# ATTN: Slowmarro or Joehawk
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 12, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854 "2011-04-12T12:48:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/1 "2011-04-12T12:48:55Z")
5.0 TPI swapped to 5.7TPI… car wont start, everything is hooked up,grounds are good, starter is good and wired correctly
Just seems like there is no power going to the starter
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### Author:  [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/2 "2011-04-12T12:53:16Z")
I would check power to the starter.
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/3 "2011-04-12T12:56:58Z")
When we tryed jumping the starter it sparked, so theres gotta be some kind of power… the solenoid was bad on the last one
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### Author:  [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/4 "2011-04-12T13:05:01Z")
hmm
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/5 "2011-04-12T13:15:42Z")
K swap?
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/6 "2011-04-12T13:16:22Z")
It solves all problems
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### Author:  [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/7 "2011-04-12T13:17:22Z")
Pop start it.
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/8 "2011-04-12T13:24:35Z")
It’s an auto
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### Author:  [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/9 "2011-04-12T13:26:35Z")
Balls.
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/10 "2011-04-12T13:33:04Z")
Is there any clicks when the key is turned? You may have purchased a defective replacement. Wouldn’t be the first time. Also some of these used the Passkey security system. It was pretty advanced for its time. It may have locked the PCM in the process. You will know if it has a little black chip in the middle of the ignition key.
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/11 "2011-04-12T13:57:47Z")
Yes it has the VATS…he keeps saying its not that, i keep telling him it is, there is no clicks
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/12 "2011-04-12T15:11:19Z")
Def K swap.
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### Author:  [@LS\_WS.6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LS_WS.6)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/13 "2011-04-12T15:11:27Z")
i kno whats wrong with it, i also had a tpi car. **the problem** : **_its a TPI_.**
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/14 "2011-04-12T15:39:51Z")
That is exactly what i said…
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/15 "2011-04-12T15:50:44Z")
I had a few TPIs. The speed density (90-92) were not too bad but the MAF (85-89) suck. Those Bosch MAF sensors are the root of more 3rd gen frustration
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/16 "2011-04-12T16:32:14Z")
the vats wont shut down the starter it only pulls fuel . if the starter is clicking or arcing when ya jump it it has the battery power but is it getting the signal voltage out of the puprle wire at the starter ? if no check for a broken or missing purple wire or bad wire . it could also be a bad fusible link . now what i need to know is did the starter turn over when ya jumpered it ?
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/17 "2011-04-12T16:36:49Z")
it just arced, it never kicked over… no clicking nothing
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/18 "2011-04-12T16:50:32Z")
either the flexplate is binding the starter or installed wrong or suttin . orrrrr the starter is bad itself
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### Author:  [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/19 "2011-04-12T16:56:49Z")
this is the second started theyve gotten from AAP… ill tell him to check some shit, its prolly wrong somehow, hes not the brightest crayon in the box, yet he graduated from high performance engines
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### Author:  [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-slowmarro-or-joehawk/257854/20 "2011-04-12T16:57:50Z")
> [@want to find job still](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-find-job-still/40997/40):
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> either the flexplate is binding the starter or installed wrong or suttin . orrrrr the starter is bad itself
yeh did someone forget to slide the torque converter completly in?
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