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Diehardsr20 · 06-20-2013, 10:36 AM

I know it's not the sr's fault. This is just plaguing my mind right now and it's frustrating. I've been trying everything for the past couple of months to resurrect this car.

It's a redtop s13, stock 62 ecu, walbro 255, full header and exhaust, fmic intercooler. other than that it's a stock s13 redtop. I have the stock 370cc injectors. The flooding problem I believe is now fixed after cleaning up the IACV and replacing the tps with a good one, but I won't know cause I can't get spark at my plugs to start it.

Now it's not fuel I'm really having a problem with. I can pull out my CAS and rotate it by hand and hear my injectors click and fuel pressure stablilize, but spark plugs 1, 2, 3, and 4 still have no spark.

I wish there was another redtop sr20 running around here to try some parts (harness, ecu, ignitor, etc,) from but the nearest s20det swapped car is about 300 miles north or south of me. No bs when I say I own the only 240sx for probably 50 miles and the only sr20det for 300 miles. It would make troubleshooting this car easier but I don't have that option, that I know of yet.

We also don't have any shops around here anymore. The best one would have been a mustang turbocharger shop that was here in Roswell, NM but they shut down about 2 years ago. Nobody has experience with the sr20 here. We have honda shops around here, but when they say you don't need a ecu tune to go forced induction I think I'd steer clear of them (that just didn't make sense in my head when I heard it, you have to have more fuel for more air). We have a couple dealerships but that's about as far as it goes. The Nissan dealership here wanted $1200 just to change a timing belt and that didn't include the $250 something in parts (gaskets, water pump, etc). When I brought up my electrical nightmare to them they said they could PROBABLY do it, but couldn't give me a price tag before the work and couldn't guarantee the work would last afterwards.

IS THERE ANYONE WITH EXPERIENCE ON THE SR20DET REDTOP LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGION?

Til then I'm saving my cash for the Wiring Specialties Harness. It's the last thing on my list I haven't replaced. I completely agree with you Jesus_lopez405, should have just done this entire swap myself rather than sourcing a 240sx with one already. I trust my work through and through. It would have saved me this trouble in hindsight

06-20-2013, 10:36 AM	#10
Diehardsr20 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Dexter, NM Posts: 37 Trader Rating: (0)	I know it's not the sr's fault. This is just plaguing my mind right now and it's frustrating. I've been trying everything for the past couple of months to resurrect this car. It's a redtop s13, stock 62 ecu, walbro 255, full header and exhaust, fmic intercooler. other than that it's a stock s13 redtop. I have the stock 370cc injectors. The flooding problem I believe is now fixed after cleaning up the IACV and replacing the tps with a good one, but I won't know cause I can't get spark at my plugs to start it. Now it's not fuel I'm really having a problem with. I can pull out my CAS and rotate it by hand and hear my injectors click and fuel pressure stablilize, but spark plugs 1, 2, 3, and 4 still have no spark. I wish there was another redtop sr20 running around here to try some parts (harness, ecu, ignitor, etc,) from but the nearest s20det swapped car is about 300 miles north or south of me. No bs when I say I own the only 240sx for probably 50 miles and the only sr20det for 300 miles. It would make troubleshooting this car easier but I don't have that option, that I know of yet. We also don't have any shops around here anymore. The best one would have been a mustang turbocharger shop that was here in Roswell, NM but they shut down about 2 years ago. Nobody has experience with the sr20 here. We have honda shops around here, but when they say you don't need a ecu tune to go forced induction I think I'd steer clear of them (that just didn't make sense in my head when I heard it, you have to have more fuel for more air). We have a couple dealerships but that's about as far as it goes. The Nissan dealership here wanted $1200 just to change a timing belt and that didn't include the $250 something in parts (gaskets, water pump, etc). When I brought up my electrical nightmare to them they said they could PROBABLY do it, but couldn't give me a price tag before the work and couldn't guarantee the work would last afterwards. IS THERE ANYONE WITH EXPERIENCE ON THE SR20DET REDTOP LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGION? Til then I'm saving my cash for the Wiring Specialties Harness. It's the last thing on my list I haven't replaced. I completely agree with you Jesus_lopez405, should have just done this entire swap myself rather than sourcing a 240sx with one already. I trust my work through and through. It would have saved me this trouble in hindsight Last edited by Diehardsr20; 06-20-2013 at 11:08 AM..