My S13 Build Progress - 56K Warning

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by Farzam

Hurry Up!

<3

Oh yeah, almost forgot, haha. I was doing homework.

It seemed fine on the way home, didn't feel like it's "slipping" at all. Got up to almost 105 on the interstate and it felt perfect.


We'll see this weekend, I'm going to be driving to Jacksonville like I said (hour and a half drive almost) and that should give me some substantial seat time to make an absolute decision on if it's still happening.

I'm also going to be hanging out with some old HS buddies of mine who are very knowledgeable about cars. I'm going to let them drive it and see what they think if it's still doing it. My dad should be able to help as well. Have to show him some jdm "muscle."


Should be getting my water temp gauge and bezel tomorrow since I can't rely on the stock one. I bought the ATI dual pod dealie.



The mickey mouse ears aren't exactly my taste but at least it will allow me an extra space to put a wideband AFR in the future.

I'll be installing that tomorrow as well as some other small tasks.

[JDS Performance]

[QUOTE=mainevent212;1361298]overkill.


Just drive slow. Don't rev it up and dump the clutch, shift
Blah Blah Blah
Thats the same thing I just said - you just added a few wordsQUOTE]

[opponheimer]

Originally Posted by jrmiller84

So I just took her down a nice desolate road and gave her the juice. She doesn't feel like she's slipping anymore.

Before I left I had a suspicion that the line to my boost gauge was leaking boost. So I disconnected the T-fitting on the vacuum line to my FPR and just hooked the vacuum line directly to the FPR(no boost gauge or boost controller) to eliminate any leakage. After that it didn't seem to feel as though it wasn't "catching."

She may not have been slipping all along, but that was the best way for me to describe it.

I am at my fiance's work right now and I'll be leaving in an hour or so. I'm going to try it again and see if she does it still.

Have you even tried looking at your pedal play? A new clutch should not be slipping so easily, even if it hasnt been broken in.

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by opponheimer

Have you even tried looking at your pedal play? A new clutch should not be slipping so easily, even if it hasnt been broken in.

Well it hasn't done it since I rerouted the vacuum line to my FPR. I haven't really dropped the clutch but I have gone to WOT and it hasn't acted up again whereas it was acting up at WOT the other day.

I'm going to wait until tomorrow to drop the clutch most likely and see if it's truly still doing it.

[S14DB]

Jacksonville? So you car will be parted out and stripped by Sunday?

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Jacksonville? So you car will be parted out and stripped by Sunday?

hahaha, nice! +1 for that.

I grew up there so I'm used to it I suppose, although it definitely is really bad. That's one of the reasons I left there, besides school of course.

The last week I was there, I was sitting at a stop light in Orange Park and some thug walked across the street in front of my car and "accidentally" flashed his nice shiny gun to everyone.

Made me feel really safe

There's such a stark difference in the amount of crime in Gainesville compared to Jacksonville. I remember when I was growing up a murder and rape investigation on the nightly news was normal. In Gainesville, the town is in an uproar over a break in. Go figure.

Nothing but tree-huggers here in Gainesville

[Mr. H]

which size is your HKS exhaust?

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by Mr. H

which size is your HKS exhaust?

http://storesense.megawebservers.com...for/Detail.bok

[kawika219]

Originally Posted by jrmiller84

I'm also going to be hanging out with some old HS buddies of mine who are very knowledgeable about cars. I'm going to let them drive it and see what they think if it's still doing it. My dad should be able to help as well. Have to show him some jdm "muscle."

i wouldnt do that haha...

[Options13]

jrmiller, you have any vids of how your car sounds yet?

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by kawika219

i wouldnt do that haha...

You're probably right, 'them' will probably turn into just my father only, haha.



Where has everyone connected their water temp gauge sender? I thought it would hook right in here:



But it's about half as small as it needs to be. I was contemplating getting a metal tube, tapping a hole in it for the sender, and clamping it in the middle of one of the radiator hoses(upper probably). Is there any other way to do this that may be easier?

[mr_240sx]

just tap it in your return rad hose.

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by mr_240sx

just tap it in your return rad hose.

When you say tap it in the return rad hose, you mean actually put a hole in the rubber hose itself? Or in the metal outlet that the hose attaches to?

I didn't think that the rubber hose would hold under pressure with a hole.

