E21 project thread
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Now I'm ready for some serious tunage!
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Its a Dell Venue 8 Pro that runs full windows. Its super convenient. I either need a usb-f to micro usb-m adapter cable or to grab the bluetooth adapter for megasquirt before I can use it for tuning. I actually picked it up for super cheap on ebay. It was brand new, in the box, with plastic still on everything and no one else bid on it. I know, weird right?
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Nice, and you were sitting there waiting for the last second snipe. Sounds like a similar device, this is running windows 8.1. I like it because we use it as our only computer and can run everything we would use like MS office etc which you can't do with a limited OS/Ipad device. How much storage does that have? Ours has 128GB SSD and a micro SD up to 64GB.
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The fact it runs full windows and everything is the exact reason I got it. It will be nice to run full tunerstudio for megasquirt on it while driving so I dont have to lug the heavy, old laptop around anymore. Also, it can double as a gauge cluster dash for when I am just driving and not tuning. This tablet runs Windows 8.1 (which I absolutely hate the tile screen crap. Just keep it on the desktop screen the whole time). This one is the 32GB version and can also use micro SD storage to expand that as well. I would of loved a surface pro, but when once I saw the deal that is one was at with minutes to spare, I jumped on it.
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Have you been driving this thing?
Drove it to my house, we drove around New Germany and cried about the ending of Where The Red Fern Grows.
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It was a magical time indeed!
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This car drove.
For a whole 30 feet!
Video evidence is required
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So Snap had an epiphany about my cars issues today and it might just do the trick. Tomorrow shall be the test to see if its good to go. Cross fingers!
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Wow. THe skills excersised here. Just amazing. Love the work, love the car. I am astounded.
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So Snap had an epiphany about my cars issues today and it might just do the trick. Tomorrow shall be the test to see if its good to go. Cross fingers!
And the results are??
@DrLeadFoot
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Wow. THe skills excersised here. Just amazing. Love the work, love the car. I am astounded.
Thanks man! Lots of thought, engineering, and custom work has gone into this setup. Yeah there were easier ways to do things, but my #1 philosophy is being different. Even if it means making things more difficult for myself, lol.
And the results are??
Haven't gotten over to the car yet. Will be this afternoon. I will update this pronto!
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You are welcome. The work looks amazing and difficult. The car is going to be a lot of fun and has a lot of heart into. Enjoy it!
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Dressed up the daily quick.
And wanted to introduce the new member of the family!
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Well our initial thought doesn't seem to be the case, but still doing some testing on injector wiring.
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Update: Was testing the wiring for the injector pins just now. Checked continuity between the injector clip pins and chassis ground, got nothing which is good. Then I tested continuity between the injector pins on the MS db37 connector and the injector clips. Db37 pins 34 & 35 tested good against cyl 2 & 4 injector clips. Db37 pin 33 tested good against cyl 1 & 3 injector clips, but db37 pin 32 was a no go. Hhmmm interesting. Took apart the db37 plug and unwrapped the tape around wires and found this for pin 32.
That wire for pin 32 popped out of the db37 connector pin, which is why continuity was zero. Getting closer! So now I just need to figure out how to get that wire back in and seated right and see if that fixes my issues.
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Well good news!! I ended up buying a d-sub crimper tool and a d-sub extractor/insertion tool from radio shack. I was a bitch extracting the pin from the connector without the wire attached, but eventually got it with the help of a bent paperclip. when attempting to recrimp the wire onto the old pin, the pin broke in half. Went back to radio shack and bought some new pins. Crimped wire and inserted back into connector with tool. BINGO!!! Continuity on pin 32 is now golden. Put wiring back together, installed injector clips, throttle body and charge piping again and fired her up.
She runs amazingly smooth now with no more shutter! I am assuming that with the one wire connected to injectors 1&3 that they werent getting enough current to fire enough fuel, causing the shutter. Now I just need to retune everything since its running super rich and i should be good to go!!
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