Fairly productive weekend on the Quest

[crumpdogg]

Well, it has been a few weeks since I brought the Quest home, and since all the parts I ordered came in, I decided to dedicate Fri to it.

 

Cap, rotor, NGK wires, NGK IX, engine temp sensor(broke one of the pins off trying to get my EGR back on the other day), custom intake, and Bosch replacement injector clips. I used the info from this site and made an intake from an Early Prelude. I also installed a stock replacement K/N, and opened up the front of the stock aircan. The only thing I didn't get done was the O2 sensor and A/F gauge. I can't figure out how to mount the new sensor to my housing, but that is in the VM forum.

 

Anyway, it was an over-all productive day. I let it warm up and set the timing, isc, and tps, then took it for a spin. Pulled strong all the way to about 5K in all gears(I was shifting @ 5K on purpose). It felt good considering I'm running stock boost. (87 Quest by the way).

 

I have some good ideas for a custom OVCP and 1G BOV sceduled in the next couple of weeks along with a boost gauge and manual boost controller. It's coming along nicely.

 

Thanks for all of the help so far.

 

Justin

[Blind_Drifter]

Congrats man. I bet it feels good to have it running strong.

[crumpdogg]

Yes, it does feel good. It ran well since I got it, but with a tiny hiccup at about 3K. I just didn't like the fact that the previous owner used CRAP for tune-up parts. No name wires(everyone pulled out of the crimp as I removed them), champion plugs gapped wrong, still had original broken injector clips on it, etc. Most of this stuff was just peace of mind stuff, but I do enjoy the sound of the new intake if nothing else. I think it is ready for a boost increase, but I want to get the gauge and BOV mounted first. It is never ending. It's starting to remind me of my Merkur :oops:

Anyway, I love this site and I will get some updates and pictures up soon.

 

Justin