Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[E30BeemerLad]

Nothing quite like american muscle is there?

It's intoxicating mate

[billgatese30]

Can't be arsed to go through the pics tonight, I'll get them sorted this week and let you guys have a look. Enough to say though that if he didn't back off he would have went over backwards. He came down with so much force, he dug grooves in the concrete two inches deep

[Dezzy]

Can't be arsed to go through the pics tonight, I'll get them sorted this week and let you guys have a look. Enough to say though that if he didn't back off he would have went over backwards. He came down with so much force, he dug grooves in the concrete two inches deep

Now thats

[E30BeemerLad]

Some really gash efforts from my camera phone at the weekend, I pass this building on the way to the scrap yard, but the plans for an arty setup failed due to a camera phone & the sun pointing in the wrong direction & a filthy car

[e30topless]

look pretty good to me Lee,

is that near simpsons at stamford?

[E30BeemerLad]

look pretty good to me Lee,

is that near simpsons at stamford?

Yep, that's the one mate, now u-pull it

My local haunt, look at these prices

http://u-pull-it.co.uk/info.html?view=p ... tPricelist

[Dezzy]

Gay pics look good to me too dude!

I thought you were into your cameras mate? Why no top pics action?


Any news on them pipes?

[E30BeemerLad]

Didn't have any cameras on me dude, just mobile phone.

Pipes ordered/paid for and should be at your work by weds/ thurs mate

[E30BeemerLad]

Here's the wheelie from that Model T at the drag strip

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And this was the run it did before the wheel stand, 9.006, fastest street legal time at York

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[Dezzy]

That s 100% naughty!!!!

[DanThe]

That must have an M30 in it innit

[Dezzy]

That must have an M30 in it innit

The weight helps with traction off the line

[DanThe]

Oh yes, weight is definitely an advantage, not to mention how it makes you a 'man' but its still not enough to counter act the wheel spin due to the sheer torque made from the M30 powerhouse......

[gareth]

i dunno, i've been away from her for a month and you're still whining about M30's

Nice progress lee

[DanThe]

Not whining, just repeating the 'facts' that have been stated in other threads

[E30BeemerLad]

Went out in the car tonight and it cut out on me a few times. I'm suspecting the fuel pump or the wiring that goes to it.

Driving along on single carriageway A road, had given it a quick stab before and it didn't deliver the usual surge all the way to the redline. A mile or so later and it stuttered on me when driving at a steady constant pace (very light throttle) if I gave it any more gas it would stutter more as soon as under load. I pulled over and knocked it off, checked under the bonnet for anything obvious.

Started it again and it seemed to rev cleanly. Set off again and it stuttered a little a few more times and especially off roundabouts.

Got it home after it really died on me once more, I took the tools I had out the car after sunday, so lifted the rear seat and just gave the cover a smack with my fist. It got me the 30 miles home and started behving when on the dual carriageway and I gave it a quick prod a couple of times and it delivered the usual goods.

I'm off thursday & friday so think I'm just going to buy a brand new pump and double check the wiring. The pump is noisy anyway when you switch on the ignition before starting, really do hear it prime.

I have a spare pump here but god knows how old it is and how soon before that leaves me stranded.

[E30BeemerLad]

Had a quick mess about with the car today as there are a few issues which i'm pretty sure are all fuelling related.

It doesn't start as quickly as it used to, a few turns needed before it catches. The fuel pump always needs to prime (but it always did this even when in the touring). Swapped over another fuel pump I had and this has made no difference.

It is also a bit spluttery at large throttle openings at low revs and when you give it the full monty you can feel it is holding back a little - similar to how it was when my crank sensor was knackered. On occasions when starting/ turning over it has coughed but then almost stopped whilst still cranking, like it is hydraulicing.

I don't want to waste time & money replacing things just for the hell of it.

Wondering whether to pull my injectors and get them sent away for cleaning.

There is defo something suspect with the wiring to the fuel pump as if you jiggle the wiring you hear the pump splutter a bit or die completely.

Any suggestions of things I can do to eliminate possible problems?

[Speedtouch]

The obvious solution is to ensure that the connection to the fuel pump is sound prior to replacing anything.

[E30BeemerLad]

Yeah, Dan reckons it's just the connector, so I'll have a fiddle with that and see where we go. I need the warp drive back

[GeoffBob]

I'd pull the pump, just in case, and check it on the bench. Nothing worse than getting stranded due to a faulty pump. Breakdowns are meant to be significant occasions (engine and/or gearbox all over the road ). Niggly little things like an unreliable fuel pump/faulty wiring get right up my nose.

