IT RUNS!
IT RUNS!
Jim came over this morning, and the two of us made the car RUN! He said that since his 1 month estimate was called out, he wasn't leaving until it ran. We tried testing for fuel pressure, and listening for the pump. We had no luck at all until we consulted the TSRM a little more. It listed several different possible problems. Together, we ruled out several of those for one reason or another. The first thing we tried after that was the main EFI Relay in the fuse box. After that we got fuel pumping out of the still open fuel line, so we knew we were on to something. We tried to tighten the fuel line up and see if it would start. It spit out a backfire, so we knew we were close. Then we checked fuel pressure at the FPR gauge, and found we only had 15-20 pounds of pressure. Once we cranked it up tp about 40 pounds, we were able to get it started. It started, and blew out quite a bit of smoke from build up after sitting for a year. It also ran pretty rough for a while, but finally idled on it's own at about 700-800 RPM.
With all the upgrades, it's going to need a good tuning before it really runs good. And, I still have several little small issues to take care of before driving the car. I still have to re-install my water lines on the turbo, and put my charcoal cannister back in. It had no coolant at all, so we only ran it for a couple of minutes.