[sonnysmr2]

scroll down
http://splparts.com/Parts/Universal/...gs/default.asp


or just get s14 sr waterneck

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by sonnysmr2

scroll down
http://splparts.com/Parts/Universal/...gs/default.asp


or just get s14 sr waterneck

Hmm, I do like that a lot better. I also like the oil filter adapter plate. I was going to buy a greddy relocation kit so that I would have the adapter for my oil pressure gauge.

I'm not sure if there are any benefits/downfalls to the relocation kit other than it being really easy to change your oil filter. The plate adapter is half as expensive though.

[BlazedGlory]

Originally Posted by jrmiller84

You're probably right, 'them' will probably turn into just my father only, haha.



Where has everyone connected their water temp gauge sender? I thought it would hook right in here:



But it's about half as small as it needs to be. I was contemplating getting a metal tube, tapping a hole in it for the sender, and clamping it in the middle of one of the radiator hoses(upper probably). Is there any other way to do this that may be easier?

That's to bleed air from your cooling system...

[pr0ject TRUENO]

You should buy an adapter fitting from SPLparts.

[GSXRJJordan]

You don't need to buy a Greddy relocation plate, or the whole kit. The thread pattern on the S13 SR's are fairly standard (I forgot what it was, exactly) and I found a few relocation kits (whose plates are tapped for sensors) for <$100.

You seem to be blaming your boost controller for things that aren't your boost controller's fault - there's no way to boost less than your wastegate spring's set for, so I don't see how the boost controller could make your car feel like the clutch was slipping just by bringing your boost back to 7psi... anyhow, keep troubleshooting

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

You don't need to buy a Greddy relocation plate, or the whole kit. The thread pattern on the S13 SR's are fairly standard (I forgot what it was, exactly) and I found a few relocation kits (whose plates are tapped for sensors) for <$100.

You seem to be blaming your boost controller for things that aren't your boost controller's fault - there's no way to boost less than your wastegate spring's set for, so I don't see how the boost controller could make your car feel like the clutch was slipping just by bringing your boost back to 7psi... anyhow, keep troubleshooting

Yeah, I thought the same thing about my suspicions but what I was noticing was that when I turned it on, the problems would start and when I would turn it off they would stop.

I was able to tune it on my way home from Jacksonville today and I seem to have it working now. It ran strong all the way home and I was able to get it up to 12.5 psi consistently.

Originally Posted by pr0ject TRUENO

You should buy an adapter fitting from SPLparts.

That's what I'm planning on doing. They're a lot cheaper and I won't ruin anything trying to tap holes.

[kawika219]

so what did you dad think of it???

[jrmiller84]

He liked it, as did my mother. I raced his Vette and needless to say I got destroyed

It was a very nice ride up there. Oh, I also bought the interconnect from splparts today so I'll be able to hook up my water temp gauge sometime this week. Next week I'll be buying the oil plate as well.

[xblack240x]

How much did your Dad's Vette beat you by? Just curious, what mods have been done to his?

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by xblack240x

How much did your Dad's Vette beat you by? Just curious, what mods have been done to his?

It's a stock 94 Vette. He beat me by several car lengths, which is to be expected. I didn't have the boost controller tuned yet either, but I still would have been destroyed though maybe not as badly.

[xblack240x]

Originally Posted by jrmiller84

It's a stock 94 Vette. He beat me by several car lengths, which is to be expected. I didn't have the boost controller tuned yet either, but I still would have been destroyed though maybe not as badly.

I see, well at least you enjoyed it and your car is running ... And since I have your attention *hehe* I wanna congratulate you again on the build, I enjoyed every time you posted on it =)

[Farzam]

Upgrade the turbo and pwn your dad.

You're the head nacho now.

[jrmiller84]

Originally Posted by Farzam

Upgrade the turbo and pwn your dad.

You're the head nacho now.

Oh the day will come, don't worry

Have to work on getting outta debt first, hah.

[Farzam]

Debt later.

For now you gotta kick grandpa into the dirt.

[S14DB]

You should be able to pwn that Vette. Tune it!

[kawika219]

Originally Posted by S14DB

You should be able to pwn that Vette. Tune it!

this is the truth hahaha...

[Farzam]

1994 Chevrolet Corvette LT1(auto) 5.5 14.1
1994 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 4.7 13.1


My friend with an 89 fastback ran 13.8 on shitty 225/60/15 with an open diff/shitty clutch...and you have more mods.

You should go to a trusted local shop and make sure nothing's messed up.