hell yea matt its running!!!!!! but dude my shoes are ruined after taking the 4 wheelers out. so how much did that front seal cost you?

 

hahah yah my mom was pissed at me for havin mud all over mine.
uhh it set me back like 10 bucks, but on autojunk's little computer it said i have to replace my oil pan gasket and valve cover gasket too.
any ideas why?

 

i'm almost positive u dont have to but it might not me a bad idea. that thing is leakin oil like crazy. whens the next time we can work on it?

 

friday night, saturday night, and all of sunday.
ehh i'll probably replace em since i'll be replacin one, might as well, maybe it'll magically fix it (not)
mmm days full of work FTL

 

Nice, G/L on teh project

 

thanks man, hell for 800 bucks it can't be beat :thumbsup

 

Update:
Me and Jeremy replaced the front crank seal today.
Stopped this sonbitch from leakin oil
Now It can move under its own power =D
this week gonna set base timing, then hopefully test drive the damn thing!

 

Stopped this sonbitch from leakin oil

hick much?

 

YES!!!!!! IT RUNS!!!! AND DOESNT LEAK(pour) OIL!!!!!!! but dude im definatly lovin the steelies.

 

YES!!!!!! IT RUNS!!!! AND DOESNT LEAK(pour) OIL!!!!!!! but dude im definatly lovin the steelies.

Yeah dude and as for the steelies..I have a set of SE 5 lug wheels in my shed and can sell cheap....Just email me lafiebre240@yahoo.com

 

Ok, so today I tried to set base timing on the KA
started it up, warmed up, cut it off then pulled the TPS and started her back up.
None of the marks on the crank matched up to the needle, so we set it to the last mark on the very far right side of the marks (20 degrees) and the thing wouldn't hold an idle.
Noticed there wasn't a knock sensor on the block, got the hook up for that though.
Any input as to why it won't idle correctly?

 

UPDATE:
Starter went out today
Today was just one of those days where you feel like giving up on it
Ran the self diagnostic check on the ECU, shot out a 34(knock sensor) and an 82(crank position sensor) so more things to replace =/
anybody want to give me some advice on what my next step should be?
O yah, also got the drivers side fender off and saw how bad the supports were, yet more work.
there's my little rant.

 

it'll be alright dude. we'll get that shit running good and body fixed. we need to run to A1 to see if that s14 had any body parts on it. or if it had the knock sensor and pigtail on it.

 

they got an S14 in?

 

they had a blue one. with a perfect rear bumper. but i cant remember wat the front looked like or wat was left on the engine.

 

Ok: New Updates
pulled off the other fender today.
the other side is def. bent, yay bodywork
pulled off the starter cause it wouldn't work, could hear the relays kick but the starter just wouldn't budge.
Inspected the teeth on the flywheel, they seem fine, saw that the starter was grindin on it (as i had suspected from the noise it made on startup)
pulled off the brakes and rotors on the front.
One rotor looks like hell, has the normal appearance on the front, but on the back there is like half regular/half really worn down, i'll post a picture when tmobile's website stops being gay.
The other rotor is fine.
Taking those into the shop tomorrow to see if they are worth saving.
Won't be working on the car much in the next week and a half, going to New York, but will be back with some new parts so expect some progress.

Side note, i'm contemplating on the swap that I'm gonna do here in the next few months hopefully..i'm thinkin CA18DET, or possibly picking up another KA and going KA-T, i believe i feel a poll coming on.

 

sucks about the starter. i guess we're glad it didnt eat up ur flywheel that bad.

dude i think the ca18det would be pretty sweet in the s14. but i keep think after i get this sohc. im just gonna save up and do a v8 swap.

 

save up, get a ka, turbo.

 

I'm starting to lean towards KA-t
but the CA swaps sounds so different and i like challenges so idk..still just getting the car to run right for right now

 

man we need to get that car running by the next opry mills meet!!!

 

k, so today I went and picked up a new starter.
Brought it home, tried to fit it. Come to find out it don't fit.:dancingwt
The solenoid is beefier than on the stock one, and the mounts are different.
Takin it back tomorrow, gonna see if they have any others.
Man this is pissin me off.:crazyrant

 

k so yayzors!
i got the starter to fit. :thumbsup
but i think i have the positive and negative terminals on the solenoid mixed up cause when i went to start it i got nothin, and i felt the solenoid and it was hot so i'm gonna check those tonight when i get back from work.

Also picked up some new rotors. :heyhey
old ones were shot, i'll post comparison pics. tonight.
that's it for now.

 

k so fixed the starter problem today.
It works.
Started the car for the first time in about 2 weeks.
Felt good to hear it run haha.
Still trying to fix the bog issue.
I think i'm gonna go buy some seafoam and see if I have a vacuum leak.

 

Stop wasting your money and time on this ka and Rb20 this bitch.

 

forget about ca18. go either SR or swap in a fresh KA if you really need to. if i were you though, i'd get started on that front end. make sure its even something you really wanna mess with before u get too deep into this project.

 

you guys just gotta remember, i'm only 16 and still in high school so my cash flow isn't all that great.
i'm hopefully getting a better paying job in the next week or two so i'll have more cash to do stuff.
In the end I really wanna go rb but money money money is and issue with that swap.
I don't wanna go SR cause of the torque compared to a KA-t
but for now, i'm just trying to get it running right.

 

MATT!!!! chya i officially own a dohc KA!!!!! chya and a free T25....but a broken shaft!!! . but im gonna tear it apart and see if i can get a new shaft and i will have a T25 ready to be mounted on a KA.

 

as of today, i've decided what i wanna do.
No more money is going to be spent on the car till it has a fresh KA with low compression pistons cause i'm gonna turbo it.
More than likely there won't be much progress in the next couple of weeks, other than body work possibly.