Non paintball build, toyota starlet build up(picture heavy)

[kill-n-spree]

So did you get the car yet? Pictures????

[hill160881]

No it has turned into a complete BS situation. The shop is now 3 Gs over my budget and double there time estimate. They have had 10 hours of work to complete to finish this car and get it on the road, and its been this way for three weeks now. This Wednesday I am going to trailer it home and finish it my self. That means I will have to sue them for not completing the job, going 70% over budget, and 100% over on time. Essientially the shop is Fired due to timeline, budget, and bad communication. It is worth it to mention that I am paid in full and have been the whole time.

It really sucks because to get the car I have to pay them off for an incomplete job or they can keep it. Since I am already Paid in full it is not to bad but I want money back at this point.

[hill160881]

Well everything is done and running. The last little issue is the super charger will not engage. The clutch is working on the charger, the charger relay is functioning. The ECU is not commanding the charger to engage for some reason. As far as I know the ECU only needs input form knock sensor and the throttle positioning sensor. But there is NO information on the JDM wiring. So it may be the ECU, TPS, or the knock sensor. It could also be something I know nothing about as I can't find the info I need.






The first time I herd it run.

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[kill-n-spree]

You get the SC going yet?

[hill160881]

Not yet. I had to order some components that were bad on the ECUs board. Two capacitors were leaking there internal fluid and those capicitors are responsible for activating the supercharger relay. So some 25 cent parts and some fine point sloldering is all that is holding it up now. As Long as that is the only reason it won't enguage. Otherwise if it still won't work I will just wait untill next month and get an aftermarket ECU and have it installed with my new injectors.

Also I don't like the way it sounds. It sounds like a weed eater. But I guess it only sounds like rice if it is slow. Haha. Only people with really really fast expensive cars can say its rice. Then I will whip there ass on the track haha.

[sjrtk]

Nice little car, good luck with the SC on that. But yes the only way its Rice is if its slow.

[hill160881]

Got the car home today and instantly it went to crap. Something is screwed up in the fuel delivery system. So back to the shop it goes. It worked for 150 miles before something went wrong. It is fast though i can tell you that and sill 6 psi short of its capabilities. Once I get it all sorted I will turn up the boost. Hehe.

[hill160881]

Some teaser pics of the interior work after instalization. Hehe. I am surprised at how it has turned out. Really nice. This is he starlet I gave to my brother. His is stock other than the interior. It will get new seats soon and complete the transformation from nasty brown to smooth grey with black carpet.
My starlet will be all one color, light grey.

[sjrtk]

did you ever get the boost issues worked out?

[hill160881]

Ya the charger activation circuit had a busted line in the harness. It works like a charm now. The low boost was on purpose. Now I am having them replumb the BOV for 16 psi not 10. So I am hoping to see 13 or 14 psi after the liquid/air inter cooler.

It looks like them not putting the fuel filter in the right place and the extra pressure added up to a pluged fuel return line and plugged injectors. Also messed up the O2 sensor. I hope to get it back Friday but I won't hold my breath.

Dam thing is frighteningly fast at 8 psi after intercooler. May not be so controllable with the extra boost. Hehe

Here is the suspension specs. This was he real sleeper part of the build.
The rear shocks are KYB AGX mustang shocks with a coil over conversion. The front struts have been rebuilt using either Short Stroke AGX or Tokico Illumina shocks (depending on spring rate) then had the coil over conversion done. Totally custom built suspension. I think spring rate is 150# rear and 275# front. The sway bar is totally adjustable for tension and for pitched circle tracks. The lower control arms are adjustable from stock width to 1.5 inches over on each side. The caster is adjustable from 0-7 degrease the camber is adjustable from + to - camber. The rear shocks have adjustable dampening controls as do the front struts. Lol. Basically no different than a race car. Since the components were designed for a car 1000 pounds heavier they are total over kill. The only week point is the transmission, and those are around 150 bucks so if I grenade to many I will get a w58 or r154.

[kill-n-spree]

Any update on the grocery getter Tracy? Your slackin I need some more pictures and videos. You inspired me to get my 68 VW bus back on the road. It has been sitting in my garage for almost 7 years, I got it back up and rolling down the road.

[hill160881]

Unfortunately it has taken a turn for the worst. The shop did a bad install on the harness and as a result the ECU fried after less than 200 miles.


Now that I have my car back from the shop and it still does not run I am looking into the wiring harness as at least 5 well known custom car builders said the problem most likely started there, if indeed the ECU is bad, since it was working fine at first.

After asking them if they striped the loom off before installing the harness and them assuring me they did this i expected to find a clean install on the harness. Haha, not even close. I paid top dollar for this install and look at what this well known and respected shop put into my car. This also shows that they lied right to my face.

The three main plug harnesses.


Under the dash. Look at this rats nest.




I cant believe they used dam E-tape




I dig into the main harness furthur in and 4 inches into some old E-tape covering it I find this. I thought they inspected the harness!!!! And they let this go!!! There are two other places like this!!



Under all that E-tape Anybody want to guess how aluminum and copper mix???????? They dont especially when electric current is involved.



So they just crammed the harness into this car and never inspected it. They are a hack shop. Also they ran a crisscrossed rats nest under the dash that is taking a professional 6 hours to fix.

[hill160881]

After I spent hours hunched under the dash.

The way it should look. I had to shorted at least 12 wires and cut and re-rout at least as many to clean it all up. No E-tape, only shrink wrap and loom. Clean,,, like I wanted.







I still need to fix the ****ed up areas further in under the dash but i will eventually get it right. probally just to have to rip the whole thing out, and redo the whole harness,, haha.

[knownothingmags]

hey hill are you going to try and get any of your money back from this shop?

[hill160881]

They are offering to install a standalone system at there expense......If I allow them to do so...... I think I will just get the standalone ECU from them and do it myself.

As to any money back. It depends on what happens with the wiring harness. I will have a new oem ECU tomorrow. If I plug it in and it works then I will settle for them providing the standalone system and I will most likely do the install.

Everything really depends on what happens with the harness. I may have already fixed it while redoing everything under the dash. I won't know untill tomorrow afternoon.