alright i have a 98 gsr turbo with the edelbrock turbo kit and the other night i was driving and the car just shut off and now i can get it to restart. when i checked it ti had no spark and i even switched out the dizzy and everything also the vehicle has msd ignition

any feedback would be nice thanks norris

 

alright i went through and took out the msd and still no spark?????

 

u replaced the wholesdistributer eh? are you sure its a good one?

 

Make sure all your wire connections are good.

 

alright went to honda and bought a new distributor and still nothing. so i went back to honda and got a new crank sensor and still nothing......i need help

 

Did you replace the ignitor?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SuzukaBlueAP2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you replace the ignitor?</TD></TR></TABLE>
well he says he bought a new distributor. so the ignitor should be good. he also says he using an MSD. OP, are you using an external coil? are you getting no spark or a weak spark?

 

check your grounds, they are very important! The tranny ground, thermostat, and the valvecover grounds!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 88LXi68 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
well he says he bought a new distributor. so the ignitor should be good.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe he only replaced cap and rotor?

I don't make assumptions. Only trying to help the guy out.

Advanced Ignition Troubleshooting

 

Pull the valve cover off and crank it over. I had this same problem a year ago and it ended up being a ripped (not broken) timing belt. It skipped like 3 teeth on the crank and my car wouldn't start. It did exactly what you said...it just shut off when i was driving.

 

i am getting no spark and i already checked all the grounds, as for the timing belt when i crank it i can see the cam gears move. and i removed the msd completely

 

another note if the timing belt was to jump teeth would it not spark?

or would it just spark at the wrong time?

 

I had the same problem. I tried like three different distributers and no spark. It turned out to be a simple fuse

 

Completely remove the MSD setup from the system. Your car will be ok to run in stock ignition. If it runs after that, hey you know whats wrong. If not then get a volt meter check all connections to the dizzy plug harness. See if your getting voltage. If not, work back from there.

 

are you getting fuel if not its your ecu fuse replace that and it should be all good if the ecu fuse is blown no spark or fuel my frend had the same problem we where driving to the taco bell parking lot and it just died. his didnt even look blown so just try to replace it and get back to me

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by team2dcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> as for the timing belt when i crank it i can see the cam gears move</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's not an indication of whether or not it ripped and skipped a few teeth. We could see my cam gears move, but the T-belt still ended up being the problem. I doubt it's what's going on with your car after reading further, but i just wanted to correct this little inaccuracy

 

bammmmmers i fixed it..... survey says it is the edelbrock piggyback unit,,,, so for everyone that might have the edelbrock turbo kit and you have similar symptoms you might want to give that a try....

thanks everyone for your input