well i got an injector resistor box for 10 bucks, and that just made everyhting EVERYTHING different.
before, i think i was running extremely rich, because now i cannot get traction in first or second gear.
i have a full interior, and i weigh 140 lbs. the car stock is 2094 (vx) and i had 2 240lb passengers. and 100lbs of tools. I think the motor is 200lbs heavier than stock.
so my car was grossing 3014 lbs on a dry road, with dry, warm stock VX 13" aluminum 9.5lb wheels and all-season tires, and i was going about 15, i punched the throttle to full (which doesnt even open my butterfly valve all of the way (i'll have to work on that later) and my wheels just spun to redline, then i shifted to second, and AGAIN i spun to redline. The car was still accelerating hard, but i could not get traction.
this would not have been the case before the injector resistor box.
so now i am still wondering two things.
-i have check engine lights 14 and 6 still. if i reset the ecu i dont get 14 for about a minute, weather the engine is warm or cold,
-and evry time i start the car, warm or cold, it runs smooth for about 5 mins, then doesnt seem to take less than about 15% throttle, so starting is impossible wtihout launching, and cruising isnt ever going to happen, the car just accelerates, then when i give it less and less gas, it will buck forward and sound like i just downshifted to slow down.
-also i dont know where any of the vacuum lines go, there are four on the intake manifold, and one on a fuel looking thing behind the valve cover on the pass side.
(this isnt really a problem yet though.
-i do have a friend with a preludeV that is going to take pics of his (now stored) engine this week, and see if i can get the vacuum lines figured out.
---my best guess is that i have the engine coolant temp sensor and the idle air controll plug switched, but if i swap them, i still get the same performance, and the same check engine lights.
-as always, any help would be greatly appreciated.
MIKE
