Keep up the good work Zach. Progress is progress.
Suck N Blow Monte
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I been working on the car some lately. I found out I needed a ESC module and a pigtail to make my knock gauge work.
I bought and mounted a nother fuse block under the dash to run my added on stuff. I fabbed up a wiring harness for my knock gauge and ESC module.
I routed some wiring under the hood and got everything wired that I could. I have to wait until I get my fuelinjected system before I can wire the ignition system. I was looking into how to wire the ignition system to the Holley Sniper, and I ran across how to set up the distributor. I originally put the engine on top dead cylinder number one, dropped the distributor in, and lined up number one plug wire. Like you would with a Chevy HEI. Found out that was wrong. Probably is I could not reach the harmonic balancer or turn the distributor enough with all acessories on the engine. So I had to take a bunch of stuff back off the front of the engine to make room to work.
The distributor mechanical advance is already locked out, so am good there. They say to put the engine 30* advanced, line the reluctor wheel and magnetic pick up, and lock the distributor down. Then you go to 15* and set the rotor up. I have a extra cap that was worn out so I drilled a hole in the side of it so I can see were the rotor lines up with the contact. Found it was not lined up close enough so I have to wait until my adjustable rotor shows before I can go any further with the timing. 50 bucks shipped for that rotor. Kind of pricey! I played with my knock gauge some. I have all the knock system all wired up with the ESC module and gauge. Turned on the power, tapped on the engine with a hammer and watched the gauge. Nothing happened. I was trying to use the factory 80 two wire knock sensor for this. I think either my sensor is bad or will not work with the modern ESC module. So I ordered a newer style one wire knock sensor for a 87 Grand National and a pigtail. I think I will put it in a water jacket in the front of engine like a 87 engine instead of in rear block like my 80 engine. I was advised by a Grand National guy to do that any ways. He said I will be less apt to get false knock that way. We will see how that works out I guess. On a nother note I emailed Chis at Efi System Pro, and asked him some questions about the Holley Sniper. He said I can run the Sniper with boost and control the timing with it on my Buick six cylinder . He said with new software that is out, it is no big deal and they will help me get it running. He wants me to call him Monday and go over more in detail as to what I will have to do to make it all work. Now all I need is some money! That's it for now. Thanks for following along.
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I wish I had a buddy or some one half way close to me that could help me with the fuel and ignition mapping. My plan for now is to get it to run with low boost with out detonation and take it to a tuner and get it tuned for more boost. Probably will get an alky kit put on it before I take it to a tuner. Has anyone delt with EFI System Pro before? What is your guys thoughts on what I am doing?
I talked with Chis from EFI System Pro's. The new Super Holley Sniper is the fuel injection setup I am going with. The Super Sniper is set up for power adders and will do everything I want it to do right out of the box. It is only 200 more dollars than the standard Sniper. Any one looking to add EFI to there car needs to check it out. It is pretty awesome what you can do with it, and will simplify my setup greatly. I have been doing a lot of reading lately on how to make the Sniper work for me. My fazing rotor showed up today. So I put that on.
When I bought my distributor setup, it came with several caps. I took the one that was the most worn and hacked a hole in the side. I did that so I could see where the rotor was lined up with the terminal on the cap.
Hopefully I set the distributor up right. It is not going to be easy to change once I have all the parts back on front of the engine . Hopefully I can order the TBI in the next couple weeks. If anyone needs a ESC module like the one I pictured, I have an extra one that is brand new. The place I ordered it from screwed up and I ended up with a extra one. I will make you a deal on it! Small step foward I guess, so that is all I have for now.
Yes sir. I think you told me about the Super Sniper earlier, but I thought it was for high horsepower applications. Did not read into it till now. Pretty cool what they have done .
Seriously cool. The advances in the last two years with standalone bolt-on closed-loop EFI systems is epic.
I didn't have much time this weekend because of Easter obligations and my wife worked Saturday morning, but I did get some stuff done. I pulled the plug and ordered the Holley Super Sniper. I am pretty excited about it. From what I have read it will do everything I want it to and a lot more. It should help simplify the tuning side of things for me. I finished timing the distributor, so I put the front of the engine back together and the intercooler.
I received my new knock sensor and pigtail. I did not have an adapter to put it yet so that will have to wait.
I have been looking into what I want to do for my fuel system. I think I might go with a Tanks Incorporated EFI fuel tank kit. It seems to be a better setup with a better fuel pump than the Gbody Parts tank kit. It is powder coated and a little cheaper with the up grades I needed for a turbo application. Wile I was thinking about the fuel lines, I realized I have three lines already. I dug out my old fuel pump and looked at it.
I crawled under my old 79 Monte and looked at the fuel lines on that car. The 79 has two. A feed line and a vent line. For what ever reason my 80 has three. There is a 3/8 feed line, a 5/16 vent line, and a 1/4 return line. I think I can use the 5/16 for the return, and the 1/4 line for the vent. That kind of made my day. I also found a fitting I needed on my old intake. So that was were I quit for the weekend, beings I was in a good mood. Will not be much longer and things should start getting more entertaining, so stay tuned.
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