well i got the motor all put back together... went to start it and nothing... so i go get a new starter and put it in... car cranks now but wont start... i have fuel and spark... the timing is all dead on and it still wont start... i have no idea what is wrong with it now... im bout to get the gun and put it outta my misery...

 

shiet... that sux man. I'm sure the sucka will come around~ let us know when it does.

 

well she started tonight... runs like **** but it is running... now i just have to find the damn key so i can stop hot wiring it... the problem was the fuel lines were on backwards... flip them around and it runs...

 

been there done that lol its an honest mistake..check your vac hoses..see if any are leaking or not connected...also is the car missin or what..how *****y is it actually running.. try pulling the connectors off the injectors whiles the engine is idleing if one doesnt cause a drop in engine speed theres a miss on that cyl and maybe thatll help u narrow it down..(although u probably already no this)

 

the car wont stay running... it will start and idle for about a min and then it will start to sputter and die... i havent gotten into it yet i will do that today and see what i find... and any information weather i know it or not is still good information... someone other than me might have the same problem and they might not know where to start... thanks for the input...

 

np..if the motor shakes tremendously like mine did when a cylinder was dead (bad injector) id look into the injectors..check your firing order also..maybe the dist is liek 180 out..or soemthing ..hope you figure t out

 

im heading out there now to see what i can find... as soon as i fix the damn squeeling alternator belt... that thing is loud as hell... then i will get to work on the other problems... hope to go for a test drive today...

 

good luck let us know if you find the gremlims.that are robing you from enjoying your sweet sweet canday (240)

..sorry im in school bored as hel*

 

 

well they robbed me good... i went for a test drive and it was running great... had great power... temp was fine and there was no noise...

then later in the day i went over to a friends house to help him pull a transmission and about 20 min into the drive the temp gague pegged so i pull over real fast and shut her down... popped the hood and noticed there was no water boiling over... opened the oil cap and about died... huge amounts of smoke start streaming out... fried oil stinks like hell... waited for 20 min did an oil change right there on the highway and cut open my oil filter... full of metal and brass... went to start it up and she knocks like mad... this motor is shot ... there goes a new set of rods and the crank i spent so much money on...

 

Ah, dang. The motor from hell.

 

man im am sorry but u just arent having any luck with building the ka for n/a power...that really sucks..maybe it might be time to think about an sr swap... :\

 

The more info you learn the better. Maybe its something simple that need replaced/cleaned.

 

it was a freshly built motor i think....

 

the problem is in the crank... i have had no luck with ist since i started... i bought a crank and had it machined... then found out that the flywheel bolt holes were messed up and only half tapped out... so i got a new one... and installed it... then i lost the timing chain tensioner... this time i spun a bearing... i think that it is because the rod journals were turned too much and did not fit the rods i had bought... i have had bad luck with parts that i have bought not in the work... im going to pull the motor apart and see what happened... but i will put mone on the number 2 or 3 rod bearings failing... which now has trashed my crank...

so i start again with something else... see if i can get it all going again...

as far as no luck with building na motors... there are 4 of them running around here... 2 of them were on the boards at one time... i havent seen them round but they have not called me saying they had a problem...

we will see when i get another motor and pull this one apart...