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Old 02-04-2014, 02:06 PM
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The Video will speak for itself.... LOL...
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Not to count my chicks before they hatch, but I already know the spot where I'll be doing my first glorious burnout...
In front of my house?
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I've actually decided to sell it. Will trade for a Prius. Any offers? What should I ask?
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mods, can we move this to p-t.com? this build has gotten out of hand. I guess this means you need to name your project now, joe...

edit: and don't forget to solicit someone to do a render for you.
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**** that. Projects don't need names.. my project name is.. car. And my visual brain makes a pretty good rending, even tho it took however many years, I ended up with the spot-on stance I always wanted..
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Plus that whole Vegas P-T deal...
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So I have a bunch of wheel mini-tub pics.. is that something anyone on here would be interested in (me doing a write-up on while I wait for my electrical stuff)?
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Originally Posted by frojoe
So I have a bunch of wheel mini-tub pics.. is that something anyone on here would be interested in (me doing a write-up on while I wait for my electrical stuff)?
Sure why not.
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Mmmmm...

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Beer makes wiring fun!
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Fram ?? Wix/NAPA gold are way better. You got Metripack 150 and 150.2 connectors there ? also older style weatherpak ?
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There's also a butterfly knife in there.... and some tape, and a multimeter... what's wrong with fram?
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Originally Posted by frojoe
Mmmmm...
I think we are cut from the same tree. I don't know too many other people that go through he trouble of staging all their junk for a photo as if it were to sell a product or find its way into a magazine. You even took the time to pull the software up on the laptap and butterfly out the manuals to make it all look pretty. You document like a pro - keep it up, but try to get some actual work done too.
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Originally Posted by Marktainium
There's also a butterfly knife in there.... and some tape, and a multimeter... what's wrong with fram?
So Joe is an alcoholic ninja electrician?
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Originally Posted by tsnow678
So Joe is an alcoholic ninja electrician?
CORRECTION: Joe is an alcoholic ninja ENGINEER

electricians run wires in buildings...
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Originally Posted by frojoe
So I have a bunch of wheel mini-tub pics.. is that something anyone on here would be interested in (me doing a write-up on while I wait for my electrical stuff)?
Absolutely!!
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Maybe just alcoholic. That's functional enough to do other things as well..

I was actually laying most of it out like that to organize things, and happened to have the laptop booting up, so though "eh, why not make a nice little pic here."

Installing boost control and rough wiring tonight. Gotta make a ECU mounting plate, as well as clean up my gauge sensor wiring and figure my user-programmable Dominator I/O's. Going to tidy things up under the dash with those metripack connectors, as well as run VSS, fuel press, oil press, and maybe oil temp into the ECU so I can do neat computer calculation doohickies. This Holley program is quite impressive, so much versatility....
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Rifled thru the old "body harness" and gauge sensor wiring tonight.. what the hell was I thinking when I wired that **** 3 years ago. Funny how much work ethic & mental process paradigm can change in that amount of time. With the metripack connectors I'll be making a "ECU harness power connector" and "auxiliary I/O connectors" which will lead to a gauge-only sub harness for gauge sensors into ECU main harness, then a secondary plug for output from harness to gauges. Some wires will be a direct patchover from gauge sensor input to gauge output (coolant temp, boost, oil temp, fuel level), and some will input into the ECU for calculations, then be re-outputed to gauges (oil pressure, fuel pressure, speedo, wideband). This should create a clean point A-to-C [sensor to ECU), B-to-C (body power to ECU) and C-to-D (ECU to gauge panel) set of wiring. Damn age-old adage of "do it right the first time" is holding true.. if only I were this forward-thinking a couple years ago.

Sorry Mark, burnouts in front of your house will be delayed a bit longer, but at least that gives the snow time to melt..
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Next thing you'll be doing is putting in a stroker crank and adding another turbo then saying....what was I thinking when I did this the first time?
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No no, I have my limits. That being said, you're a terrible influence Mark.


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