Monthly Archives: May 2011


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I’ve been here before… and failed.  The problem with MegaSquirt, is that there is too much out there.  For some that’s a good thing, but from a consumers perspective, it is not.  I’m a consumer.  I gotta say… I question the necessity of stand alone.  There are a number of guys who have had great success tricking the stock ECU.  […]

MegaSquirt


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Old throttle body, and new compact throttle body.  They are actually the same thing, I’ve just removed the IACV and replaced it with a small aluminum plate.  Coincidently, I got the idea to do this a long time ago,  from Charmant4AGE, someone who just recently commented on [QR]GaraGe. For whatever reason, I was actually having problems with the idle after […]

My Razor?



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bwah bwah bwah.  What does this mean?  I’m too bad ass and my car was too fast?  Or I just got boost obsessed? My fickleness is ruining me, or at least my impression.  Mind change like a million times.  In the end… I’m going to go with something I know I can do… rather than dive deep into another project […]

OIC


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Everything actually looks well and good… which is actually NOT what I wanted to see.  I’m exploring a few options… the simplest of which is putting this on the shelf and running a 5valve motor.  The most complex is putting this on the shelf and abandoning 4AGE.  Refreshing this thing is somewhere in the middle… but certainly will offer me […]

Bad News



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One of these days, when the world has no longer original ideas and when all the original creators of designs are gone, and all we have left is less expensive, inferior alternatives for classic designs, I will shoot myself. -Motohide Miwa I’m not the only one, and I do have good company.

One More To Cross Off The List


So I toyed with deluding you.  Telling you it’s all perfect… running out there with 200hp.  Tweaked and going strong…  BUT IT’S NOT.  Here is a cut and paste of an email I sent to a curious friend this morning. Maybe not dead, but definitely damaged.  Hard to tell why though… and part of me wonders if it wasn’t related […]

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