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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:01 AM
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Where do you live?
What's wrong with the wheel on your motor or are you just upgrading to a billet wheel?
I am in central NM

I am convinced, and nothing will change my opinion otherwise that my wheel is installed 180° wrong/indexed wrong or has excessive run out

Nothing else explains why RPM signal drops to 0 on the tech2, 4 cylinders aren't hitting and the car won't start with the cam sensor unplugged

I've done every check the FSM says to do, I've pinned every wire, I've swapped sensors. At this point my only remaining thought is the reluctor is wrong
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by arthursc2
I am in central NM

I am convinced, and nothing will change my opinion otherwise that my wheel is installed 180° wrong/indexed wrong or has excessive run out

Nothing else explains why RPM signal drops to 0 on the tech2, 4 cylinders aren't hitting and the car won't start with the cam sensor unplugged

I've done every check the FSM says to do, I've pinned every wire, I've swapped sensors. At this point my only remaining thought is the reluctor is wrong
So new engine issues... that's a Biotch....
Where did the crank come from?
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:30 AM
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Bottom end is from Texas Speed. They installed and welded the reluctor on as well. The bottom end is their "house brand" rods/crank and wiseco pistons in a gen4 block

I had a shop here in Abq put the bottom end together, Empire Engines. They are pretty good and well respected. I did the top end and install in the car

None of us thought to check or inspect the reluctor. They balanced and machined and gapped, and I trusted them, they trusted TSP and here we are
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:33 AM
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Bottom end is from Texas Speed. They installed and welded the reluctor on as well. The bottom end is their "house brand" rods/crank and wiseco pistons in a gen4 block

I had a shop here in Abq put the bottom end together, Empire Engines. They are pretty good and well respected. I did the top end and install in the car

None of us thought to check or inspect the reluctor. They balanced and machined and gapped, and I trusted them, they trusted TSP and here we are
By chance did you check with them to see if they had tool or if they knew of some one in the area that might???
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:47 AM
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Texas Speed wants $250 + shipping both ways to fix what is potentially their **** up

Empire does not have a tool

and at this point I am fed up relying on ppl, so I am just going it myself. Then I only have 1 finger to blame if I get it wrong ahaha
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by arthursc2
Texas Speed wants $250 + shipping both ways to fix what is potentially their **** up

Empire does not have a tool

and at this point I am fed up relying on ppl, so I am just going it myself. Then I only have 1 finger to blame if I get it wrong ahaha
Well... That sucks.

Is this a 24 or 58 wheel?

When are you planning to pull the engine?
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 01:17 PM
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I have requested and been approved for 2wks off in June, calendar days 10-28; I plan to do the reluctor inspection/swap then. With covid delays and **** I want to have everything ready to go before then however
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by arthursc2
only the wheel gets heated, so a stainless spacer would work well to protect the plastic. Do you print ABS or PLA? or some other "alloy"?

SolidWorks has a $10/mo hobby license, but it doesn't work with Windows 11 yet. I have SW '08 on my college machine, with some work-arounds. That's how I'll draw everything up.
I print in PLA+ but if someone wants to drop me like $40 I will build my enclosure to print in ABS lol
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 05:33 PM
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PayPal credit boiiiiiiii

Unless someone wants to drop me like $300, I'll be building a tool
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 06:53 PM
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Gotta pay for my new ride lol

There had to be some reason why this tool hasn’t gotten the $60 chinesium treatment
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