1991 eagle talon big project
 

so i picked up a nonturbo fwd talon shell pretty much perfect body.
swaped a turbo engine, the harness, ecu, exhaust, and gauge cluster into it from a running crap shell and now it isnt running right at all
idk what happened in the process.
i idles very low about 500-700rpms and sounds like its fireing wrong.
it has a cop setup that was working before the swap.

anyone some ideas before i call map??

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Check all you wires and connection. Could be a bad ground. You getting enough fuel? Did you change ecus? Only way map can help you is if you bring it to them and have them work on it. Iam sure they would be glad to sell you some stuff. If the car ran fine before the swap and now it doesnt. Means you missed something or you fucked something up.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

yeah i checked all the wires and its the same ecu
how do i check to see if i have enough fuel??
i would be bringing it to them if i cant figure it out.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Fuel pressure gauge. You could have bad gas. do you have a Check engine light? Do you know if you are getting spark on each spark plug? You getting correct voltage to the injectors?

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

ill check spark
actually it most likly is bad gas in the tank
ill have to get a fuel gauge

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

It takes a while for gas to go bad, I'm driving around on last year's gas with no problems. E85 is a different story.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

oh and oil pump is leaking from the top bolt area now too...

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

So you did a complete turbo swap into a non-turbo car, you tell us it's not running well without much detail, and want us to diagnose the cause over the internet?

I say swap it all back to the turbo shell and see if it runs better :)

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

that wouldnt make a difference, i havent gotten into it too much wanted a place to start

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Make sure you have strong spark at each cylinder. Check fuel pressure at the rail. Make sure all the harness connectors are connected securely.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Did you swap fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator? Also, ditch the cop for stock ignition. Simplify things. Did you do the wiring for the fuel pressure solenoid and knock sensor? I found a page the other day with a complete list of what's needed, it will take forever to search for it on my phone though.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

i didnt do fuel pump or regulator wouldnt the stock ones be the same
and i have a turbo wire harness in

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

its most likly a fuel issue im thinking

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Regulators are different for sure. Nt ones are higher pressure. Could be your problem.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

sweet ill swith them right away and check it.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

well the regulator is switched and it helped some but still running bad.
map will be looking at it on 4/19/12

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Did you do the fuel pump yet? n/a ones are smaller/flow less

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

when i did thr swap map never said i needed to switch that but if soo ill get it done

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Everything I have read says they are different. Like I said, just what I have read though.

Re: 1991 eagle talon big project
 

Out of curiosity what year turbo ecu did you install, and was it the matching harness that you installed?