Originally Posted by Swazey

got the car started today! GOT MY F'IN CAR STARTED TODAY!!!!! instead of just cranking and cranking it finally turned over. first time in almost 3 weeks. it still takes about 5-10 seconds to start but it starts! i didnt change the placement of the grounds yet, ill do that tomorrow.

what i did was completely grind down the engine ground. i had a friend try to start the car and nothing. i was jiggling the ckps pos sensor and it started! i have tested EVERY wire in the engine bay and know it was not because of a loose or broken wire.

this is what i think is going on: i have a frankencar ram air intake. my stock intake snorkel is gone so my map/baro (could be wrong, i looked at it quick) sensor hangs down close to the ckps pos sensor and the tranny gound wire i put in. i also have a 4ga wire for my amp that runs near those wires as well and a ground wire from starter bolt going to engine ground, all close in proximity.

when i moved the ckps pos sensor out of the way of the other wires, the car started. i think i am having some kind of magnetic/electronic interference that is throwing all the sensors off and causing the hard starts. i have also read that the coil packs, when they start to go, can cause radio interference and throw sensors off. anyone hear of this? i have 160k and still on stock coils.

tomorrow i am going to move everything away from one another, making sure my ground wires arent too close to the sensors and add a ground to the bottom bolt on the tranny.

when the car started, it ran incredibly rich. do i possibly have something else going on here?

Originally Posted by DennisMik

The above stuff (bs?) is theory. You've probably heard that theory and reality don't always mix. With all the things you have found, I hope that puts an end to your problem.

Originally Posted by cashoit

Im confused on how u cd be gettin interference. All these wires SHOULD be shielded. U sure the harness good. Or maybe starter amperage causing a high spike for EMI near CKPS since u grounded it in close proximity. Move the grounds and see what happens.

GLad u got that bish started tho..hell yea man! lol