

It\'s not to fussy about TPS and idle speed settings on first start, only when the warm up phase has finished.

Things that seem to affect the ability to start and stay running:

Alternator / battery
CAS sensor or distributor
Air Flow Meter
ECU
Fuel delivery
Plugs - dirty or fouled plugs
Compression

If the engine has been sat a while or it\'s been rebuilt, then lots of white smoke isn\'t unusual.

A really bad air leak can cause starting to fail, but normally the engine will run when first started, and as it warms up it will stall because there is too much unmetered air.

Grieve · August 26, 2012, 09:28:13 PM

Ah good. Thankyou very much Prof, I\'ll have a look at things a few nights this week and hopefully all will be well...!

Grieve · September 07, 2012, 10:00:37 PM

So! Eventually got round to having a look at my poorly rex, and I need a new coilpack. The one nearest the passengers seat is dead. I think I might just get new plugs, leads and coilpacks though. Any ideas where to get such things? Or what is of any use? Have also noticed my turbo has a bit of play now as well

. Is there an upgraded turbo you can get at all?

Grieve · October 03, 2012, 02:36:56 PM

Unfortunately Mr Rex still won\'t start. However, I have a free flowing exhaust and have recently fitted a cone filter...would I need an upgraded ecu for it to run now? For sakes of fueling etc? I have also put on a different trailing coilpack, but the resistance on the leading coilpack is sky high...is this to do with the ecu? And where is the ecu exactly?! Any help would be much appreciated, so I could finally get the bodywork done once and for all!

TiddlesRX7 · October 03, 2012, 03:17:40 PM

The car should run with an exhaust and cone filter although you should fit a FCD so it doesn\'t run lean on you. The ECU is in the passenger footwell under the carpet and kickplate.

Ade

Grieve · October 03, 2012, 06:02:57 PM

Thanks Ade. Starting to run out of ideas again, it\'s so close to going but it just won\'t catch! Frustrating.

grinder · October 03, 2012, 06:51:22 PM

have you checked all the basics ?

1 - good spark
2 - not flooded
3 - dead ecu ( dont even get onto me about that )
4 - Air Flow meter connected
5 - you are defo getting fuel ( you can prime it by the means of a connector in the engine bay .. i think its green )
6 - good set of HT leads

And then your into the head scratching stuff .. i spent about 6 months trying to get a car to start ... it was a dead ECU in the end

Grieve · October 04, 2012, 09:52:02 AM

Quote from: grinder;837352have you checked all the basics ?

1 - good spark
2 - not flooded
3 - dead ecu ( dont even get onto me about that )
4 - Air Flow meter connected
5 - you are defo getting fuel ( you can prime it by the means of a connector in the engine bay .. i think its green )
6 - good set of HT leads

And then your into the head scratching stuff .. i spent about 6 months trying to get a car to start ... it was a dead ECU in the end

Well my trailing coilpack wasn\'t giving a spark, but it will run without that I\'m told. \'Deflooded\' it (that\'s my term for it) on tuesday night and tried to start it to no avail. ECU...hmm, put the s***s right up that has! I tried to get her going with the AFM connected and disconnect, again to no avail. Fairly sure I am cos you can smell it haha, might be worth a punt though. HT leads are coming home!

With regard to the ECU, I am planning to get an FMIC installed this winter anyways - is it a new ECU you get for that, or just a piggy back? Thankyou Grinder!