I have the HSR and love it .. thanks to LD85 and Joby

 

She's Alive


So far it has only a few min's of run time but came across 2 minor problems I have to look into.
1) Check engine light is on. I quickly put my scan tool on it and the only thing it did was flash the "check engine" light 2 quick flashes then nothing. So I will have to hook up the laptop to see if I can get the code that way.

2) Coolant temp jumped right to 299 degrees within a min. I don't believe its accurate at this point so I'll have to look into that as well. Otherwise she runs

 

 

It sounds like you have air in the cooling system, and a pocket of steam hit the sending unit which spiked the gauge. Bleed the coolant of air and all should be well.

Did you try the old fashioned paper clip method to pull the codes?

Anyhow, a quick congrats.....ya done good. Can't wait to hear how it performs.

 

Your absolutely right! After playing with it a bit I remember I had change the Knocksensor out and when I removed the old one, all the anit-freeze drained out. So I removed my coolant temp sensor and put as much anti-freeze in that way

A long time ago before I knew of the paperclip trick I bought a scan tool for it. I was able to pull the code which is 23. Low voltage to MAT. I need to check my connections, verify voltage and so on. Should be a simple fix. Otherwise this thing is running sweet!!

Thank you, not to bad for a wanna be mechanic! Very pleased with myself on this. This is the biggest project I've done and it went rather easy. I went into it with a lot of confidence and all knowing I would have a ton of support on the forums.

I wanted good documentation on this project, not only because is a CFI to HSR... BUT to show that even a wanna be could do it.
It also shows that with the EBL/Flash and its multiport upgrade any CFI owner can make a conversion very easily and have it look as is its been there the whole time. No more of these dragged out projects of trying to convert and changing harness and stuff. Reality is anyone can make this conversion in a matter of a weekend. It only took me this long because its winter here, I'm in no rush and also wanted to get some other things done while it was apart.

My next step is to compare the ET's between the Xram and HSR. (My bottom end is still the same). Once I do that I will get the Cam and Heads on that I have sitting here and get those numbers as well.
I'm hoping to get this thing on a dyno in the next couple of months. Once I do that I'll post that as well in this thread.

Thanks to all you forum members for your help on this....

 

Glad to see those two hurdles were minor. I'm dying to see how it dynos. You're an inspiration to us all

 

Here it is guys the final post from me. HSR is done!
Thanks to all you guys for your help and support for my first time project that I did myself.
Hope you like it.

 

Say it isn't so.......


We want a dyno, We want a dyno, We want a dyno. (imagine a mass chant)


I looks great btw. Congrats again.

 

Thanks for keeping it going to the end. Too many guys start these projects, then disappear.

 

 

I hear you! Thats what I'm in the process of trying to do know. The closest dyno is Redline (sponsor)... and its been harder and harder to get on his dyno the last couple of years. He's been doing a lot of big projects and is in GM tech magazine all the time

Ain't that the truth! You know how many times I've used the search function and come up with a thread thats only half of what it should be. I've always have tried to finish the threads I start all the way through....

 

Great to hear it running! Nice job Ed

 

Finally moved the car outside the garage.
Here's the latest.

 

GJ!

 

well i have read and read and I am a nuby as well,dont know much about cars but do know alot about carpentry unfortanately that does not help me here,I have about all the parts now and I do not want my 84 sitting all summer so I might wait till i know eevything,but his thread was great,I will post my project here for help and when I am finished maybe I will have helped someone That was here when I started Thanks guys John

 

 

What all do I have to have for a setup like this. I'm having a 383 Stroker with 385HP for my 84 Vette. I still have everything stock. Iwas wondering if the setup you have would be a better one, or If I should bore out the CFI to 51mm instead of 46mm with the hyper tech chip Stage II, put some higher PSI injectors and get something a little more horsepower and not have to change wires and ECM. I will be driving this car every day so I'm looking for something performance that can be driven every day.

 

Very nice work! I took some notes. One thing you want to keep an eye on is your belt. I tried that set up, went thru 2 belts in 60 days. They would stretch so bad, the power steering wouldnt work. The problem is the length between the ac, and alt. I ended up taking a hammer, and screwdriver to the guts of my smog pump, and put it back on. Works great! If you dont have room, you may have to make a pulley yourself.

Really love the build though! (Wish someone would give me an HSR Lol!) Peace. h

 

I think he got his car running over 2 years ago.

 

I haven't been on here for a while...today I make a couple of posts then I see this thread pop up..lol

Yep, you could say it runs.....like a bat out of hell!...

I'll take advantage and update this thread a bit.
The motor is now a 388 that was built by PeteK
Pete, also built me a kick...butt tranny for it
All the tuning was done by Caboboy.
And even the AC works...

Btw: Belt gets changed every winter.