Anybody ever heard of Murphy's Law? Well, it's been kicking my a ss for the last week or so. The issue with the crank/no start was, indeed, the coil. The brand new MSD coil. I haven't even driven the car yet and it took a crap already. The other night when that happened I clocked the distributor trying to figure out why the car wouldn't start. So I borrowed a buddy of mine's older MSD coil(he didn't have a stock one) and the car fired right up. Well today I started it up so I could set the timing again and decided to call BHJ Dynamics(brand of the balancer) to find out from them what the timing marks are since the numbers are not on the balancer. Oh what a mistake that was!!! The "tech guy" said that the first line was TDC and it increases by 2* after that. So I proceeded to set the timing to what HE SAID is supposed to be 10*....the engine stalls. So I go to start it back up(it did not like that) and all of a sudden I have a mist of fuel spraying from the back of the engine. I thought it was the fuel fitting on the back of the right fuel rail. So I go to the nearest high performance shop and buy another -8 90* PTFE fitting(it's not black but fck it) and the -6 to -8 double male fitting that screws into the back of the rail(just in case that was the culprit). $33.xx and 2 hours later I got back home to change the fittings and reattach everything only to have the same mist of fuel when the system primes. After closer inspection I realized that it was coming from the rail where the #4 injector is. So at this point I'm thinking it somehow blew out the o-ring. Luckily but most inconveniently I was able to get to it without removing the upper intake and that's when I realized the bolts that hold the fuel rail in place had loosened and allowed the rail to lift under pressure and a hiccup of a very retarded timing of the engine. Fixed that, and King Kong tighten the bolts that hold the rail on and tightened up the other side to the best of my big-a ss hands' ability. I primed the system and checked for leaks...still had a small drip from the fitting I changed. I tighten it some more....no more drip. Reinstall everything and start the car and set the timing. So I feel the fitting while the car is running and what do you know.....my finger is wet!! SONOFABTCH!!!!!
Needless to say, I'm pretty fcking aggravated right now. I keep having these little set-backs that keep me from getting this damn car on the ground and moving under it's own power before next week when we go to TX2K17. My buddy and I have setup an appointment with a tuner in Houston just in case we don't complete our car in time to have our tuners tune them before we leave. Why does this kind of thing always happen when you're so close to you deadline? Oh yeah.........Murphy's Law!!!
Needless to say, I'm pretty fcking aggravated right now. I keep having these little set-backs that keep me from getting this damn car on the ground and moving under it's own power before next week when we go to TX2K17. My buddy and I have setup an appointment with a tuner in Houston just in case we don't complete our car in time to have our tuners tune them before we leave. Why does this kind of thing always happen when you're so close to you deadline? Oh yeah.........Murphy's Law!!!