ok, I fibnally got my ls vtec running. 12:1 compression W/gsr head. My car doesnt want to idle, just stall but is fine when I give it gas. also as soon as I start my engine the temp guage starts to sky rocket. I really afraid that it is over heating but I cant tell because the radiator fluid is cool. I already changed the thermostat and dont know if the car is stalling because of the overheating(if it is) or if its something else. I need to break the engine in but dont want to uinder these circumstances. Ther are no engine codes and I am running crower stage 3s but they have stock Idle lobes so I have no clue what to do. someone please help. I am about to drive it off a cliff(if it doesnt stall first). I havnt even been able to check the timing yet. wtf

the motor is in a obd0 89si hatch

 

ok I fixed somethings. I found out that the pin that connects the coil pack to the cap was cracked off. so had some bad ignition. I managed to get the guage to work for a while to realize that my temp is fine andthat the guage just likes to shoot to hot for no reason. so car is not over heating thank god. Now I cant get the car to idle below 1000 rpms. igniton timing is set to 14 degrees. stupid idle. I set my tps to around.5 volts. at least thats what my vafc tells me. I also cleaned out the IACV with throttle body cleaner and still have yet to get a stock idle.

any help is greatly appreciated. I need my lsvtec running top notch.

 

well, today I found out how to fix my temp guage, pound on the dash board until it goes back to normal. every once in a while it will go wacky but its nothing that teh old hand couldnt slap some sense into. I also hooked up my air fuel guage and ity appears that I am running way rich at isle and I hav A feeling thats why my car wont idle under 1k. I have a vafc hooked up but dont want to mess with it yet because I dongt realy know how to use it. I have my fuwl pressure turned all the way down and still haveing trouble with being overly rich. I have prelude injectors in it . do you guys think i should throw in thge b16 injectors or just weight to get it tuned by a proffessional. could I cause any damage to my engine while breaking it in with it running so rich? let me know what you think.