Hey trevr do you think you could e-mail me the vacuum diagrams for the ca it would be really helpful!! cwhite240sx@hotmail.com

 

I haven't connect any of these yet. But here is the diagram I'll be using for reference.

 

Thanks i forgot that you already posted that sorry man!!

 

Whats going with the swap man??

 

Still can't get it started. I plan on spending the rest of the week and the weekend working through the FSM to try and figure it out.

So far, I have checked all the hot wires to each coil pack, and they each are receiving 12v of power. I have to take a closer look at the igniter and make sure that is running correctly.

My MAF airflow also is a different than expected. On the MAF, there are pins for B C D, but not for A. Supposable, for the KA24E MAF, there are suppose to be pins on A B C and not D. So I'm not sure what I'm working with here.

Also gotta make sure my ECU is operational. When the ignition is turned to the on position, the LED on the ECU is red. When I try to turn it over, that red LED goes out.

So I have reading, and research still to do. Hopefully I can out smart the problems. Any suggestions, let me know!

 

looks good bro. i was going to go with a CA years ago.

 

Thanks. What did you ultimately go with?

 

Tonight I decided to take a closer look at a terminal I've been ignoring since I starting the daunting task of wiring up everything. Rookie mistake, but duh, the wires from this terminal lead right to the injectors. Never gave it a thought, because nothing in my research mentions anything about the DSM Resistor. I found one on eBay for just about $20, hopefully this help spray some life into project.


Credit for image goes to MasterZenki

 

On the ca you can run a manual boost controller can't you or do you need some sort of boost cut for the ecu???

 

Not sure, but when you find out let me know.

 

awww.i thought it was an update...

 

IT RUNS!!!!!!

It been 16 something years since this engine was last started, but once I installed the resistor for the fuel injectors it turned right over!

Right now it sounds obnoxious since I'm still waiting for the down pipe to arrive to complete the exhaust. On the initial start it coughed up alot of white smoke, and ran a little rough and eventually stalled out after about a minute of or so.

Before I restarted it again, I went through and plugged up all the air hoses that were left hanging around. I recirculated the air from the blow off valve back into the intake plume as shown in the diagram above. Next, I'm not sure if this is correct, but I ran the air hose from the wastegate back into the turbo inlet pipe after the MAF sensor. I still have to bypass the coolant going into the intake plume, there are three hoses (one from the throttle body, and two to the plume) I plugged all three of these up the best I could with what I had.

With that done, I gave it another crank and it turned right over again. It ran quite smoothly now, but it wouldn't rev very high, I still have my dash and instrument cluster out of the car, so I don't know where it was cutting out. I remember reading somewhere, about switching the MAF signal and 12v wires with each other, so I did that and started it again. This time I was able to rev the motor a bit higher, but it spat and backfired quite a bit. Prolly because of the 87 octane gasoline that has been in the tank for about 10 months.

I just got to say, this is my first turbo setup, and the swirl noise from the turbo is AWESOME!

Getting it start is a good beginning, now I want to eliminate excess baggage from the engine that isn't needed like the intake coolant, and then check and recheck everything before I run this engine any more. As always, any help or suggestions are always welcome. My friend owns a DVD camera so I hope to post a video up on Thursday when I work on the car again.

 

LOL, hopefully this will bump it for you.

 

YESH!!! got that beast running! wooot. congrats man, thats very awesome. still considering a CA swap into my s14 now. that owuld be a wierd one eh?

 

Sweet man thats great so you just plugged the coolant line that are for you heater core? I'm glad you got yours running i was starting to get worried about mine. What is the resistor that you replaced i dont remember ever seeing one on my car or needing one for the swap?