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4 hours ago, jonnyt88 said:

I had a hell of a time getting the new coilpack on cyl #3. Kept thinking it was wrong because it wouldn't push in all the way.  old one went back in fine.   New one went in find without the rubber boot on it.....

Turns out its a PITA to get it lined up with the plug inside the boot and most of the time the boot was along the side of the plug.  Might have been lucky the old one went back on perfectly? 

Anyways, no more misfiring!!!
Onto the continuous clicking noise from the dash.

Oh yes, I remember struggling with the coil packs.... I was swapping coil packs back to front to see if the miss-fire followed.  One went in fine, the other refused.  Thanks for the flash back! 

Yup the O2 was going out.  The new one fixed it without even resetting the ECU.  The surging between 2k and 3k seems to be gone. Although I notice I automatically avoid that rev range without even realizing I am, so I had to pay attention. 

Look like it's re-learning and adjusting the tables.  I'm watching it adjust on BTSSM, needs more time.  Still getting a bit of knock here and there, but that's been a consistent theme with my forged piston motor (Ron at Phatbotti was so frustrated with it, he jokingly suggested disconnecting it. E85 at that time....)

Happy that it's better and wasn't wasted money or time.

 

 

 

Swapped out the not-really-that-old Denso O2 for a new Denso O2.  I've never installed an O2 in the OEM exhaust header, but found it to be cross threaded on the entry.  Trying to get it in, it would bite for quarter or half turn and then pop out.

What should have been less than 20 min took me about an hour and a half.  Turns out I have the correct 18mm 1.5 pitch tap for the O2 sensor, from back in my honda days.  The tap went in pretty easy, so it didn't do much.  But what it did do is demonstrate the angle the O2 needed to be to bite the correct threads.

Don't know if it fixed anything yet, because that extra time the job used up was all the time I had to drive it.

 

I'll drive it tomorrow and see how it looks.  I am debating whether or not to reset the ECU, or see if the tables re-learn.  Assuming the old O2 was going bad...

 

 

I think my front O2 is going out so I ordered a new Denso from Amazon.   It threw a Post CAT too lean code.

After resetting the ecu, I was watching it on BTSSM and it's making all these fuel trim adjustments (stock tune), and doesn't seem to hold the AFR at cruise the way I remember it should be able to. 

Before the reset and the code I could feel some subtle surging at cruise.  In my experience, this is what it does when the O2 fails/failing, as it the AFR sweeps left and right on the gauge, the ecu adds and takes away fuel to compensate for what is a false reading. 

We'll see if it makes a difference.   I just need to freakin sell it already.

No Tom's Scoop and no wing give the sw20 a different look.  Rear deck lid looks to be the turbo one, i don't know how else to tell visually.

Two miles?  How did you resist driving it more?

Your posts were some of the most interesting and detailed on the internet!  Sad to see the LGT go, but I 100% understand that sometimes we have to move on.

What will you do with all that time saved from editing and uploading posts to this thread?

6 hours ago, kzr750r1 said:

Question.

Can BTSM work with a Cobb married ECU? Learning tables are pulling fuel right now with this revision of the tune.

 

Yes, totally works.  I have both (but not using either right now).

Note that I couldn't use them both at the same time.

However, I ran a Y cable on the end of my OBD2 port, just for convenience.  I left the OBD2 plug of the Cobb always plugged in, and unplugged it at the hand held unit.  Then I had a dangling OBD2 off the Y that I could plug the BTSSM into.  Basically moving the port to a slightly more convenient location and not having to swap plugs.

 

 

eh, would be nice to have some challenge to the RBs.  Even if Aston is fast at the first few races, can they keep up the development pace that the other three do?  There's the races we see, and then the race back at the factories. (I'm sure others have said it more eloquently)

KZR:
I have the stumble/hesitation between 2-3k on light throttle.  I just drive around it and pretend it's not there ("LA-LA-LA I can't hear you!")  Probably easier with a manual than with an auto.  I'll be curious if the STI FPR helps.

jonnyt88:
Swapping to another set of tires, if possible, would at least eliminate the snow tires being the source of the hum.

I took mine out hunting puddles in the torrential down pours we had last Friday.  I know a couple streets with terrible drainage.  I got a couple good whoppers where the water came over both sides of the fenders and completely blinded me.  Completely juvenile fun.  Please-don't-hydro-lock-please-don't-hydro-lock. 

But on the downside, my dash is developing a bad case of the sticky dash.  My windshield sun shade was stuck to the dash at the bottom.

How long was it out of your possession?  And how did it come back to you?  If you don't mind sharing.

Not weird at all. 

