Dag nabbit @#$&*$!

[halistan]

Okay,

So, as many of you know, I recently installed a new Supercharger and new built engine into my SVX. After a few vacuum leak issues I have finally gotten it back and for the last week it has driven fabulously....until yesterday morning.

I went out to get it washed so I could start cleaning her up some (she is still rough to look at) but the car wouldn't start. It would turn over but not start. I tried 3-4 times but got nothing. It seemed like it wasn't getting fuel so I popped the hood to take a look. It was too dark to see anything so I went in to get a flashlight. When I came out there was smoke coming from the engine so I ran over and there as a small fire on the wire bundle going to the driver side injectors.

I ran back into the house to get the fire extinguisher (which didn't work) but it didn't matter as the fire was almost out on its own anyway. I blew out the remnants and looked for damage.

The keys were still in the car and it was set to 'on' so I went to take them out but noticed that nothing was lit up now. The car seemed like there was just no power getting to the car at all.

I checked the fusible link and sure enough it was blown (see pic below).

After reading a little bit on the club it seems the most likely cause is the alternator which kinda ticks me off. Right before I started this whole "rebuilding" gig a couple years ago, I took off my old alternator which was the original one the SVX came with. It has never given me problems but being a 20 year old alternator, I thought it best to get it rebuilt so I'd have one less thing to worry about.

Seeing as Maniac Electric motors is not far from me (about 45 minutes) I took it to them to get it redone. I even had them beef it up to the high output so that I could eventually upgrade the stereo system too. Since then, it had been working fine but realistically its only got like 200 miles on it since it was redone.

I've called AWD Tuning and I'll have it towed back to them tomorrow and I'll call Maniac and see what they can do about this. My concern, however, is a lot of people said on the other threads that something like this can burn out your ECU. So i'm wondering if that is true. I'm running the stage III ECU from ECUTune and i know he is not making these anymore so what other options do I have (worst case scenario).

Eventually I'd like to get a Hydra, but from what I understand, the Hydra plugs into the subaru ECU...is that right? I still have my original ECU, would I use that with the Hydra instead?

Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated. Thanks everyone!

Ray

Pics:

Burned Fusible Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=41e9936d7f

Burned Wires: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=30cf2d6ca3