badass68

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Damn man. Bummer on the dominator. Unfortunately, unless you have a lot of time and knowledge of the circuit board there’s no fixing it. I fix the usb connector by milling down to the mother board and soldering on a pigtail. I’m able to do this because I know exactly where it is from depotting a dead dominator. I couldn’t imagine trying to replace that connector.

Good luck man!

Project GatTagO

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With V5 software there is no longer a need to fix a broken USB. Version 5 has the ability to do USB over CAN, so all you need is the USB to CAN cable that is used by guys running the Sniper and the Terminator X systems.

Andrew

Chad99

I'm just switching to Holley dominator from the factory computer. Its sort of intimidating for a dummy like me. Definitely not liking how Holley **** on its customer. Watched this build for a long time. It helped me decide to make the switch. Mounted mine in the car also. Sucks to spend money twice on the same thing. Probably built in China like everything else. Hopefully this situation we are in will wake people up to buy American! Just my 2 cents

Project GatTagO

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The Dominator is made in Canada.

Andrew

Chad99

Want proof

ZNix

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Fahck. I think that solidifies my decision to go Haltech for my Buick this year. Screw those guys.

Only ERO's

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The smart thing for me wouild be to keep it and use it for troubleshooting when the time comes up.

But part of me wants to put together a video for Youtube of what happened and Holley's response. Basically saying it is junk and smash it with a sledgehammer. Just to see if it can somewhat go viral on the car scene.


I stopped by and picked up the hatch. It looks awesome! Bolted it back on tonight and then started looking at how to mount the wing. May start that this weekend.

Project GatTagO

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I've been a member of this forum for over fifteen years. I don't post **** talking out my ***. If you don't believe me, then that's your problem.

Andrew

AnnivSS

I wonder if a place that rebuilds PCM's could repair it? I had a F250 PCM rebuilt here in DFW for $100 and they replaced the pin pack that was broken in a similar fashion.

Only ERO's

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Very interesting!

AnnivSS

This is the place I used.

https://www.ecmfram.com/contact

badass68

iTrader: (7)

Unfortunately, that only works if you have the can turned on before it’s broke. Also the can is wayyyy slower.

badass68

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Agreed, save it for a back up.

The broke pin has nothing to do with your issues.

Hatch looks awesome. 👍🏻

Project GatTagO

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Makes sense about the CAN, but I have tuned several Terminator X and Sniper systems with the USB to CAN cable and I found it to be just as fast or faster then the USB. I have not tried the CAN method on my Dominator.

Andrew

gjohnsonws6

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Only ERO's

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Ran over to the shop last night after work and spent some time mounting the Kostick drag wing. We aren't very artistic when it comes to fabrication, but we end up making things work. This was really the first time I have seen the wing butted up to the car in person. It is ridiculous; it fits like a glove. I can't say enough how great the composites that come out of Mike Kostick's shop are. His roof that I got fit perfectly and now the wing does as well.

We got the Dzus plates mounted and all of the Dzus riveted into place. Took some adjusting here and there but overall was very minor. Still can't believe how well this fits.












We were able to get the side still plate mounts on and a couple of the strut mounts drilled before the end of the night. More to come.




I am very happy with how it has turned out thus far.

Only ERO's

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Been running through the last few items on my list as hopefully this late-season snow finally melts. I received the new Dominator unit yesterday and got that hooked up. Went back through and verified all my inputs again. Found a couple that had some loose connections and got those straightened. Fired the car tonight and everything looked good on the logs and sounded good.

Finished all of struts for the wing and have it all mounted. I will have to adjust the parachute mount to clear but otherwise everything should be complete with the wing.



I finally plugged in the remote display for the Davis VPS and programmed the inputs in the unit. Also snapped a couple photos of it mounted seeing that I kept forgetting that. I need to go through and get some wheelie data to set up my timing retards for my wheels up moments.







I am down to just minor items on my checklist. Would like to drive it around a bit but would like to see another nice rainfall after this latest snow we got. The forecast is looking nice. Back into the 50-60's starting Saturday.

AnnivSS

Damn, almost 70,000mph in the 1/4 thats moving. Lol.

wretched73

For anyone saying to just fix it or open it up and look at it. It is potted. There is nothing to see and nothing that can be fixed. Holley didn't do that by accident. It is to protect their product from being knocked off.

AnnivSS

If it can be manufactured, it can be fixed. Albeit it may be much more difficult but someone has the correct tools and such to either repair the assembly or replace it. Whether its financially reasonable to put in the effort vs buying a new one is a totally different conversation.