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Well I ran it for a good while earlier. Long enough to get the coolant to 195 which is hotter than it runs going down the road by 20-30 degrees (seriously). Didn't act up at all. Tried revving it, tried putting it in any out of gear, nothing.
I haven't tried it with the alternator unhooked, there's no point if it won't act up sitting in the driveway. Alternator is a brand new 1 wire deal I installed last year with a new 2 gauge cable to the starter, for reference.
My only thought there is take it to a shop with a dyno to try and reproduce the problems, but I'm already over $2k into this thing buying the Sniper Master Kit and dual sync and trying to make it work, and I'll be damned if I spend $100 an hour on a dyno or $75 a pop getting it towed home every time I try to test drive it or get a data log. I've burned through a tank of gas already and put maybe 20 miles on it. It's absolutely devouring fuel and is definitely not normal. I mean I could have put an LS in it for this money. Say my alternator is somehow causing issues, which makes no sense to me considering the circumstances. Now I gotta buy a new alternator too?
Something is seriously wrong with this thing. I went from a strong running car with my old carb and CDI setup to this. I'm not trying to give you crap and I do appreciate the input, but why would RFI/EMI only show up after the car is fully warmed up and been driven? I would think it would always be there, or at least be RPM based, or even repeatable with some sort of pattern other than actually driving it. It would not run at all Friday night after it started its crap. But it starts and idles perfectly in my driveway after a total cool down. That just does not sound like interference to me. Even if it is, I'm not throwing another dime at this setup with the hopes that the next chunk of cash I burn on it fixed it. How am I supposed to trust this thing after this? How do I know it won't decide to crap out on me again, but maybe 100 miles from home next time? I really want this thing to work, but at what point is it just burning time and money? This is unbelievably frustrating, and has been far from what I was led to believe it would be. I was totally prepared for learning time and having to fine tune, but this is ridiculous.
I haven't tried it with the alternator unhooked, there's no point if it won't act up sitting in the driveway. Alternator is a brand new 1 wire deal I installed last year with a new 2 gauge cable to the starter, for reference.
My only thought there is take it to a shop with a dyno to try and reproduce the problems, but I'm already over $2k into this thing buying the Sniper Master Kit and dual sync and trying to make it work, and I'll be damned if I spend $100 an hour on a dyno or $75 a pop getting it towed home every time I try to test drive it or get a data log. I've burned through a tank of gas already and put maybe 20 miles on it. It's absolutely devouring fuel and is definitely not normal. I mean I could have put an LS in it for this money. Say my alternator is somehow causing issues, which makes no sense to me considering the circumstances. Now I gotta buy a new alternator too?
Something is seriously wrong with this thing. I went from a strong running car with my old carb and CDI setup to this. I'm not trying to give you crap and I do appreciate the input, but why would RFI/EMI only show up after the car is fully warmed up and been driven? I would think it would always be there, or at least be RPM based, or even repeatable with some sort of pattern other than actually driving it. It would not run at all Friday night after it started its crap. But it starts and idles perfectly in my driveway after a total cool down. That just does not sound like interference to me. Even if it is, I'm not throwing another dime at this setup with the hopes that the next chunk of cash I burn on it fixed it. How am I supposed to trust this thing after this? How do I know it won't decide to crap out on me again, but maybe 100 miles from home next time? I really want this thing to work, but at what point is it just burning time and money? This is unbelievably frustrating, and has been far from what I was led to believe it would be. I was totally prepared for learning time and having to fine tune, but this is ridiculous.
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