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It's not technically 'rebuilding' them. It's sticking them in an ultrasonic bath of warm cleaning solution of a special chemical blend and cycling the injectors on and off for an extended period of time.
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From: Atl Ga
Hey Collin and Kevin remember how I mentioned my exhaust was something aftermarket? Well I rememebered the brand of exhaust it was and found a paper crammed in my user manual book thing in the glove box and found the brand here it is
http://www.dynomax.com/products/cat_.../catlookup.asp
Thats it! looks stock but isnt.
http://www.dynomax.com/products/cat_.../catlookup.asp
Thats it! looks stock but isnt.
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From: Outskirts of Road Atlanta
I'm in the Christmas spirit (not really, just cleaning the garage) and am giving away a set of GSL rear pads. First guy with a GSL to say so can have 'em at the next week.
I totally stayed up till 1 watching this last night... Now I get it!
I dont have to work until 2, so I'm gonna attempt to fix my passenger door so people dont have to get in through the window
AND who local has a working FC headlight switch? I had like 4, but when Collin and I installed my fog lights we wired them to the parking lights, killing one switch. I sold the other one along with a blinker switch for just about nothing to a guy up north, the 3rd was burnt out, and the 'vert's one wont raise/lower the headlights, so they're stuck up ATM since I look stupid when I have to raise them at night. Someone please hook me up
I'm looking around for a cheap n/a exhaust system with an aftermarket header too... I want the whole system, but my ~$350 probably wont get me everything... anyone selling one? I haven't been able to get in touch with Zach lately. And I really dont want to buy a new RB header and somehow fab it up with my current rusty sideways exhaust.
I dont have to work until 2, so I'm gonna attempt to fix my passenger door so people dont have to get in through the window
AND who local has a working FC headlight switch? I had like 4, but when Collin and I installed my fog lights we wired them to the parking lights, killing one switch. I sold the other one along with a blinker switch for just about nothing to a guy up north, the 3rd was burnt out, and the 'vert's one wont raise/lower the headlights, so they're stuck up ATM since I look stupid when I have to raise them at night. Someone please hook me up
I'm looking around for a cheap n/a exhaust system with an aftermarket header too... I want the whole system, but my ~$350 probably wont get me everything... anyone selling one? I haven't been able to get in touch with Zach lately. And I really dont want to buy a new RB header and somehow fab it up with my current rusty sideways exhaust.
Last edited by BrettLinton7; Dec 28, 2008 at 09:47 AM.
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From: Outskirts of Road Atlanta
Alright, Ray. I'll show you my Christmas FB. I finally cleaned the shop and garage (cleaned the garage, organized the shop) and am very near the total amount of stuff I can keep in the house and still be productive. This -SE build will burn up some of my spares, so that'll be good. Now that I've got the injectors out, I can send them off while I proceed to the other big project on the car - reinstalling the OMP. The front cover's had the drive gear removed and the OMP blocked off completely, so I'll need to add the front cover's guts, find a front housing OMP line (I'm looking at Brett to see if he's got an S4 spare), but all that requires removing the front cover with the motor in the car. Maybe it'll prove worthwhile to pull it out, but we'll see.
BTW, if anyone has the coolant hose from the water pump to the SE throttle body, I need one. I also need an ignitor, as the previous owner threw it out and used a GM HEI. BTW, I've got an SE coolant line for Chris Rowe from the firewall to rear iron.
BTW, if anyone has the coolant hose from the water pump to the SE throttle body, I need one. I also need an ignitor, as the previous owner threw it out and used a GM HEI. BTW, I've got an SE coolant line for Chris Rowe from the firewall to rear iron.
Last edited by Crit; Dec 29, 2008 at 01:05 AM.
Deena is going to kill you when she finds out but at least the shop is clean.
Where'd you find it? How much? Looks like it's in great shape, good Tornado gray paint and that gray interior you like so much. What's it's major malfunction?
Where'd you find it? How much? Looks like it's in great shape, good Tornado gray paint and that gray interior you like so much. What's it's major malfunction?
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Outskirts of Road Atlanta
Dena already knows about it. It's part of a master plan to get a REPU. The paint has some bad orange peel to it, which may or may not come out, but all the rust has been removed, patched, and POR-15'd, so it's definitely the better shell. Once it's running, the goal is to decide which shell I liike better, and make sure that whichever car I keep gets the new car's full SE-correct interior and RB full exhaust, as well as the old car's brakes, springs, shocks, struts, 15" wheels (for a pending TII brake upgrade).
