My Winter Upgrades

[Halon]

Well the roads around here are pretty clear so I decided to drive the car 1 block to the gas station for a car wash. These tires are definately not for snow! But she made it without incident. But it looks like the real nice wrap job I did might not be as nice anymore. Looks like in 2 spots the wrap is starting to fray :(.

[MustGoFaster]

Put it up completely on jack stands and "drove around" in first gear with all the wheels off the ground. Speedometer works. I'm thinking maybe the CAS got wet in the car wash last fall which somehow caused the RPM gauge to bounce all over. I wonder if a CAS not putting out the correct signal could cause that, and could also maybe somehow have caused the carnage that took place moments there after.

The RPM gauge, as you call it, is driven off of the PTU for the coils. The rest of us call it a Tachometer or Tach for short.

Nice work on getting it running so far in advance of the fun season. I was being lazy about my car until the AutoX schedule was posted and I realized I didn't have *that* much time on my hands.

[Halon]

Yeah Yeah, You know what I meant.

I still have a couple minor things to take care of yet though.
-Replace that transfer fill plug
-Fix rear camber kit
-Replace 1 wheel stud
-Fix one exhaust weld

Then hopefully in February or March, bring it to the Dyno to get it tuned and ready for the season. Just not sure which Dyno I will be going to since the one I've always gone to is no longer around :(

[scheides]

Sweeeeet brandon!

And I beg to differ, the fun season never ends, it just gets cold and then hot again :)

Brandon, DB's dyno read within 1whp of LSE's on my 2G. Go for it ;)

[Halon]

The dynos may read the same, but I don't think the Bill will read the same...

[Swifty1638]

The dynos may read the same, but I don't think the Bill will read the same...

You and I both man, you and I both.

-A. Swift

[turbotalon1g]

lol, B man you are awesome you thrifty mofo.

Good luck.

[sleepydsm]

Sweet to see this alive!

[Halon]

Have a couple things left on my To-Do list. Since I bought my DME rear camber kit 4 years ago, it's never worked well. Apparently they changed the install procedures because they realised the eccentric was too tight in the bushings. Anyhow, got the arms pulled and modified the camber kit per their new instructions, and reinstallled them. Hopefully it'll work a little better now.

Now all I have to do is wire in the Clutch Wire for NLTS, replace a bad wheel stud, clean up my vacuum hoses and clean up the interior, and get 1 thing done to the exhaust, and she's ready to rock.

[Halon]

Made a new bracket to mount my coil pack to. I'll put up a picture once I can snap a picture of it. Pretty simple, but should work, so I'm happy.

Cleaned up some of the hosing, but will have to finish tomorrow when I can get over to Napa and get some more HOES