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    Hard to start when warm, after BHG job

    my car was also hard to start when it was warm. it turned out to be the spark plug wires believe it or not... but people suggested to me that perhaps the fuel in my fuel lines was vaporizing from the heat and creating air in the fuel lines and making it hard to start until it cooled down...
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    yeah 222hp stock at the crank. only mods are intake and exhaust. the car weighed in at 2700lbs with a full tank of gas. im guesstimating a low 14 sec 1/4 in the low 90mph range. the close ratio 6spd really helps! chirps third everytime!
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    its a vq30de from a 2000 maxima. the VG's were used in the 300zx's. vq's were the maxima's and 350z's
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    yeah it is! well actually was. lol. its not getting fuel for some reason. feels slow and has no high rpm power. i cant get it over 5k rpms in 4th (6spd) and it wont go over 90mph haha. gonna see if its throwing some codes tomorrow. blah
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    yeah i def wouldnt have bought it if still had the 13b in it.
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    VQ30 yeah. but its actually a 350z tranny:biglaugh:
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    nissan powered FTW:)... my new DD

    So yeah... i still have the supra... but i dont know how much longer haha! this thing is so much more fun! lol (dont shoot me for saying that) so far its been tons of fun:) i got 23mpg my last tank which isnt bad at all! considering how the car was driven:rolleyes: oh... and the...
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    well its finally back on the road and it is slow as balls. i dont know what happened while it was sitting but it runs liek shit now.
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    yeah that was right on. it would not ground off of that piece.
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    yeah that worked. its dumb because there is no place to connect a ground wire to it but i will rig something up.... and i wish i had time to do it right but i dont. once i get me new car i will.
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    im heating up some water now:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: ill let you know how this goes hahah
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    so run a ground wire off of the red housing? i thought i would need something like that but no one said anythign about it when giving me directions for wiring this... lol.
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    i looked on there website and it looks like there is two wires coming from the sensor.... i only have one. maybe that is the problem?
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    i only submerged it enough to get the thermocouple wet, not the rest of the sensor. and all my other wires are secure, the guage turns on with the key and does its little full range of motion thing when it first turns on with no problems. maybe i hooked the wire up wrong? it just just smashed...
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    so i figured before i chopped up my hose that i would check to make sure the sender worked. i heated up some water and dropped the sensor in. i have the green wire wired right to the top of the sensor. the water was hot hot and nothing registered ont eh guage. i left it in a for a few minutes...
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    could i just use the sensor off the stock temp guage? and just wire my sender wire right into that?
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    Is there an easy way to get wires through the firewall?

    i need to run one small wire from inside my car to the engine bay and i was wondering if there is anyway to do it without pulling the entire dashboard off? thanks
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    really i just need to see if my temp is getting to hot or if it is spiking. will i still be able to see this if i use the fitting for the upper radiator hose?
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    yeah it is a prosport guage and yes there is a white wire. i thought the white was my 12v power? how innacurate will it be if i just run the temp sensor in the middle of the upper rad hose? because i wanted to get this thign goign tonight and i dont have tiem to send away for parts before the...
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    need help wiring my temp guage!

    i bought this guage used and the guy said it has everything i need to install it, i jsut need some wiring..... anyhow. i dont have any directions for it so i dont knwo how to install it. i have one sensor that goes on a hose somewhere (i dont know where) and the guage has 4 wires...