la2 help

[ninja z28]

(89 merk auto)

I installed a la2 and big vam. timeing was set to 10 btc b4 i started.
i did not do
Step 6: Plug your ACT sensor wire into pin 25.
Step 7: Finally plug the pin coming from the brake pedal into number 2.

from http://www.ptaaron.com/la3/index.html

The car is running like crap. I checked the timeing it is still at 10 deg with and with out the spout. does not move.

I have a ACT from a supercoupe one wire is gray and red the othet is gray. what one is ground?
what yall think?

[animalguy10]

I just did this swap and you may be able to find my link below I did not do the ACT or the brake ... Mines running great aside froma solanoid on pass inner fender buzzing when car isnt running with ignition on.

The computer do need to run for a bit to get set up.. has the car run very long with the new computer..? Again im as new to the swap as you but i was told that they take a bit to learn....

[ninja z28]

tryed to take it around the block but barley made it. if i give it any gas it bogs and tryes to die

[RatFink]

The car is running like crap. I checked the timeing it is still at 10 deg with and with out the spout. does not move.

This is a problem. Timing should advance roughly 20 degrees with the spout in.

[ninja z28]

hooked up pin 25 to the Supercoupe gary and red wire to the ACT. gray to ground
set the timeing with the spout installed to 20. still runs like $#!%.
when i take the spout out the timeing does not jump back.

[85xr]

pull the spout out, set timing to 10 degrees, plug spout back in, should advance to about 30 degrees.
maybe set the timing to 30 degrees with the spout plugged in, see what happens.

[ninja z28]

removed spout set it to 10. put the spout back in it says at 10. worked fine b4 i installed the la2 and vam

[AMXSC]

If the timing does not advance with the spout plugged in the problem could be that the computer is not seeing the engine load. The computer sees engine load from the VAM sensor. Try swapping the VAM sensor. If you do not have another big VAM you can test with your small VAM it will start and run very rich. If this fixes the timming problem it should run alot better.

Hope this helps.
James

[ninja z28]

i will try that next. it is hard to start also

[AMXSC]

The hard starting could also be caused by a bad VAM. With the turbocoupe computer the engine will crank over several times before starting if it doesn't see a good signal from the VAM sensor and the TP sensor. It goes into limp home mode insead of warm up mode.

In limp home the computer will not control engine timming and the engine will run very rich. It also will run super rich and miss at about 2000-3000 rpms because the computer is dumping so much fuel into the engine it's fowling the plugs. If you pull one of your spark plugs and it's black or even wet from gas the computer is in limp home mode.

When you swap the VAM and if the VAM fixes the timming problem. Run the car at 45-65mph for about 10-15 minutes to clean the carbon off the plugs. Disconnect the battery to reset the computer. Reconnect the battery and it should start alot better.

James

[ninja z28]

sounds like the problem. my afr is reading maxed out

[tvissoc]

sounds like the problem. my afr is reading maxed out

Was this a re-pinned computer, or did you just swap pins in the harness? Just checking to make sure you're following the right procedure for the right computer. I re-pinned my harness, which was all that was available when I did mine.

[ninja z28]

re-pined harness

[ninja z28]

The LA2 is bad. i checked the pins. swaped to the small vam. same thing repined back to stock installd the pk and big vam works fine. swaped to the small vam and all good.

[tvissoc]

The LA2 is bad. i checked the pins. swaped to the small vam. same thing repined back to stock installd the pk and big vam works fine. swaped to the small vam and all good.

Bummer, but glad you found the problem.