Once all that's done, I'll have one mack-daddy car and one that's near stock with Koni blue dampers, GSL interior, and stock GSL-SE wheels. Both cars will have stock ECUs, manifolds, and full OMP setup. Once all that upgrading is over with, I'll sell the other car, and the money I get for it will be REPU money. If it's not enough for the kind of REPU I'm looking for, I can always re-invest it in another GSL-SE to try to grow it.
Just like my current car, the new one was a project car gone wrong, and the previous owner was out of time and frustrated. After fixing up the shell and painting, the motor blew up on him, so he ported and rebuilt it. Because he assumed the stock ECU couldn't keep up with the new airflow, he bought a Megasquirt for the car and disabled the OMP while he was working on it. He cut the originall EFI harness apart in order to get the necessary connectors for the Megasquirt harness, so he couldn't go back to stock.
I have a spare harness and ECU, and believe that the ECU can keep up as long as I'm using GSL-SE manifolds, so she's going back to stock. The only issue may be with the duty cycle of the injectors at WOT, 7k rpm, as I'm told the stock injectors can flow enough pretty easily except that the ECU is limited in what it'll ask of the injectors. It won't run them ***** to the wall, but there are ways to tweak that. With the O2 sensor in the car (and the wideband that was included with my project) I can see if it falls lean on the top end, and only then worry about deviating from stock. Personally, I think it'll keep up just fine.
So basically, I've nearly got enough stock parts to return the car completely, though I'll have to buy a coolant line or OMP line and washer here and there. Once I'm done, I'll have one nearly-stock car, one with lots of goodies, and I'll still have a Megasquirt ECU, Wideband O2 sensor, one set of -SE wheels and tires, and one set of cheezy knockoffs with Kumho V710s for Road Atlanta duty, and enough irons, housings, front cover and oil pan to almost make a second core motor - all thanks to this car.
Here's hoping it all goes well.
Once all that's done, I'll have one mack-daddy car and one that's near stock with Koni blue dampers, GSL interior, and stock GSL-SE wheels. Both cars will have stock ECUs, manifolds, and full OMP setup. Once all that upgrading is over with, I'll sell the other car, and the money I get for it will be REPU money. If it's not enough for the kind of REPU I'm looking for, I can always re-invest it in another GSL-SE to try to grow it.
Just like my current car, the new one was a project car gone wrong, and the previous owner was out of time and frustrated. After fixing up the shell and painting, the motor blew up on him, so he ported and rebuilt it. Because he assumed the stock ECU couldn't keep up with the new airflow, he bought a Megasquirt for the car and disabled the OMP while he was working on it. He cut the originall EFI harness apart in order to get the necessary connectors for the Megasquirt harness, so he couldn't go back to stock.
I have a spare harness and ECU, and believe that the ECU can keep up as long as I'm using GSL-SE manifolds, so she's going back to stock. The only issue may be with the duty cycle of the injectors at WOT, 7k rpm, as I'm told the stock injectors can flow enough pretty easily except that the ECU is limited in what it'll ask of the injectors. It won't run them ***** to the wall, but there are ways to tweak that. With the O2 sensor in the car (and the wideband that was included with my project) I can see if it falls lean on the top end, and only then worry about deviating from stock. Personally, I think it'll keep up just fine.
So basically, I've nearly got enough stock parts to return the car completely, though I'll have to buy a coolant line or OMP line and washer here and there. Once I'm done, I'll have one nearly-stock car, one with lots of goodies, and I'll still have a Megasquirt ECU, Wideband O2 sensor, one set of -SE wheels and tires, and one set of cheezy knockoffs with Kumho V710s for Road Atlanta duty, and enough irons, housings, front cover and oil pan to almost make a second core motor - all thanks to this car.
Here's hoping it all goes well.
Last edited by Crit; Dec 29, 2008 at 12:11 PM.
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From: Atlanta
GAAAHHHH!!!
Georgia board started issuing new engineering licenses today and stopped at the letter 'B' (I'm Ca.....)! But my application page says completed now! ARGH! Seriously, stop at B? There were a grand total of 7 (yes seven) As and Bs.... That difficult?
Sorry, needed to vent. Gonna be a rough night of not knowing.
On a car related note, the new rubber for the Lotus is finally in. Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec, 205/50/16 and 235/45/17. Sold the crappy goodyears off of it, so didn't cost much.
Looks nice Crit. Grey interior too.
Georgia board started issuing new engineering licenses today and stopped at the letter 'B' (I'm Ca.....)! But my application page says completed now! ARGH! Seriously, stop at B? There were a grand total of 7 (yes seven) As and Bs.... That difficult?
Sorry, needed to vent. Gonna be a rough night of not knowing
.On a car related note, the new rubber for the Lotus is finally in. Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec, 205/50/16 and 235/45/17. Sold the crappy goodyears off of it, so didn't cost much.
Looks nice Crit. Grey interior too.