Got bit by the turbo bug.

[MR 325]

That sucks man! Glad you're fixing it quickly.

You got the wrong oil filter. ;)

[einstein57]

If you ever wonder why people say "use this tune at your own risk." Needless to say CA has crap gas and we need our own special tune. Unfortunately the moment i changed my timing maps to IXERS map my computer took a dump. So the two weeks i drove around waiting for new parts and software created irreparable damage which led to a blown head gasket once i did correct the tune.
















Took everything out at once. Seemed like a good idea until i picked it up off the block. Lol. But it was to late to set it down and risk causing further damage




New parts



I had the head rebuilt and its back on the car. Did not take any pics cause i was trying to beat the rain.

[ethrtyiS]

^ very good work. i like that idea of the ashtray plug and play.

[einstein57]

So i got tired of having to have my EMS dangle un mounted in order to do any tuning so i decided to do something about it. After coming up with many elegant and simple solutions i decided to do the most elaborate and expensive way possible. lol. Excuse the crap photos and work station. My desk was taken over by a six year old.

So the first thing you have to do to modify an existing completed MS unit is to de solder the db9 plug. I fount the easiest way was to pop off the back and heat up and pull each pin one by one.




Next was to modify a idc 10 plug to work on the board. I removed the # 10 pin and bent the remaining pins to fit. Pins 1-5 need to be spead apart and 6-9 need to cocked over. (no homo)






Then i soldered in place and test fitted idc to db9 cable. Now i could have stopped there but that would have been to easy. So i decided to make an extension cable so it could be remote mounted anywhere in the car. Almost everything used had to be purchased in bulk so i have enough to make 9 more kits if anyone is interested.

[ethrtyiS]

awh...

[einstein57]

Never the feds are watching. We all know what happens when they find out

[ethrtyiS]

post up an engine bay shot sir.

[einstein57]

Picked up these little puppies to shield the spark plug wires from the wastegate. The WG currently touches the wire.

[e30polak]

Hey Nigel, finally took a peak at your thread again, and WOW!

Mad props on all the fab work! That's awesome that you had the opportunity to learn on this car.

Car is a lot of fun, and will be a beast when you up the boost with longer gears! ;)

[yobless]

E85 is the stuff... I use to boost 28lbs on my Evo running the corn juice.

Nice build up

[einstein57]

There is a lot of rear rubbing since i'm running 225/50/15's on 7.5" et 5 wheels.

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[ethrtyiS]

^ looks mean. i wants teh video nao! oh and i want to turbo my m20 now!

[einstein57]

Was walking to my car today and i couldn't help but grin. Just looks so mean. I finally got my laptop together and started messing around. I changed the EGO to wideband and copied ixer's timing map. It worked wonders for my around town drivability. Still has a hicup at 1100 and 2200rpm. But the maps are severely more aggressive then what i had before and CA's crap 91 made it ping like crazy around 4500rpm. So tonight i took a drive down to the local e85 station and put two gallons in my 13 gallon tank. All i can say is damn. If its this fast at 8lbs then 1bar is going to be crazy.

[accident]

if you need help swapping the screen out hit me up nigel

[Lof8]

I dig the hidden charge pipe. Is the cooler gonna be black/stealth too?