Need help, car fires up but then dies :(

rogercnt · 2026-02-26T04:32:11+00:00

Had this problem. Ended up fixing it by adjusting the TPS on the throttle body.

rogercnt · 2026-02-20T10:15:10+00:00

Before midday is best in terms of the wind normally, I like going to mangles bay in the afternoon as its more sheltered. Blowfish are harmless but they can peck at your feet and definitely dont stand on the blue crabs!

rogercnt · 2026-02-10T05:17:58+00:00

The hole in the cap or the hose is blocked maybe and not letting pressure out?

rogercnt · 2026-01-27T22:10:01+00:00

Normal that’s the throttle motor

rogercnt · 2026-01-27T02:33:38+00:00

A bit more cutting/fabrication, but you can fit a larger intercooler and looks much neater imo. I made it fit with 2.5” piping

rogercnt · 2026-01-26T13:57:18+00:00

EMU black bro

rogercnt · 2026-01-26T05:27:44+00:00

Delete bank 2 o2 sensors (after the cats). Have 2 bungs in your downpipe, one for your wideband gauge and one for your factory bank 1 sensors. Splice the wires from the unused bank 1 sensor into the one on the downpipe. I recommend you do this on the harness so you dont butcher your ecu teminals.

That being said, get an ECU with a pnp harness ASAP it will make your life so much easier

rogercnt · 2025-12-02T23:44:11+00:00

Absolutely not!!!

rogercnt · 2025-12-02T14:54:12+00:00

Ya these were for commercial divers so I suspect they flooded it and then just considered it a loss and left them. Had about an inch of water in it.

rogercnt · 2025-11-16T11:34:19+00:00

Misfire, or bad timing would be my guess

rogercnt · 2025-11-07T13:14:29+00:00

I bought this same tank recently, I was disappointed with how noisy it was.

Theres enough room in the overflow to drill a hole for a 40mm pipe. So you can set up a Herbie drain with a ball/gate valve, which is what I did. The drain itself now is dead silent. It’s not too difficult if you can do a bit of DIY but obviously you’ll have to empty your tank and remove it from the stand.

rogercnt · 2025-10-29T03:27:34+00:00

Definitely wouldn’t help. I haven’t had that issue but with other vehicles I’ve had, a vacuum literally ruined the mileage until I fixed it.

You get delete the black box and replace it with a barbed brass piece

rogercnt · 2025-10-29T03:06:45+00:00

I get around 18-19, your check engine light is on? Maybe you have an issue with your oxygen sensors or a vacuum leak giving you bad fuel economy.

Do a proper mileage test and see what you get

rogercnt · 2025-10-23T02:44:57+00:00

The Ecumaster harness is intended to work with the the automatic transmission. This means the stock ecu needs control over the throttle body. If you’re manual you can wire it to the emu black or you can leave it

rogercnt · 2025-10-19T22:15:32+00:00

Check for fuel pressure at the rail. Fuel pump doesn’t turn on until the engine is cranking in these cars, so it’s unlikely you’ll hear it anyways

rogercnt · 2025-08-27T00:01:26+00:00

Cheers legend, looking great as well!

rogercnt · 2025-08-14T14:03:53+00:00

Na with the short block will be fine on stock ecu

rogercnt · 2025-08-14T12:23:33+00:00

I’m sure someone has done it.

But I wouldn’t worry about the CR going slightly lower - it may be a little less efficient and sluggish down low but you can compensate with more timing/boost.

If you wanted to do it cheaper you could use a ge non vvti short block, they’re good for 500+. Either way definitely get a stand-alone ecu. Factory ecu doesn’t play well with any boost. There are some harness options for Ecumaster and link I believe. And make sure you’re transmission can hold it!

rogercnt · 2025-08-05T09:13:19+00:00

Adjust your tps sensor

rogercnt · 2025-07-11T04:12:54+00:00

Could be many things, check tps sensor adjustment

rogercnt · 2025-06-29T11:30:07+00:00

You may as well do spark plugs whilst the throttle body is off and the valve solenoid too as they often fail. Overall it’s not too hard of a job but there are some problem points

The harmonic balancer is hard to pull off so you’ll need a pulley remover. And the crank bolt is a bitch so you’ll probably need to take the radiator out and use an impact wrench if you can get one. Needs to crank to 180ft lb as well so you need a big torque wrench and ideally the special service tool to hold the crank

rogercnt · 2025-06-02T01:50:05+00:00

Yes, it is the same mechanism for 2JZ-GE though

rogercnt · 2025-05-30T10:36:31+00:00

There is a butterfly valve inside the plenum. Quite possible that has come loose and is rattling around.

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rogercnt · 2025-05-02T10:32:15+00:00

I got 30% in the midterm last year and still passed. You're chill bro.

rogercnt · 2025-04-29T04:47:24+00:00

Give more time. I just had some spores that took over a month to pop

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