Ok here is the vid of the Defi gage test.. on youboob. its a little dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWohhqX6l8U

Thats a cool startup.

Since when has that ever stopped you?

Chris, looks hot man. It's gonna be crazy in ten years when it runs. haha I dunno about that aftermarket tach though.

Defi aftermarket > OEM for pretty much all gauges.

I'm not doubting it's functionality, it just looks terrible. If you are spending that much money, you might as well take the factory tach out and put the defi in it's place.

Did I miss something? In the video that's exactly what it looks like he did.

Oh I can't watch the video from work.

edit: I watched it, still looks like it's sitting in front of the cluster to me.

it is in front of the cluster. I cut a slit in the cluster plastic to slide the tach. mount back a little. Unlike many people that put tachs in cars I actually need it. The factory one only goes to 7-8k rpm..I need one that will tell me 8500+ rpm. Tons of minor things before we start it..but its getting closer and closer.

any update on this ? im super curious on how its going....

An update. IC piping done, all vac. lines done, exhaust done, new front wheel bearings. Things to be done to start. Finish the battery wiring, wire in a relay for e-fans. Have friend send start map, fill with fluids, prime oil and fuel systems.

It's getting close!

sweeet... that thing's gonna be awesome!

So exciting, bet you can't wait to finally get this thing going.

will be attempting to start car friday sometime 8-10-07. After laptop to ecu problem after problem after problem..finally sorted so time to give it a shot. will post new pics of the car soon. Still in some state of disarray but looking better.

Nice, hopefully it's been a labor of love and hopefully she starts! :)

NO START need to ditch the aftermarket nology set up and try the stock stuff...coils were getting power but no trigger..and the haltech was reading an rpm signal. BOOOOO oh well

Careful, I might get Frankensuby Jr. running before you get godzilla there going! :lol:

well a BAD update for you guys....While trying to find why the thing was getting no spark someone (NO NOT ME!!!) put too many amps to the thing. I found the ecu fuze was poped..changed it with new one..and nothing. I check the haltech sensors to see if they are getting power, nothing. Ecu would not communicate with laptop either. So I called a friend of mine that is really good with haltechs tell him what happened and he came to the same conclusion I did..ecu is fried. So a special thanks to my buddy and another buddys fauther...Well at least I know what was causing the coils not to fire...starter was shot and sucking the batt dry.

That sucks! What is the estimate now for getting it all going?

That sucks. :mad: Any chance the folks at Haltech (or maybe the guys you bought it from) would be willing to do a warranty swap on it? You'd think with the fuse blowing it should have been protected from damage... maybe it was the Haltech itself caused the short and blew the fuse?

I would contact the people I bought it from but they closed while I was in Afghanistan owner was tired of the industry. One would think that a fuze would do that but it appears the initial surge of amps and volts arced the fuze..that would explain the electric hummm when they did what they did that and every electrical thing in my car going crazy..boost controller, TT, and defi gages.
With luck haltech can fix it, with more luck the ones who juiced my car will pony up to get it fixed.

HUGE UPDATE!!!!! everything worked out with the ecu...got it back did a few other things...The CAR WAS STARTED TODAY..Need to work on the tps and cas to get it to idle right. I also think that the inj. leads are reversed. IE it using the 1600's on fire up and not the 550's..will be checking that tomarrow. Will keep updated.

Wow great news! I thought youd get sick of it and this thing was going to end up being parted out before it was done. Good to hear it's running!

Awesome news Murph'!

Woohoo! That's great news Chris!

Any chance this beast will make a showing at a meet?

Wow, that is going to be sweet. I cant wait to see the final product.

any chance of seeing pictures or videos of the final product any time soon?

Welcome and thanks for bumping this thread. Lets have an update!

