Falco Rosso SL#356

[cordes]

We have full instrumentation. Turned out to be a blown fuse even though my crappy meter said the fuse was Good yesterday. either way, it was an easy fix and allowed for some detailing in the car. I got her all cleaned out and all of the parts which still need to be installed are in the garage now.

I adjusted the base idle as it wanted to constantly stall, and that smoothed things out nicely. My old actron meter came out to give a more exact number. Unfortunately, the stalling problem wasn't just a stalling problem. The car is cutting out and wanting to die some of the time. I'm strongly suspecting the hep cutting out right now, but we will see when I throw a spare in it after the car cools off a little.

In the mean time, here are a couple of pics of how the car looks now. It has come a long way since I first bought it.

[cordes]

The spare hep creates the same results. The car stumbles and wants to die while driving, but will easily catch itself when I give it some throttle. No codes, so I'm not really sure where to go with it. New coil perhaps?

[cordes]

I should add that we drove the car tonight after dark, and even in town the lights were incredible. The high beams had Joy and I both laughing.

[cordes]

It was indeed the calipers sucking in air past the seals. New big brakes with some hawk pads. They fit behind the Shelby wheels with room to spare. I'm very happy that this ordeal is past me. I did replace the LM today and it has run fine since, but I'm not ready to declare victory yet.

[cordes]

Still some cutout issues on a longer drive last night. Enough that it will make me worry, but not bad enough to leave me stranded. Thought I would investigate grounds today. The direct battery Ground has seen better days, so that is being upgraded.

[minigts]

I don't think that's your issue, but probably ground related. I think you've seen this issue before and definitely a bad wire somewhere.

[cordes]

Last time the solution ended up being install a new harness into the car. I need to find what is causing this rather than to go that route again. I'm going to test this, and do only one thing at a time. I think if I can get the voltage to stop the light flutter it has I will have found the problem.

[cordes]

Well, I pulled the horn relay with no effect. I did test the coolant temp sensor and it ohmed out just fine at about 7.5k with Temps in the 80s. I'll consider putting new terminals and housing on it under hood with a new sensor next.

The only real clue I have is the code 22 which pops up each time I run the car. Even then I know that is most likely not what is causing the tach to die with the miss. I might throw a battery in there from another car, as that would be an easy thing to test. I didnhave a crazy battery related problem similar to the many years ago.

[cordes]

Here is a picture of the HEP with the new Deutsch connectors installed. I used some heat shrink tube to denote which one is the black connector.

[minigts]

Man that looks really nice!

[cordes]

Thanks. It's easy to do, and really not expensive if you have the tool already.

[BadAssPerformance]

Last time the solution ended up being install a new harness into the car. I need to find what is causing this rather than to go that route again. I'm going to test this, and do only one thing at a time. I think if I can get the voltage to stop the light flutter it has I will have found the problem.

in addition to grounds, check for damaged wires where they go thru the firewall ack to LM. years ago Tommy had an issue in a GLH and found broken wire there

[cordes]

I'll have another look in that area for sure. It looked Good, but I guess you never know. I think I'll know more when I start generating my own 8v signal tomorrow.

[cordes]

Well, it was a year long adventure to get the car running right, but I'm back! Details of the experience are in this thread: http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...lem&highlight=

Basically, anything and everything on the car has been swapped out, refurbished, improved, or replaced.

Frankly, it runs pretty well for a 1st iteration cal for 83lb injectors and 2bar map. Lol.

I'll try to get it cleaned up and take some photos tomorrow or Thursday. This is a pretty momentous day for me. Thanks to all those who helped!

[cordes]

The Falco Roso is looking great compared to when it arrived. A lot of cleaning today. New rubber coming soon, and then some fender liners...

[chromguy]

Awesome

[minigts]

New rubber for what?

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[Shadow]

Looks Good 👍

[cordes]

New rubber for what?

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New tires. I actually have a tire machine and balancer coming. I think they should be here Friday.

[cordes]

The car is running as well as can be expected for the cal that's in it. I think a wideband is soon to come, and then some much better tuning. Joy has actually started to drive it around town in order to build confidence in it after watching me struggle with it for a year. It will take time before she's driving it to work I guess.

New 225/50r15 tires have been installed on the Shelby wheels.

I replaced the driver's 5 gang window switch today. I was able to get the last one semi functioning for a bit, but it was just tool old and not carrying the current.

I also looked at the evaporator core inlet, and the condenser inlet. The evap core looked pretty clean, but the condenser has some rust on it. I'm going to try to clean it up and put AC in the car.

The idea of power steering, working stereo, auto trans, and AC has intrigued my wife. I hope she really enjoys the car.

Also, I need to get the transfer gears swapped over from the NYer. The Lancer gets horrible gas mileage by comparison.