adrianpike
12-05-2004, 10:33 AM
My fellow TurboBricks bretheren;
I have a secret.
Those of you who have followed my previous threads regarding my maintenance problems:
Here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=27628) here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=28766) here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=29298) and Here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=28574) may have found my subtle and not-so-subtle hints about my secret.
The time has come to reveal it in all it's glory:
I hereby dub thee; the Isaacsquirt!
Executed in mere hours by a handful of intrepid souls as the rain fell around them, it has now been completed, weeks later, in mere minutes, by two of those intrepid souls, as the snow fell around them. It runs. It drives. It is a thing of beauty, and a display of ingenuity and ghetto-fabulousness impressive, even by TurboBricks standards.
Also, this is my 1000th post. w00t for cool 1000th posts!
The 350K+ Hunk:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0099.jpg
Another of the hulk:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0101.jpg
My laptop & MS, worth more than the car it tunes :-D:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0094.jpg
An example of the ghetto-ingenuity (the parts stores were closed) :
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0058.jpg
Some of my Alarm, stereo, and MS wiring:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0105.jpg
The MS wiring, un-cleaned up yet:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0104.jpg
The elements we fought (yes, snow :-D):
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0107.jpg
IT'S ALIVE!!!
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0109.jpg
John and the Beast, the first time it had ever been out of the parking lot in months.
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0110.jpg
The MS, wiring slightly cleaner:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0112.jpg
The backstory:
My Volvo decided to shat itself a while ago, and I troubleshooted it to be K-jet being a biznatch. Right around that time, WeezilUSA parted his wagon out, and a MegaSquirt box, pigtail & harness was one of the items he was parting. Suffice to say, I scrapped together the cash, and bought it. I had been rumbling about MegaSquirt for some time then, and I had been having PM conversations about various details that I didn't quite understand. Suddenly, these conversations had meaning. In a matter of weeks, I gathered all the parts I needed, and in one afternoon/night/2 AM, in the dorm parking lot, amidst the freezing rain, The Aspirator, myself, and later, 945ti, MegaSquirted my beast.
Of course, it didn't run. Flat battery, which wouldn't even respond with jumpering it from John's ride. No matter, I had class/quizzes the next day, and I needed sleep. I called it a night, and went home to do my homework, and study what could be wrong.
I went home for my birthday, which was what I was hoping to have the car operational by, and charged up the battery. Still didn't do the trick. After some sanding and re-wiring, it still didn't run, although I had spark.
Tonight, I had an epiphany. We forgot to ground pin 25. D'oh! I PM'ed John, and he called me late Saturday night. I was hesitant at first, as it was raining, but he quickly talked me into making the beast drive. Minutes later, it rumbled to life, and died quickly. After twiddling with the afterstart enrichment numbers, it now starts with a flick of the key, and drives. It's pretty choppy due to a noisy tach signal (according to MS, I wound it up to 90,000RPM+ tonight :-D ), but as soon as that's taken care of, it's going to be awesome. It already feels much more powerful than under K-jet, and that's barely getting over 25% throttle. I can't wait to get it dialed in.
Madddd props to:
The Aspirator, 945ti, WeezilUSA, jcrump84, 245gti, kyle242gt, Matt Dupuis, and many others whom I'm forgetting (it's 5AM, cut me some slack)
w00t for MegaSquirt! To hell with K-jet!
PS: John's jealous of my idling/starting, i'm jealous of his boost, perhaps a swap is in order?
I have a secret.
Those of you who have followed my previous threads regarding my maintenance problems:
Here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=27628) here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=28766) here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=29298) and Here, (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=28574) may have found my subtle and not-so-subtle hints about my secret.
The time has come to reveal it in all it's glory:
I hereby dub thee; the Isaacsquirt!
Executed in mere hours by a handful of intrepid souls as the rain fell around them, it has now been completed, weeks later, in mere minutes, by two of those intrepid souls, as the snow fell around them. It runs. It drives. It is a thing of beauty, and a display of ingenuity and ghetto-fabulousness impressive, even by TurboBricks standards.
Also, this is my 1000th post. w00t for cool 1000th posts!
The 350K+ Hunk:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0099.jpg
Another of the hulk:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0101.jpg
My laptop & MS, worth more than the car it tunes :-D:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0094.jpg
An example of the ghetto-ingenuity (the parts stores were closed) :
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0058.jpg
Some of my Alarm, stereo, and MS wiring:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0105.jpg
The MS wiring, un-cleaned up yet:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0104.jpg
The elements we fought (yes, snow :-D):
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0107.jpg
IT'S ALIVE!!!
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0109.jpg
John and the Beast, the first time it had ever been out of the parking lot in months.
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0110.jpg
The MS, wiring slightly cleaner:
http://www.adriantech.com/albums/ms/DSCF0112.jpg
The backstory:
My Volvo decided to shat itself a while ago, and I troubleshooted it to be K-jet being a biznatch. Right around that time, WeezilUSA parted his wagon out, and a MegaSquirt box, pigtail & harness was one of the items he was parting. Suffice to say, I scrapped together the cash, and bought it. I had been rumbling about MegaSquirt for some time then, and I had been having PM conversations about various details that I didn't quite understand. Suddenly, these conversations had meaning. In a matter of weeks, I gathered all the parts I needed, and in one afternoon/night/2 AM, in the dorm parking lot, amidst the freezing rain, The Aspirator, myself, and later, 945ti, MegaSquirted my beast.
Of course, it didn't run. Flat battery, which wouldn't even respond with jumpering it from John's ride. No matter, I had class/quizzes the next day, and I needed sleep. I called it a night, and went home to do my homework, and study what could be wrong.
I went home for my birthday, which was what I was hoping to have the car operational by, and charged up the battery. Still didn't do the trick. After some sanding and re-wiring, it still didn't run, although I had spark.
Tonight, I had an epiphany. We forgot to ground pin 25. D'oh! I PM'ed John, and he called me late Saturday night. I was hesitant at first, as it was raining, but he quickly talked me into making the beast drive. Minutes later, it rumbled to life, and died quickly. After twiddling with the afterstart enrichment numbers, it now starts with a flick of the key, and drives. It's pretty choppy due to a noisy tach signal (according to MS, I wound it up to 90,000RPM+ tonight :-D ), but as soon as that's taken care of, it's going to be awesome. It already feels much more powerful than under K-jet, and that's barely getting over 25% throttle. I can't wait to get it dialed in.
Madddd props to:
The Aspirator, 945ti, WeezilUSA, jcrump84, 245gti, kyle242gt, Matt Dupuis, and many others whom I'm forgetting (it's 5AM, cut me some slack)
w00t for MegaSquirt! To hell with K-jet!
PS: John's jealous of my idling/starting, i'm jealous of his boost, perhaps a swap is in order?