All Hail Megatron Build - MAP 2.4LR by Levar

3 minute(s) of a 95 minute read

Here are some engine bay shots of Megatron.

5-17-2012

Yesterday afternoon, I had the opportunity to start the initial tuning with Tom. We started around 1600 military time and did not finish until around 2300. Yes, seven hours later as my neighbors called the cops as the car is pretty loud. The tuning consisted of trying to troubleshoot what seems to be an endless list of possible reasons why the initial start and idle is so horrible. Tom worked with me beyond what I could have ever imagined. After remoting into my laptop, Tom tried one thing after another and we could not figure out what the issues were. Even after I was told to stop by the cops, Tom still wanted to continue if I could make it to the closest McDonalds. I had to decline as I had to get up at 0400 for work. I will say that Tom is awesome and truly treated my car as if it were his and I will assume with a great degree of certainty, that he has gone as far as 99% of people that would have given up. This evening, I have to boost leak the car for sure. Also, we are going to look at a speed density conversion as I could be experiencing interference between the Tial VTA and the stock MAF sensor. I will keep everyone updated and posted.

5-18-2012

It sure did, my friend. And you were able to accomplish getting the car to start on the first time I fired it up. It is a shame that I have neighbors that like to exercise the "call the cop" option since my car is a bit loud at night.  Oh well...

Today, I will see about getting that boost leak test done. The reason why I was unable to get it done yesterday is because the coupler I have if 4" and the inlet to the EF4 is 3". I have downloaded a few "how to" threads to build one to the right specifications if I cannot find the right reducer locally during lunch today.

You have the patience of a saint with all of the issues Megatron is having. 

I did not drive the car to work today. I did not feel too comfortable as I was running late and I did not have time for the car to properly warm up on speed density. I did take it around the block cold and it still sounds like a VW bug when starting from a stop. It also stalled on me but I contribute that to the car still being cold.