Ultimate budget build.

[Danny]

Well I just had mine chillin right there in the engine bay.

All my grounds are good and so is my power wire.

Worked fine one day, went kaput the next.

[nando]

where were you grounding it to?

[Danny]

The metal thing in the glove box.

[nando]

er, what metal thing?

they should be grounded at the ECU, both the signal and the heater ground.

[Danny]

The metal thing connected to the body.

The ECU ground?

We tried that and the lc-1 didn't like the signal, we also tried the stock engine ground on the shock tower and it didn't like it.

[nando]

it should be grounded at the ECU. That would mean pins 1-17 on megasquirt. there is no other correct way to do it, anything else will lead to ground differences and incorrect reading from the sensor to the ECU. :(

[Danny]

Blargh.

I guess I'll try that with the next unit.

[nando]

live and learn! if a third one dies and you had it grounded at the ECU and nothing else went wrong (acts of god, etc), well.. hope that doesn't happen... lol

[SamE30e]

I hope you're not paying for all these LC-1's lol

[Danny]

Are mk3 GTI VR6s fast?

[yert315]

when they are +T or supercharged, otherwise they are just decent...

[Danny]

Oh ok, cuz I beat one today.

Kicked the shit out of him.

[smonkbmw]

hows it running danny?

[Danny]

Its running.
Thats what counts lol

So I'm going to buy Rtabs and subframe bushings as well as motor mounts, tranny mounts and a guibo.

Suggestions?

[yert315]

polyurethane either from IE or AKG - they have motor/tranny mount set for ~$90 shipped.