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Old 07-08-2012, 11:02 AM   #1
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Default The Achieva lives again!

Since the other thread is starting to get really long. Decided to start a new one going forward.

After a long hot day, Saturday. We finally solved the problem. It was not what we had believed it was. Turned out a wire into the control module had been scived for a connection to an alarm the previous owers had installed. As best we could surmise, from removing the connection, numerous times due to checking the plugs, packs and housing.

Anyway, this wire had pulled back into the connector. We ended up pulling the wire out, cutting it, reinstalling it and putting a connector back in. Voila, the car was running on 4 cylinders, once again.

We proceeded to get the tach, water temp gage and fan controler wired in. Still have some trouble with the fan control. We'll get the bugs out. Today, I'm going to get things cleaned up and work on some brackets to stabilise things.
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Old 07-13-2012, 05:04 AM   #2
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Hopefully, the electrical gremlins may be tamed. It's back to the (local dump) track this weekend. Try a couple different things and see what kind of times the little beast turns.

Even though we need it, rain may alter these plans.
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Old 07-15-2012, 09:49 PM   #3
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Finally got the car back to the track.

The day started with some promise. First pass out of the gate, well. I was terribly late on the tree, probably left on the third green! Time was a gain, an 11.43. So we're still 1.5+ seconds off the EF/SA 1/8 index of 9.85.

After that, I had a case of redliteitus. made two more practice passes and the eliminator. Red lit on all of them. Car then settled into the 11.50's, in the same range of our best pass the first time out. Truth is, we really haven't done that much to the car. Other than tune up parts and the cold air intake. It was warm and humidity in the 60%+ range, that's enough to affect a little motor with next to no hp.

On a side note, on the second practice pass. I experienced something I never expected from an FI engine. About 15 or so feet out of gate, the car stumbled or bogged? It immediately picked up. It killed the et but the car was only 1mph off it's current norm. It went 59 mph, every other run has been right at 60. It does occasionally have a stutter on start up that I have yet to solve. Here again, it's only right at start up and once it throws it's fit, it idles and runs fine. It's thrown no codes to give me an indication of what it is. Something else to work on.

When you show up at the track early. Sometimes you get to see some interesting things. We got to watch them clean the track.
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Old 07-17-2012, 11:50 AM   #4
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Awesome! Love the posts, keep them coming.
Cool to watch a car slowly drop the et with piece by piece mods.
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Old 07-17-2012, 01:09 PM   #5
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Default Re: The Achieva lives again!

Robert,

Are you at min weight for your class, or close to it? It is quite an accomplishment to get a car to run the index and less. Its also not just throwing go fast parts at it to make it go.

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Old 07-17-2012, 05:38 PM   #6
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Robert,

Are you at min weight for your class, or close to it? It is quite an accomplishment to get a car to run the index and less. Its also not just throwing go fast parts at it to make it go.

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No Sean. Weightwise, at present, we're heavy. At the E break, the car fits at 2870. That is roughly the dry weight of the car, add a couple hundred pounds with me in it. I'm realistic, without a lot of work, we're not going to get there.

Right now, we're just baby stepping. Learning what we can about the car. Trust me on this one, for stock, there aren't a lot of go fast parts to throw at this car. I'm just enjoying the challenge for the moment.
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