[scotty305]

It's alive!!!

Got it fired up this week... spent about an hour idling in the garage today... adjusting fuel pressure, burning off lots of PB Blaster that had been used to break the exhaust studs loose, adjusting idle and low RPM settings...

So far there aren't any leaks, although the drain plug from my CSF aluminum radiator stripped the first time I removed it... I burned at least a day getting the tools to drill and tap a larger hole and then trimming a very large bolt shorter so it would work as the new drain plug.

I started the new fuel map from scratch because I wanted to try a few different things, but so far so good... it idles smoothly at 800-850RPM and throttle response seems just as good as it always was now that I've got the fuel map somewhat dialed in (running 50 psi fuel pressure for now, may turn it up eventually depending on duty cycles at high RPM). Idle seems to want a slightly richer AFR (12.5-13.0 compared to about 13.0-13.5 before), but I did find a pretty major exhaust leak at the flange where the downpipe meets the catalytic converter (one of the two bolts was missing!) so it's possible that may have been skewing the readings in the past. It's much quieter at idle without the exhaust leak.

I'll post photos soon, the engine bay looks very OEM with the UIM installed... still need to reinstall the hood, undertray(s), airbox, IC and charge piping before getting back on the road.