Frankenstein T-5 Waggin' Chronicle (vast doesnt do it)

[Freshmeat]

It's coming together. It's just that so many people telling me how bad ass this thing is going to be has gotten my hopes up and it's just really depressing how crappy it ran last night. Granted, I was entirely missing a sensor and I was on straight headers, but I don't know. We'll see.

[mrltd]

Well, the IAC sensor will help, but there is alot of tuning to get it to run right, you should have an easier time than I am, because you are running alot less cam than me.

[Freshmeat]

The IAC is hooked up. It's the intake temp sensor. Two different things.

What kind of tuning are you talking?

[gadget73]

That should work fine just so long as it has airflow.

[phayzer5]

Today made 5 months since I parked my wagon to do the HO swap.

Haha! I got you beat you fucker!

:banana:

[Pimp Hard Or Bust]

mines been sitting a year and 4 months so i traded a computer for one that runs hahah

[Freshmeat]

Haha! I got you beat you fucker!

:banana:

I DID drive it to the exhaust shop, so it wasn't actually five full months.

[Freshmeat]

I drove it almost home. It was better after it got going (I plugged in the air temp sensor, but it was just hanging there- but I could DEFINITELY notice the difference), but it kept overheating. Bad.

I didn't let it get over 220, but it did spike to 230ish after parking it a couple of times. I left it in a parking lot near my house. Gonna go back by there soon and get it the rest of the way home.

I really think the overheating is due to running lean. The pinched fuel line is not opening up at all. Once I get it home, I'm not driving it again until the fuel line is repaired. It may have to wait until Friday, when I get paid... which means tonight and tomorrow night can be spent cleaning it for the first time in WAY too long.

Oh... it sounds god-awful strong. Just gotta take care of a few issues first.

[Tiggie]

No HO conversion for me! Slap on my 289 Heads (smog delete manditory), Summit Camshaft, Holley, Weiand Action/Plus, Lokar TV cable, and headers, and hope it runs on pump gas. Who cares if there is two inch thick sludge everywhere? Avoiding rather large problems that way, or least it seems to me. I'm no EFI tuner, though. I don't see downtime any more than two weeks, and hopefully everything will happen within a weekend. I'm hopeing for 200hp at the wheels.
The benfits of 1982 = Carb'ed fuel system and no computers (the carb computer doesn't count, the car runs without it).

[Grand Marquis GT]

No HO conversion for me! Slap on my 289 Heads (smog delete manditory), Summit Camshaft, Holley, Weiand Action/Plus, Lokar TV cable, and headers, and hope it runs on pump gas. Who cares if there is two inch thick sludge everywhere? Avoiding rather large problems that way, or least it seems to me. I'm no EFI tuner, though. I don't see downtime any more than two weeks, and hopefully everything will happen within a weekend. I'm hopeing for 200hp at the wheels.
The benfits of 1982 = Carb'ed fuel system and no computers (the carb computer doesn't count, the car runs without it).

Just watch out for that damned holley.

[mrltd]

The IAC is hooked up. It's the intake temp sensor. Two different things.

What kind of tuning are you talking?

INTAKE AIR CHARGE TEMP = IAC, but also easy to confuse with Idle air bypass. Fuel pressure, TPS voltage, idle air bypass( the adjustment screws I'm pretty sure you got ), and whatever else is required to get it running right.

[Freshmeat]

I lost the service write-up on the bypass thing, so I don't know how to adjust it. What do I do for TPS voltage?
Gonna do fuel pressure and timing ASAP.

[Freshmeat]

I picked up some fuel hose and clamps today. Gonna cut off the stock "flex" section on the pressure side and see if that works.

[mrltd]

You'll need the instructions for the bypass plate. You need to adjust that to spec, then do the TPS.

[Freshmeat]

How do I adjust the TPS, though? I've never heard of adjusting it...