howard kanitz
Registered User
Hey guys, I am a newbie here so be very patient. I have never seen, nor worked on a supercoupe in my life. My friend recently brought me a basket case, IE all the parts were in the trunk. It has been through 3-4 different mechanics before me. Many parts were missing. I put this monster together without a manual! It supposedly ran 5 years ago, until it blew up. Another block was semi- attatched to an art carr auto trans. When power was applied to missing positive cable, no fuel was at previously missing fuel rail port, but air pressure existed, so I turned the key off and on several times, finally fuel. I tried cranking the engine with the previously exploded ignition switch, and nothing. I by pure chance tried turning the engine with the solenoid. I reached over the engine to see how much air was going past the mass airflow, and my hand was sucked to the inlet, low and behold the damn thing with complete blockage to the freaking inlet, fired and idled smoothly. Would someone please explain what in the hell just happened? I am at a loss! The pressure at the inlet was so strong that it damn near made a hickey on my palm, but idled. I know I have a couple of small leaks at the intercooler but cant be much as strong as the suction was.
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