[E30BeemerLad]

Had a fanny about with the car today in a bid to cure the niggly running problems.

It cranks for a fair while when trying to start it and you can feel it is a bit spluttery when you rev it slightly, it's not running "clean" if you know what I mean. it also seems to sometimes almost hydraulic when turning over and you get an occasion pop or backfire.

The fuel pump has been swapped and I've pinched the terminals in on the connector going to the pump which seems to have that behaving and I can't hear the pump failing when I jiggle the wires any more, but the problem hasn't gone away.

So I turned my attention to under the bonnet. Removed the cover that goes over the fuel rail first and had a look. Immediately spotted that the vacum hose to the fuel pressure regulator had snapped off. So I decided to pull off the inlet manifold and just double check everything under there and also set about making sure the hose from the ICV to the inlet manifold could be secured better as the connector on the back of the inlet manifold is a poor fit as the plastic tab had snapped off.

Pulled the injectors and rail off the inlet manifold and then noticed injector #1 had no green tip on the end and the O ring was still in the inlet manifold, great.



You can just about see the green tip sitting on top of the valve on the left in this pic, that was fun getting out.


Finally retrived that, it is cracked so won't be going back on


So I've decided that I'm going to send all the injectors off to injectortune for a clean and service. But spoke with Dezzy and being the stellar chap that he is, he is going to post to me his newly cleaned injectors and I'll send mine off for clean and service and send him mine when they come back. CR24V style Thanks mate.

Here is the pesky FPR with the remains of the vacum hose around the pipe


So here is where progress halted after an hour or so of dicking around. Hopefully some fresh injectors and a working FPR will bring it back to good health as I'm planning on some 1/4 mile action next weekend and want that illusive 13

[Dezzy]

No problem mate. It's not like mine is going anywhere for a few weeks.

[E30BeemerLad]

I've just sent the £66 paypal to Injectortune and will be sending mine off Monday, will have them back before next weekend, so just hold onto yours mate. Thanks ever so much for the offer though

[The_Diddler]

Too much man love in this thead tonight

[Dezzy]

I've just sent the £66 paypal to Injectortune and will be sending mine off Monday, will have them back before next weekend, so just hold onto yours mate. Thanks ever so much for the offer though

Will they repair the damaged one too?

[E30BeemerLad]

Yeah, it's just a broken spintle cap mate. Worst case scenario if an injector can't be fixed is a replacement.

May send off my ICV for a service at the same time and make sure everything is tip top.

[DanThe]

Best to get them serviced, the vacuum connection wont make any difference to starting, but the injectors could be gummed up with shite, have you changed the filter recently?

[E30BeemerLad]

The filter was brand new on the touring, but it did spend some time outside when I removed the tank. Think i'll get a new one for the price they are.

Think I'll get a new ICV hose connector to save fannying about with tie wraps, they only look like they are a couple of quid, #9 in the pic below

[Dezzy]

I have a spare one somewhere mate. I will look on Monday.

[E30BeemerLad]

Got my injectors back from Injectortune today, good fast turnaround, posted them off Monday, back on my desk Friday morning.

I haven't got a scanner, so just took a pic of the graph on the report that comes back with them

The dark grey showing the flow rates as they were and the light grey showing afterwards, so hopefully an improvement will be noticed in the arse dyno dept.



Got to collect the connector for the inlet manifold from the stealers tomorrow morning and then get it put back on and see if the rough running and lack of grunt has been sorted. If it does run properly then I'll be heading to the drag strip on Sunday for the final York meeting this year.

[Dezzy]

Looking forward to the arse dyno results brother.

[E30BeemerLad]

I'm such a retarded specimen.

Fitted the injectors today and plumbed up the manifold etc, did a write up to help others here

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 12#1990612

Anyway, I put the ignition on and heard the fuel pump prime and all the time was looking at the fuel rail area. It moved a bit and then there was a shower of fuel as it blew itself off the top of the injectors. I realised i had not secured the tabs that hold the fuel rail to the top of the manifold enough, so tightened them up better. Tried again and it did exactly the same thing, blowing the rail off at the back 3 injectors. I'd run out of light totally and just thought bollocks to it, I'll get a properly fitting M50 fuel rail. Slammed the bonnet and thought I ain't going anywhere tomorrow.

A moment of sheer brilliance washed over me later on as to why the injectors seemed to be such a poor fit with the fuel rail, I had forgotten to fit the damn clips that hold the injectors to the fuel rail

So I'll get onto that in the morning and see if it will be going to the drag strip or not.

Spacker

[DanThe]

[leeparkes]

[Dezzy]