Well, After i put everything together, put the oil and water flush and power steering fluid in the car i turned the key and less than a half a second later i heard the unbelievable growl of a 16v running only headers! The beast started up just like it always had before, without any issue at all and immediately. It was almost like I never did anything (except that noise of the chain eating my engine had gone away
).
I owe alot of that to you Racing, without your help this would have been an endeavor i probably would not have finished this summer, if ever. Thank you very much.
Right now the car is running on its shot old exhaust system, but on Wednesday it is getting a brand spanking new Stainless steel performance exhaust from Time Valve, which should help it out even more.
Also, by the time I drained the cleaner oil (oil we used to flush the oil system and drained almost immediately) the oil had gas in it already! That was maybe 10-20min of run time. My mech. said the injectors were shot, two leaked and two produced a crappy mist, so I replaced all 4.
I am still getting some mild oil pressure problems, I don't know if i am still getting fuel in the system, but if I am, then the only thing left is the cold start valve, so that would get replaced...
However, I still plan of the updated electronic fuel injection system for next year, but I have not yet decided what to go for, the VEMS system you recommended or the MegaSuirt system. Megasquirt seems to be more popular over on this side of the pond, but also seems to be quite inferior in features/capability, but has much better english documentation than the VEMS system. If I were to go with the VEMS system, where would I get parts from? I know there is an ebay seller (Silvercosworth) that sells alot of custom parts exactly for this (pulleys and fuel rails and regulators, 36 tooth "harmonic balancer"...) would all of this work? What did you use in yours?