TurboJunky
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- Joined
- Nov 5, 2002
I recently bought a beautiful 44,000 mile TR from a gentleman in Canada who had professional upgrades done to the car. It dynoed at 476hp at the rear wheels with these mods:
John Craig TE-45 Turbo, Seimens 55 lb. injectors, Mark Jackson (17 row) stock location intercooler, Houston SS 3" downpipe, 3" no cat, HD waste gate actuator rod, 3" mandrel bent full stainless steel exhaust with dual stainless Pit Bull mufflers, Precision 9.5" single disc lock up torque converter (0 pump config.), Translator Plus MAF (Mike Licht chip), Aluminum radiator (3 row), 160 stat, Aluminum rear brake drums, Cross- drilled front brake rotors, Direct Scan (computer included), 210/205 Reed cam (flat tappet), forged pistons (.030 over), steel main caps (center two), KB oil booster plate, Kirban body brace struts (trunk), hot wired Walbro 340 fuel pump, Twin rear Air bags.
Shortly after buying the car and only on occasion I'm finding the car will cut out total ignition at about 3-5 lbs of boost and I don't know why. The first time it happened it took about a week and the condition went away. After contacting the previous owner he suggested I disconnect the battery to "reset" the ECM and no shit, it works. I had this condition happen to me 2x after his suggestion and as soon as I pulled over, disconnected the positive power from the battery for @ 30 seconds, reconnected it the car ran perfectly again. He gave me the laptop so I can plug into the ECM along with the DirectScan software but I can't get that to read anything no matter what I try. And yes, the ECM is modified so the laptop can read engine performance in real time. Personally I'm not interested in getting the PC to read the ECM, just try and understand why the car corrects itself when I disconnect the battery and reset the computer by doing so.
Anyone???
John Craig TE-45 Turbo, Seimens 55 lb. injectors, Mark Jackson (17 row) stock location intercooler, Houston SS 3" downpipe, 3" no cat, HD waste gate actuator rod, 3" mandrel bent full stainless steel exhaust with dual stainless Pit Bull mufflers, Precision 9.5" single disc lock up torque converter (0 pump config.), Translator Plus MAF (Mike Licht chip), Aluminum radiator (3 row), 160 stat, Aluminum rear brake drums, Cross- drilled front brake rotors, Direct Scan (computer included), 210/205 Reed cam (flat tappet), forged pistons (.030 over), steel main caps (center two), KB oil booster plate, Kirban body brace struts (trunk), hot wired Walbro 340 fuel pump, Twin rear Air bags.
Shortly after buying the car and only on occasion I'm finding the car will cut out total ignition at about 3-5 lbs of boost and I don't know why. The first time it happened it took about a week and the condition went away. After contacting the previous owner he suggested I disconnect the battery to "reset" the ECM and no shit, it works. I had this condition happen to me 2x after his suggestion and as soon as I pulled over, disconnected the positive power from the battery for @ 30 seconds, reconnected it the car ran perfectly again. He gave me the laptop so I can plug into the ECM along with the DirectScan software but I can't get that to read anything no matter what I try. And yes, the ECM is modified so the laptop can read engine performance in real time. Personally I'm not interested in getting the PC to read the ECM, just try and understand why the car corrects itself when I disconnect the battery and reset the computer by doing so.
Anyone???