Finally Going Single! Part 2 by cohbra

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We had a really nice day outside today so I got the car out of the garage and washed it again. Then I took it for a spin around the neighborhood for several hours while working on my base map. I have been keeping it in vacuum, and I must say that I can't wait to see how it will run once I start making some boost. I'm really happy with the rebuild that Pineapple Racing did so far. The only problem is that I can't really get it out anywhere that I have enough room to get into boost, because I don't have any current tags on the car. Between the time that I started this build and now, our county has decided to implement emissions, even though our area already exceeds the current EPA standards. I'm not sure how I'm going to make it legal since I haven't had any emissions equipment on this car for almost 6 years now.

11-27-2011

I'm no expert by any means when it comes to tig welding, but I can get by ok. I actually bought my tig welder because I needed an intercooler duct for my old PFS SMIC. That was a fun project but I sold the intercooler and duct quite a while back.

It's kind of dusty in these pics here but you get the idea. I saw it on someone's car in some pictures the other day but I don't remember if it was the person I sold it to or if he sold it to someone else.

4-1-2012

I got my tags last week and was really excited to get the 7 out of the garage and actually put some miles on it and work on the tune. Unfortunately, I had a dead battery to start out with, which really sucks because it is a new battery. I even had the negative terminal unhooked for the last 4 months. Then, after hooking up the jumper cables, it started but was only firing on the rear rotor. I assumed that the plugs were fouled since I'm still working on getting the base map dialed in. After pulling the plugs, they were dripping wet with fuel. I cleaned and reinstalled them many times over, but began to notice that it was getting harder and harder to get it to fire at all. 

Now, it will not start at all and I have to leave town for work again. I guess I'll start digging into this issue when I get back in 2-3 weeks.