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Oh yeah!

Congrats, it's alive

Every one who has ever build or rebuild engine, knows the feeling of first starting!
I want a new project car!

Oh, yeah! Congrats!

After this little vid' it's wont start again. 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! Now i refurbished the brakes, and build back on this weekend.

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!

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. want to change the spark plugs, 'cause it's not 100%. But I love the engines response, it's very direct.
http://youtu.be/nKPJ2Md32N4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R9En8k0imU

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

Thanks!

Truly amazing work from such a shell into a decent e21, like the extended front lip too.

Thanks! It's much more work then I think on the start, I want to finish soon, just need painting.

I am also liking this a lot. It's such a great feeling when it fires up the first time.

Thanks Nas! The first start, yes, definitely. But if the stuff don't want to firing again, it's not the best feeling.

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!

After 3 weeks and 12 hours of work a day, it's MOT'd.

Awesome man. How does it drive?