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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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You get a maf meter that is not calibrated for your type of injectors?
I have 24 lb injectors, and im not sure what the meter is set for, i only went by the guys word that sold me the meter...if these two did not match up, would the car not run at all? what would be the symptoms?
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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it will run like shit, usually
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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my freand had the same problem.. the car ran but kinda ran kinda shitty, easy fix.....correct mass-air for the injectors
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve B
it will run like shit, usually
yep. should run *ok*, not perfect.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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my car (previous owner's handy work, not mine) had 24's with a busted MAF/un-calibrated MAF and it ran rich as a mofo and caused some other issues.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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Heh, this is sounding more and more like the possible problem, running rich just like you say
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Right now the starter is sticking i think we have a wire out of place, but once we fix that we'll see how it runs...because the guy who spliced in the mass air wires to the molex connector for us says that my a9L that i bought a while ago has 0 TPS voltage at the computer (which could explain the problem why it wont idle for us)

Then again it could also be the damn sensor that isnt calibrated for my injectors
Process of elimination, i will streak across my neighborhood when this thing fires up correctly

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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 86stang
Right now the starter is sticking i think we have a wire out of place, but once we fix that we'll see how it runs...because the guy who spliced in the mass air wires to the molex connector for us says that my a9L that i bought a while ago has 0 TPS voltage at the computer (which could explain the problem why it wont idle for us)

Then again it could also be the damn sensor that isnt calibrated for my injectors
Process of elimination, i will streak across my neighborhood when this thing fires up correctly

heh...

I used to have similar problems with my car. My car was originally a non-MA, 4 Cyl.

I started with the starter, bolting it off and finding the teeth in it were in pretty bad shape, so I replaced the starter. Then I pulled out the 24/lbs injectors and busted MAF and replaced them with all stock stuff. The computer that was in the car had been opened and left exposed, and when I opened it up I found 3 blown capacitors. I had one of my co-workers remove the capacitors and put in new ones, but after firing up the car it still wasn't sounding healthy. So I replaced the computer with an A3M1 I got from another TR member. Car fired up fine but idle'd a little funny, and still had shut-off issues. I moved on to fuel, wiring, and distributor/spark. I also changed wires, plugs, fuel filter, cap, rotor and the TPS sensor. The car had good compression the entire time, and was getting spark previously and still was after I had changed plugs & wires. I checked fuel pressure and it was really, really low. Somewhere in the process the fuel pump went out, so I replaced it with a Holley/Walbro 155. Fuel pressure went back up to a normal level, but car STILL had a shut off problem. Put in a new ICM, but it was only a temporary fix since the car started having the shut off problem AGAIN. So, took off my distributor and put in another one... problem solved. My old distributor had a bad pickup coil.

Might help you out, that's pretty much all the steps I took to getting my car back on the road.
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