Hey All,
As the conversion gods still see me as a good person to throw gremlins at, I have yet crossed another bridge with what can go wrong. Maybe its because I am constantly trying new stuff on the engine, I maybe my own worst enemy.
Anyway, when I got that 98 manifold, it was complete with rails and regulator, so I cleaned injectors and bolted it on. It never ran quite as good as it should of, and I put it down to injectors may have been slightly different size and longer intakes meant dyno for tuning. It then for no reason went nuts in the performance dept for about 2 weeks, then just before the box blew, it went rough again. When I went to throw the motor back in, I checked the plugs and #3 was burnt down...lean..bad..very bad. Thats why the manifold was probably being sold..the motor had destroyed itself due to faulty regulator. The signs were rough idle, not crisp response and looked like it was running rich at the pipe, due to the petrol not atomisinig properly. Poor fuel economy also.
Got the old reg of the other motor..the beast is back as smooth as it was straight after the dyno..needs a bit of fuel added, although pretty sweet. I also put the reg on upside down, so it goes straight out the side to the return line. I also made a new piece that joins #2 and #1 rails, so no fuel lines run under the maniold. I am going to make some billet alloy rails in the next week for top feed injectors, if anyone wants a set.
Matt
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