That's correct, even with the car not in gear the ACT HD clutch slowly spins the input shaft and turns the wheels some. What that confirms though is that the clutch works (!) and that the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) is working correctly.

 

Paradise by the dashboard light, anyone?

 

Wake up!!!

You look like your'e sleeping...I hope youre not losing alot of sleep over this beauty!!

 

Sleep? What's that?

 

Come on Fyrestrike.. Can you please keep us updated with your build.. Some pics would be nice...

LOL.. JK.. Great Post.. wish i could do this with my build.. hope it will be up in running soon.. good luck

 

Heh.

Last night we mounted the battery box, changed the oil/filter, changed the trans fluid, put diff fluid in (there was none, nor was there a washer on the drain bolt-thanks BSI). We also pulled the plugs, cleaned and regapped them and ran the engine for a bit. Then I bled the coolant and replaced it with water wetter/distilled water and did some minor cleanup in and around the car.

We're trying to finish an aluminum template that we're making for John (Hytech) so that he can get started on the header and I'm meeting with Jared from JDM soon to get started on a tune.

 

Updatoh 33oh

We were having a problem with the AEM's timing settings and the engine idle which we finally traced to the coolant temperature sensor. The sensor lies on the back of the housing where the upper radiator hose ties into the engine. The problem is that it sits too close to the firewall and we couldn't plug it in, and since I'm going to have an external gauge I figured we didn't need it.

Boy was I wrong...

Apparently the AEM uses the coolant temp sensor reading to control multiple maps including the idle air enrichment map. This map basically tries it's best to get the engine to warm up using timing, rpm, etc. Because the reading was always 0V, it never thought the engine came up to operating temp and would keep trying.

Bottom line was, we had to make it work so out comes the drill:

That's the sensor (white plug)





See how close? Here is the hole we drilled in the firewall:



Once I started drilling, we decided to drill the hole big enough that we could fit a socket in there and change the sensor (if needed) without taking the engine out:



More wiring pictures:



It's pretty sad that I know exactly where things are in this book....







This is our ECU fuse box, my dad is soldering a common power source to it:





This is the final configuration of the wiring diagram:



Fuse box $$$$$$:





You can see our main battery fuse here (100A):



Switches:



Fuses/bulbs etc:



Right then, try number two to set the base timing. This time with the coolant temp sensor attached:









Success! Once the timing was set, she idled for about 20 mins solid!

 

Moving right along...

Battery mounted in the trunk:





Dash in with gauge cluster more or less in position:





What's that?



A START BUTTON!



Messing with intake pipe location:







Catch can & Krankvent install (We ended up needing some parts so this is to be continued):





Later on, we took the dash out and cut back the plastic near the driver's legs to give us more room:









And we finally finished the header template for John at Hytech, he's going to bolt this to his engine over at the shop to see where he can run the pipes:

 

Update 34!

The catch can/krankvent circuit is now plumbed:







Wiring harness all taped up and fastened to the firewall:





Rear view mirror installed:





Mounting the seats:























The rear panel is finally painted and installed along with our new ricey taillights:

 

Nice I bet your excited to take this baby out already