Old Dec 6, 2002 | 04:24 AM
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Finally!!!!!

I got the Jumper last night. And got it running!

But when I pluged in the GSR ECU and Hondata... the thing wouldn't turn over at all. Needless to say.. I WAS PISSED! So I pulled the spark plugs.... they were charcole black!! (Man, that LS ECU must have been running RICH AS HELL, because they got that way from a total of idling time of about 25-30 minutes. So I went to the store bought a cheep set of BOSCH to give it a try, replaced them. And it fired up like a champ. Now all I have to do is finish up the Vtec wiring to the ECU. And work out a few minor glitches:

1. It idles kind of rough at around 600RPMs. It should be at more like 800RMPs (says Jeff@I.B.). But its a real bad idle... when I let off the gas, it drops downt to 500 or below sometimes.. almost like it is going to stall, then it rebounds and holds fairly steady around 600 or so. But I'm going to have to try to take care of that.

2. I need to adjust my ignition timing to 13 degrees after Top Dead Center for now until I get it tuned (says Jeff@I.B.) I know how to do it. But with my car, I'm not 100% sure how to know what the timing is set at. The only mark I can see on my crank pully lip is one white mark (which I believe to be the TDC mark). I can't see any others. So I'm not sure how far way from the TCD mark the little indicator on the plastic guard should be. Any advice, suggestions, ideas?

3. My power steering.... FIXED [edit]

4. Also, there is a slight 'whine' or 'whistle' when the car is in 5th gear. But only when the clutch is ingaged. Advice, suggestions, ideas?


Oh, and one other thing.... are those spark plugs ruined? Or can they be cleaned up? If they can, how/what do you use to clean them up? And is there anything else I should worry about since the plugs where so bad from the engine running so rich? Again... I didn't actaully drive it... it just idled for about 25-30 minutes.

(PS civicon19s, I wasn't throughing any codes on the LS ECU... and I'm now on the GSR, but I having wired up the Vtec wires yet... I'll see if they go way after I do)

Thanks!

And thanks to everyone who has helped me out so far!!
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