Watson Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 I finished the engine; time for a beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 The day started with people just stopping by to chat and decided the engine bay needed cleaning. I didn't ask for it nor did I care, so on with the cleaning they went. While they did that, I worked on removing more unneeded equipment. No more dashboard. Lets do this. So close, yet so far. The engine needs to move another half an inch and mesh up with the transmission to make this task complete, but I'm tired. Until tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 The engine is in! I had a dream last night that the engine would just mesh up the next morning without a hitch and sure enough, it did. Weird. Got a lot of bits installed. Good news: The lights are working and the fuel pump is working as well as the FPR which is reading at a solid 3 BAR. I stared working on the panel for switches, fuses, and relays. Will tomorrow be the day it starts? I hope so; there's a drift event next weekend. A video update will happen tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Today was quite interesting. I fabricated an exhaust system with scrap pipe and started wiring the the harness. I then just hit a brick wall in regards to exhaustion and just decided to call it a day, have a beer and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. Watson has a real rat rod look now! Or just a ghetto look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yeah, I thought about a side exit too, once I saw where the piping had to be routed, haha. I'm digging the calf burners. It's real fun making your own exhaust, the first start up is instantly rewarding. Loving the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palauoriginal Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) nice work! can't wait to see it running Edited March 31, 2014 by palauoriginal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 So close! Everything works, I just don't have spark. I'll have that hashed out soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Welcome to the ever exclusive no spark club, Hopefully you only have a trial membership I'm losing the dizzy and going EDIS on my 240 becayse my optical sensor died. C'mon tax returns! Edited April 4, 2014 by OldAndyAndTheSea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Watson Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 I have been busting my brain-balls trying to get this ignition thing sorted out. Many solutions have been tried and I ended up frying a CDI module and I think I broke the optical trigger. So I built a new one. After testing many different setups with mixed results, it was time to call it a night. I'm exhausted. Until tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 So close! So very close! I figured out a solution for the optical sensor and I've now got fuel and spark. I got even closer than this video but I need to hash out my enrichment table and uhhh get a new starter. Shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) There have been many late nights of tuning and trying different setups only to still not have it start. I've ordered a replacement XR700 optical sensor as I suspect my frankenstein sensor may not be up to the task of automotive use. It should be here tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Edited April 11, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Its alive!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thank you! Its running. Its moving. Got a basic tune done to at least take Watson around the block. Huge thanks to my buddy Zach for helping out with the build. It took just over a month to make this all happen and now its all about tuning to get it to run great. Stay tuned to witness the true power of Watson the Datsun!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 The issue turned out to be a far too low value on deceleration enrichment. Interesting. Anyway, I change the value from 5% to 100% and bam! No more cut outs or lean outs. Got a little bit of tuning done today. Watson is running great! I had to give it just a little gas to hear the turbo spool up. As it turns out, blow off sounds are quite rewarding. On the way home the fuel pump decided to it was time to start dying. I just happen to have a Walbro 255lph fuel pump laying around. That will go on tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'm still tuning but I couldn't help but to get on it just a little bit. I only brought it up to 4 psi and even that put a smile on my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Awesome! I'm uploading my gopro video too! The cars sound remarkably similar. currently 40% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Nice! I'll be hanging out around your thread to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69sroadster Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Congrats on getting it running. I love the name Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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