I have finished my conversion, putting a 73,000k 97 B18CR engine into my da6 using a conversion harness that i made to run the ITR ECU, which went well.
Managed to drag the car in the weekend and get a 14.0 at 160 kmh.
However the car is very smoky!
I did a compression test today and noticed when i pulled out the plugs it was running lean because they were all white.
the cylinders were 240,240,210,185!
this is so bad for a 73,000k engine i can’t believe i spent 3k on a dud engine. why is the engine running lean the only thing thats not ITR on the car is the fuel pump. all the rest is type R injectors, FPR, headers, the lot. everything is stock ITR stuff, why is this? maybe too much timing?
You could check fuel pressure. Just get a FPR if you don’t already have one. I dont think the pump is rated at a higher flow. If it is, it would be nominal.
What color smoke are you showing out your exhaust? You might not even be lean - you might be burning coolant, thus the plug damage.
Take off your radiator cap, and see if you have bubbles or brown / black snot floating in the fluid. If so, that’s oil - and you need to focus on getting that head to fit on that block properly - or your problems will never go away.
Post some more info, and more guys will post some help.
ok, i have been watching the water level and so far no water loss. Ill get back to you guys once iv driven the car more so i can see whats going on. I havn’t seen the smoke my self ill have to get someone to flog it for me while i follow