help

[turbota633]

hello all,
i recently purchased an 86 gn i have some knowledge about the cars, but have no hands on experience tuning them, the car seems to knock once it begins building boost, id say arond 7psi or so,..i was wondering if there is anyone in the area with a scan tool and ..tools in general since i have none here who would be willing to show me a thing or 2 on these cars, id liek to get it goin back up to par ,ive been reading a lot lately, but for me theres only so much reading i can do,i would learn better by seeing it/doing it. thanks
-joe

 

[Hawaiian Turbo]

I'm sure one of us will be willing to help you out.

 

[84tt]

I hope your at least using 92 octane gasoline. Even then, I wouldn't expect the car to go over 14 psi without knock retard. If it still does, maybe your fuel regulator or fuel pump is not up to par. There are still many variables that will cause this problem and they must be eliminated in sequence.
Good luck,
Koa

 

[tazgn]

When I bought my GN years back it did the same thing. It was a bad coil pack. It could be MANY things unfortunately. I am willing to help sometime. I have a bunch of tools for the work, but I also have long hours at work. Just let me know if you need help. I do have an old coil pack we could try swapping in to see if the symptoms change. Also, make sure you do the spring cleaning that is on GNTTYPE.ORG. That will generally do wonders to cars that have been daily drivers for years with no maintenance really done on them.

Derrick

 

[TURBOV6]

I have a laptop with my turbolink just let me know or stop by my house in Kapahulu or just give me a call.....754-7342

 

[turbota633]

tazgn, turbov6..thank you for offering the help, i definetely will get a hold of one of you soon.
-joe

 

[turbota633]

hey turbov6,
maybe tomorrow evening, or sometime saturday afternoon/eveing, or sunday, lemme know whens ok for you and i will call you and maybe we can get together this weekend,lemme know whats up,if your busy and whatnot. thanks
-joe

 

[TURBOV6]

Friday or Saturday night should be good but not Sunday, just give me a call..


Jackson

 

[turbota633]

turbov6,
sorry about friday, i never called cuz i had to work late, reason i said saturday nite was cuz i thought i was workin saturday,but im not, so if its all good for you, hows saturday daytime? lemme know, i will call tomorrow regardless, thanks.
-joe