Down for some "light" maintenance/upgrades
With the radiator mount "broken" (it is really a 5 minute fix, if that, but I want to get better hardware from Lowes/Home Depot instead of the Harbor Freight assortment I originally used), I decided it might not be a bad time to take the car down for a bit and do some maintenance and inspection.
One item I've been neglecting is installing the 1.6L automatic throttle body so that I can have a proper TPS sensor for the MegaSquirt. I still need to find a suitable way to connect to the electrical terminals on the sensor since the connectors are different between the two TPS sensors. Yuck.
I got the TB bolted on, only to find the gasket material not reusable, so I need a new gasket. I started to cut one out of copper but it isn't proving to be as easy as I thought it would. I should probably replace the small coolant lines for the throttle body and thermowax/idle valve while I am at it, since they are original and are a potential failure point.
Another thing I would like to get done is the COP wiring. I need to order the pins from Newark and wire up to the MegaSquirt, which reminds me, I need to mount it permanently, find the missing end-plate for it and while I'm in there, either re-ground the Innovate to the 'Squirt or recalibrate the Innovate output to compensate for the slight difference in AFR shown by the 'Squirt versus the Innovate LM-1 (it errs on the rich side, so I wasn't concerned). These mods would get me to the point where I would feel comfortable in spending money to tune the car (on a proper dyno, of course).
I should also probably reinstall the stock water temp and oil pressure gauges in the cluster so I'm not "blinded" by the lighting from it at night and speaking of night driving, move the Hella lamps from the '94 to this car since it is being driven more or start crafting a dual headlamp pop-up kit ala Moss with Xenon bulbs/ballasts. I'm resisting the urge to put a bar and plate intercooler because of how ugly some of those welds are, among other things.
Ahh, good old feature creep! Down boy, down! Just get it back up and running again!
One item I've been neglecting is installing the 1.6L automatic throttle body so that I can have a proper TPS sensor for the MegaSquirt. I still need to find a suitable way to connect to the electrical terminals on the sensor since the connectors are different between the two TPS sensors. Yuck.
I got the TB bolted on, only to find the gasket material not reusable, so I need a new gasket. I started to cut one out of copper but it isn't proving to be as easy as I thought it would. I should probably replace the small coolant lines for the throttle body and thermowax/idle valve while I am at it, since they are original and are a potential failure point.
Another thing I would like to get done is the COP wiring. I need to order the pins from Newark and wire up to the MegaSquirt, which reminds me, I need to mount it permanently, find the missing end-plate for it and while I'm in there, either re-ground the Innovate to the 'Squirt or recalibrate the Innovate output to compensate for the slight difference in AFR shown by the 'Squirt versus the Innovate LM-1 (it errs on the rich side, so I wasn't concerned). These mods would get me to the point where I would feel comfortable in spending money to tune the car (on a proper dyno, of course).
I should also probably reinstall the stock water temp and oil pressure gauges in the cluster so I'm not "blinded" by the lighting from it at night and speaking of night driving, move the Hella lamps from the '94 to this car since it is being driven more or start crafting a dual headlamp pop-up kit ala Moss with Xenon bulbs/ballasts. I'm resisting the urge to put a bar and plate intercooler because of how ugly some of those welds are, among other things.
Ahh, good old feature creep! Down boy, down! Just get it back up and running again!
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