Ok Im posting this for a friend of mine who has a 95 Eclipse but no computer.Heres the run down about 6 months ago I convinced him to rebuild his engine after he hydrolocked it .Well he decided to buy a pre assembled shortblock form the local machine shop and have them aslso re-do his head(new valves and check everything)well after I went on vacation he got around to putting it all together with his hick friend from the north(no offence to northeners just dumb rednecks who are hack mechanics)well his friend did most of the work when he wasnt there and geting parts over torqed most of the brackets and the exhaust manifold. When they finnaly got around to cranking it up it wouldnt start.But when it finnaly started it made a hell of a racket and finnaly craked up running really rough for the first 5 min then settling down but stull running rough.I herd it before he drug it to billy bob the hack mechanic it sounded like a bad lifter or knocking. When the mechanic got it he said he flushed the fuel system and it made the bad knock sound go away but said the ruff running was from the computer(being bad) and the exhaust leak from the (I know) Ebay header .He chrged him $350 had it for a week but only worked on it for a day and replaced the heat range hotter ngk's I gave him :\ .Well the car runs better after I put the stock mani back on but still has a leak somewhere but has no powreband at all .I did a fuel preasure check and comp test 40+ psi fuel and 215 all the way across. I called my junkyard guy he said he doubted the computer and suggested timming off or clogged cat. Whew soryy for long post...Anybody got any other idea's????
Cant anybody help me on this or what. I mean if a screws lose in a noobs car you bend over backwards to help him but if someones got a real problem noone cares! This post has been up for alomst 24 hrs none has even commented on this.
You know, it does sound like a cat, or maybe even a clogged fuel filter. Also check to see if there is water in the tank. It'll will run crappy like that if there is water in the line. Then of course check for vac leaks. That'll do it to.
He as a 95 eclispe .Just got done with rebuild replaced both fuel filters a 190 pump and we just gutted the cat it wasnt clogged just did it in case. He still doesnt have the power he should it helped a little though.
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.Well he decided to buy a pre assembled shortblock form the local machine shop and have them aslso re-do his head(new valves and check everything)well after I went on vacation he got around to putting it all together with his hick friend from the north(no offence to northeners just dumb rednecks who are hack mechanics)well his friend did most of the work when he wasnt there and geting parts over torqed most of the brackets and the exhaust manifold. When they finnaly got around to cranking it up it wouldnt start.But when it finnaly started it made a hell of a racket and finnaly craked up running really rough for the first 5 min then settling down but stull running rough.I herd it before he drug it to billy bob the hack mechanic it sounded like a bad lifter or knocking. When the mechanic got it he said he flushed the fuel system and it made the bad knock sound go away but said the ruff running was from the computer(being bad) and the exhaust leak from the (I know) Ebay header 
.He chrged him $350 had it for a week but only worked on it for a day and replaced the heat range hotter ngk's I gave him :\ .Well the car runs better after I put the stock mani back on but still has a leak somewhere but has no powreband at all .I did a fuel preasure check and comp test 40+ psi fuel and 215 all the way across. I called my junkyard guy he said he doubted the computer and suggested timming off or clogged cat. Whew soryy for long post...Anybody got any other idea's???? 
