Hoodedreeper's Mk1 Supercharged - The Purple Monster 紫のモンスター

Fitted the Deep Corn Nardi that was removed from the Purple car



Received a delivery from Driftworks



We dropped the RS Watanabe's off at a local Powder Coater last week. They didn't have the colour we wanted,they didn't have a sample either. He said if we allow him to go ahead with the colour,he'll do it at a lower price. I'm glad we took the gamble cos they're stunning!



Stuck some Uniroyal Rain Expert 185/60r14 on and got them mounted on the car. The car also had the rear camber arms free'd off,greased and adjusted,new track rod ends and an alignment. Garage said it was the worst car they've seen a long time oops!









Also fitted some clear Headlamps from eBay

nice. very nice.

btw mind if I use a pic of yours for an updated banner ?

No problem

On the 10th September it was 3 years since i first got the car



Not much has happened recently with the cars,we went to Japanese Auto Extravaganza a week or so ago (UK's largest Jap show)















On the way home from the show,the ONLY time i put my foot down (properly) the car decides to break down A massive misfire and lots of smoke

Its currently running on 2 cylinders (1 and 3),i've changed the spark plugs,ignition leads,ignition coil and the cam angle sensor. I've checked the timing belt and it hasn't slipped a tooth and the cams aren't damaged. I've also tested the ignitor unit,igniton coil and leads off the silver car and still no change.

I'm yet to do a compression test (waiting on a friend to bring it round). All the injectors are working,there's PLENTY of fuel but for some reason cylinders 2 and 4 aren't sparking as good as they should be (plugs look brand new still).

Need to check all the wiring too as i'm sure thats the fault,but it doesn't explain all of the smoke when it first happened? (oil getting past the piston rings or dropped valve possibly?!)

A little update

Did a compression test with the engine cold

Cyl 1 - 140
Cyl 2 - 120
Cyl 3 - 135
Cyl 4 - 120

I understand its low,but surely it should still fire on all 4?

I've sent the injectors to Clive at Autotronix who cleaned and flow tested them and they've come back fine.

Today (Sunday 16th) i refitted the injectors along with a replacement fuel rail and fuel pressure regulator. We tested the injector pulse with an LED,cylinders 1 and 3 pulse fine but 2 and 4 (the ones i've got problems with) are constantly on.

With the ECU removed,i got my friend to open it up and found one of the Injector Driver looked damage,see photo below



Above and to the left of the driver is abit brown so its gotten abit warm at some point. Reverant from MX5Nutz who built and supplied the Megasquirt ECU is looking into it and i'm waiting on a response

At least i've finally found the issue and hopefully have it sorted soon. Once its running again,i need to address the low compression and hope it hasn't washed the bores too much

Did he manage to repair the ECU ok? Any further issues with the ECU?

somebody let the pixies and smoke out of that chip