OK NEW UPDATE...after many problems with getting it started and keep it running It NOW WILL RUN and start very easly..
some of the problems from before. the Crank angle sensor was physically set wrong..I had it set to the stock 11 tooth offset when the start map was set in the ecu to the 3 tooth offset. That is why I was reading 7k rpm at the crappy idle. Fixed. Re-timed the engine too. it now reads what it should -5 tdc for leading and -20 tdc for trailing. Also had to change a sub setting so the computer would fire the seconday spark right..it needed to be set to distributer (did I spell that right?) and not direct fire. wired the coils into a better supply of 12v.
So yeah its more alive than before. we did a count of how long the turbo will spin after it shuts off...almost 1 min. Love the BB turbos. All pressures and temps were ok and reading. We gave it a little throttle and it makes about 1-3 psi of boost at 3500rpm free revving..AND LOUD AS FU$K..
Will take some vids Saturday and post youtube link here.
Thanks all for the good comments. And yes it will someday make it to the meets.

The Project is OVER, DONE, KAPUT. after running it last night everything was fine..saw a few minor water leaks..temp sensor..fixed them today. Then I was going to run it to get the video...and WHAM motor seized..would not move clockwise or back counter clockwise. First thought starter jammed took it out, everythings fine. Ok to much fuel..took out plugs and tried to bar it over again, nothing. Checked oil condition..looks GREAT. So I use the fiberoptic camera to look in the spark plug hole..I see on #1 rotor housing a nice shiney wide scrach marking..so I pull entire intake off and the exhaust to check the other sides...same thing. #1 rotor destroyed and I'm betting the rotor housing too. I might put in an old school chevy V-8 that has 13.5:1 compression. I don't know yet what I want to do with this.

ahhhh, that sucks.

Weak. :(

Dammit.

With all the turbo goodies you've got for that rotory, you thing you could break even selling it all and picking up an LS1? I've always loved RX-7's, but I'm scared off by the finicky turbo rotory motors. A Vette motor in there would be a beast, and a way more reliable. Plus I hear the handling isn't effected all that much because the 350's weight distribution isn't all that much different than the rotory, aside from the CG being a bit higher.

What's a kit LS1 go for these days? These guys are known to be overpriced, and they've got a new LS1/LS6 w/ 390hp for $7500:

http://turnkeyenginesupply.com/street_57390.htm

I gotta figure with some hunting around you could be at the 400hp level for $5k. :cool:

Well Merry Christmas all..As for the engine I have found a built 327..well actually its the motor out of my dads 66 chevelle.. It pushed the full weight boat using a 150 shot of nitrous to a 10.8 in Sacramento. The engine runs a 13:1 compression. I have found a company that makes drop in cradles and tranny mounts that require no welding or cutting. They pretty much make everything to swap in a v-8. The down side is that I would not be able to get the engine until late spring or early summer.
the last couple of days I've been removing the high dollar parts so my friend can put the car outside to make room in the shop. I will be pulling the motor out, tearing it down to see what failed. I was able to get ahold of my old engine builder and he is being very helpful so getting it rebuilt might be an option. On the other side I have also found another 13b-re engine for a good price, would not take long to swap parts to it and install it. Would not hurt to have an extra engine around.
I will post pics of the failed parts when I get it apart.

Up date. Found what failed..no internal engine damage. Lucky me..was a bearing under the timing chain..when I got it off engine spunn easly. Pic of damaged stuff.

Holy crap. That looks like it was unlubricated and under extreme pressure.

Glad it wasn't an internal.

Project back on?

Wait... that's not normal?

*runs off to order more SVX parts*

I found another broken bearing..its under the one in the pic.. It goes around the E-shaft..it appears to have a broken area in it..so I have to remove the stationary bearing and remove it from e-shaft. the parts are easy to get so I'm still hopeful that I can come out on top. I'll see how much more damage is done before I decide on keeping the project alive dean..but it looks like I'll continue with it..hell had it going so..I'll see how I feel..

Bad update...bug into the motor some more today..well its not good I spun a stationary gear bearing..its fuzed itself to the e-shaft (crank) so that is poop to. So a list of parts damaged..
1: stationary gear
2: E-shaft
3: thrust bearing
4: bearing plate
5: counter weight seal
I need to replace both stationary gears can't mismatch. Would also need to replace the water seals if I tear apart engine to replace shaft. Me not happy right now. So project is looking to be getting the AXE

Project is well OVER...LET THE PART OUT BEGIN!!!!!