strange how things go, but after repairing those extractors I found another set in complete condition but this time they had an engine attached to them!
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so I was pretty excited to have this Autech engine, as before purchasing I was costing up building the s14 up to similar specs but that would have cost a fair bit more so pretty happy this came about.
it was a straight forward swap mechanically but the wiring took me a wile to wrap my head around after so many years. i just used the s14 loom that was already connected to power etc which was great but i just had to swap about 5 wires or so on the ecu end to suit the autech ECU.
tada!
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I thought the red would clash with the yellow paint but i think it wo... how does it drive dude? how does it DRIVE! ok, ok. well I was really excited to crank this up, and to hear a slight lope in the idle again brought a big smile to my face as its been maybe 20 years without a lumpy cam in a datsun for me.
before driving I also hooked up a light to the VCT to see when that operated (it comes on at 3000rpm till redline and off at de-throttling even if over 3k still) anyway it was, to be honest a little disappointing. not sure if my hope were too high but I thought 200 hp would be better. it didn't really feel that different to the s14. it does seem to be a bit weird when accelerating like its holding back or something. I''m going to hopefully get a speed sensor input thingy from PLMS. I also have a auto loom with manual ecu and TPS but I don't think that would be causing issues.
anyway its still better but somehow disappointing and maybe I'm a spoilt kid with the bag of candy that's missing the coke bottles. admittedly I haven't driven it that much so still sussing it out. I may put it on a dyno to see what it's giving me one day.
also when the engine was out i decided to make up a steering brace. a 180b box and some brake lines in the way forced me to make instead of buying one.
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