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Oh yeah! :thumbsup


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Congrats, it's alive :M20
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Every one who has ever build or rebuild engine, knows the feeling of first starting!
I want a new project car! :screwy

Oh, yeah! Congrats! :mrgreen:
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After this little vid' it's wont start again. :hammer I have some hard days to find the problem. I love the k-jet, gas and spark and it's starting, but the spark is missing from this two simple things. We watched everything from a to z, but didn't find anything.
No spark from the ignition coil. I have 3 ignition coil, 3 ignition module, 3 distributor, but nothing. The distributor give the impulse, have the signal on the ignition coil, i changed the ignition modules, ignition coils and nothing, and of course the ignition coils working on my friends car. Insanity....On my final desperation, i changed the engine wiring loom, aaand.....bingo! :boogie Now i refurbished the brakes, and build back on this weekend.
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Weird moment to fail after it's been working fine just before that, glad you found the cause, you were running out of options there! Well, solved now!
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Little updates. I will slowly overcome the problems arising. The fuelpump was die, after I finished the brakes, and wanted to roll out from the garage. I'm not even surprised... no problem, I stole a fuelpump from my friends e30. :wha want to change the spark plugs, 'cause it's not 100%. :nah But I love the engines response, it's very direct.
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Nice!

Put the youtube code after the v= (in this case 0R9En8k0imU) between youtube brackets [youtube]0R9...[/youtube] and it'll show here as well

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Thanks! :thumbsup
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Truly amazing work from such a shell into a decent e21, like the extended front lip too.
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Thanks! It's much more work then I think on the start, I want to finish soon, just need painting. :stupidme
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I am also liking this a lot. It's such a great feeling when it fires up the first time.
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Thanks Nas! The first start, yes, definitely. :smoke But if the stuff don't want to firing again, it's not the best feeling. :lol:
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:) I've never had a single one run properly on the first go. Usually this tradition means it's going to run great when u work out what that minor issue is that caused a big problem!
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After 3 weeks and 12 hours of work a day, it's MOT'd. :banana
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Awesome man. How does it drive?
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