Same for me with my four generations of Honda Civics.  The 1981 Civic wagon was so different on the outside from 93 hatch, but on the inside the 81, 87, 89, and 93 felt like they were all designed by the same team, just trying to make it a bit better each time.

But I guess that team retired and didn't hand off, because it changed with the 7th generation.... 

Pretty sure the BMW '80s - early 00s fans fell the same. 

 

 

I got questions
I got questions
I got questions
Spiritual questions

physics questions!

1. what size hitch receiver?
2. how does the tail not wag the dog with all the bikes leveraged off like that?
3. how do you pay attention to the road when the bike$$$ are wobbling side to side in the rear view mirror?
4. why does the iwire make it run better? better = smoother?
5. how are you not freaking out about the ground clearance of the lowest bike tire? (and i see the curb, still that decent angle is practically nill!)

 

i guess some of those could still be spiritual questions depending on your faith in all this....

That was cool. I drooled a little.

Sergio Perez takes a Road Trip from New York to Miami

 

 

I laughed.

Oh crap. Hopefully it's something simple, like bad O2 sensor (i've had like 5 bad O2s...).

 

Did you sleep during that trip? Either way thats some Iron Butt (https://www.ironbutt.org/) stuff.

Maybe brought on by the change in weather? Under hood heat and hot days was a trigger for mine.

 

You have a second chance to take photos, and do a decent how to! ;-)

Good race, a shame Fernando had Fernando luck. The top guys that crashed or broke made some room for the Mercs and McLarens to get some nice points. Funny saying that, but I can get used to it...

 

I love the branding of the SC turtle!:

 

Verstappen reckons that was because the green Aston Martin Vantage is too slow for the job.

 

“It was like a turtle,” he told The Race. “Unbelievable. With that car, to drive 140kmh on the back straight where there was not a damaged car anymore, I don’t understand why we have to drive so slowly.

 

“We have to investigate. For sure, the Mercedes Safety Car is faster because of the extra aero.

 

“The Aston Martin is really slow. It definitely needs more grip because our tyres were stone cold.

Popped in a new handle and hook for the rear spare tire cover. It was stupid expensive for such small pieces of plastic, but having that handle and hook working again sure brings me joy. Once it was installed, I didn't regret the $50 at all.

 

Popped in a new handle and hook for the rear spare tire cover. It was stupid expensive for such small pieces of plastic, but having that handle and hook working again sure brings me joy. Once it was installed, I didn't regret the $50 at all.

 

It's going to be mighty when we have three teams fighting for wins. As much as I like seeing the shake up with Ferrari and Redbull winning, I want another team up there, which is most likely going to be mercedes.

 

But who knows? one of the other teams could make a big step and leap frog them to the front. McClaren? One of the other Ferrari powered teams?

LMFAO... Was juggling so much yesterday thought this was the WDYDTYOB thread. LOL

 

 

I figured that's what happened...

 

Double posting here from that same thread for my records:

 

 

I installed:

new passenger power seat switch (super easy job, with the right youtube video)

driver's side power window switch

2008 Head unit / HVAC

rear cup holder assembly

 

AQ installed:

stock (freshly rebuilt) turbo

L & R ball joints

new PS pump

L & R control arm bushings (they observed that the control arm bushing on the right side was completely separated, left nearly. That's probably been the source of the clunk I've been having! I thought it was the ball joint.)

 

The set of (used) rear headrests came in, and I am glad I ordered the full set. The color on the ebay ones is a bit darker, and they all match. If I had just replaced the missing one, it would stand out as being slightly darker than the other two. My old middle headrest had some marks on it, probably from some lumber or something rubbing on it, so I was happy to replace that with the much cleaner looking one from ebay.

That Jeddah race was fun! These DRS line games add some spice to it. The cars can follow and pass.

Today:

 

Installed new passenger power seat switch (super easy job, with the right youtube video), driver's side power window switch, 2008 Head unit / HVAC, and rear cup holder assembly.

 

On Friday dropped off the OB at my shop for stuff I was too lazy or un-tooled to do:

 

install stock (freshly rebuilt) turbo

L & R ball joints

new PS pump

 

While in there they observed that the control arm bushing on the right side was completely separated, left nearly. That's probably been the source of the clunk I've been having! Both replaced.

 

Drove home the best it's been in a long while. I need to break in that turbo over a few hundred miles. Steering felt good too, without feeling thick or sticky.

 

They were supposed to reboot the right front axle, but the axle guy they use stopped picking up his phone, so will have to reschedule that one.

5K loop, wow, over how many days?

 

I drive so little now, the 7 hour drive to mammoth leaves me stiff and needing a massage. I'm way out of driving fitness.