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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:22 PM
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So since my transmission is out and the car is at my work Ihave been taking time to clean up all the wires under the hood wire lume and tech flex the pcm and moved the engine harness away from the waste gate. And also doing something outside of the box with the alki control I made a box with a prime button and led status under the hood and I will be also making something similar for the dash also there will be a prime button inside so whend I'm about to race someone I can hit the prime and watch the wideband to be sure it's working here is some pictures















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Can u go a little deeper in depth as to how u mounted the control modules?
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 05:24 PM
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Can u go a little deeper in depth as to how u mounted the control modules?
The ecu and tcu? Or my custom made module?
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 05:58 PM
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There's actually a perfect cubby hole for the TCM by the radiator and frame I zip tied my ecu to the ac line next to it
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08pimpala ss the ecu and tcu I'm looking to reclocate mine. 91parkave I'll have to look under the hood and see if that will work but where's the other module?
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I had a k&n before I turbocharged the car so I am using the pcm tray for that and I made a 1/4 piece of black plexiglass and milled two holes in the middle of it to mount to the inner fender tapped the 4 holes the plexi for the tcu to mount to I'll post pictures of it tomorrow. No offense Park Ave but I don't believe in mounting anything with zip ties but I'm pretty **** I don't use but connector or taps for anything either only soldier but to each is own
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 09:10 PM
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Both ways sound cool the way I have it mounted now has to change for sure it's causing the CPU to throw codes because it's unstable
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I had a k&n before I turbocharged the car so I am using the pcm tray for that and I made a 1/4 piece of black plexiglass and milled two holes in the middle of it to mount to the inner fender tapped the 4 holes the plexi for the tcu to mount to I'll post pictures of it tomorrow. No offense Park Ave but I don't believe in mounting anything with zip ties but I'm pretty **** I don't use but connector or taps for anything either only soldier but to each is own
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Have you already replaced the rear main seal ?
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Have you already replaced the rear main seal ?
yea like 6 transmissions ago also did pan gasket fml
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lol @ fml, i was really scared i would not get the seal centered "since i don't have the special tool" and id have a leak 1k later. So far so good though
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lol @ fml, i was really scared i would not get the seal centered "since i don't have the special tool" and id have a leak 1k later. So far so good though
I had no idea that there was a tool i just bought the whole plate with the new seal in it for 50$ from the dealerit had new bolts and all took like 20 min
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 09:03 PM
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Ive heard of some people have had issues with having seal leaks within 1k of installation due to not getting it centered or torquing incorrectly etc etc
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