Build Thread?
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Coolant is leaking right near pin 3, and yes I did check to make sure the pin was seated.
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The cover was never removed as it came out of a running car. When the water pump was pulled (with the help of a slide hammer) it may have comprimised the gasket seal in that area.
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Slow day at work pops?
Yeah, that is what proceeded.
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Alright! Got this bad boy!
The fancy dancy BMW crank holding tool! Remove all of your crank bolts without feeling like you are going to snap the f*ck out of some random part! Beast is beautifully crafted with a 1" shaft for the handle, 1/2" mounting surface and a beautifully penetrating weld. Top stuff right there boys!
Assemble your crazy ass setup,
I opted for the harbor freight jack handle on a craftsman 1/2" ratchet, some may prefer the snap on variety, but whatever you have will work.
Then simply pull on that sucker pretty hard and you will hear a nice loud crack, now if you are young you will know that it was not your back giving out from the pressure, but much rather the 22mm jesus bolt cracking loose (stretch bolt)
Pull that noise out, remove your tool and slide the front timing cover off, realizing that you left a bit of old oil pan gasket hanging around (oops)
Inspect your gaskets, and find things like this.
Note the orange area, there was no gasket there, at all. just gone. some sort of small bmw demon came late at night and ate it all up. This causes leaks, ask me how I know.
New gaskets come in tomorrow, and maybe if there are no other gremlins running around it will be started.
Also, never follow anyones wiring diagrams, I have had to chance many aspects of mine for megasquirt to get it to work which all could have been avoided if I would have made my own diagram. Live and learn, and learn I have!.
October 24th marks the 1 year date from when the motor was pulled out of this, and I hope to have the car started before the one year mark!
More breaking news tomorrow!
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Cranking signal? Check
Coolant leak fixed.
Is it finally time?!
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Damn its cold out!
I never really updated this, as usual lol.
I got the car started a few months ago, and it was running hella rich (MS tuning time!) and it was pushing oil into the turbo (added a restrictor to the feed line)
After I idle'd it up to temp while playing with the idle and tuning it, which was fun , zach walked in to help me get it out and tune and pointed to the rear of the car and it appeared that about half of my gas was on the ground.
I dropped the tank and found the filler hose rusted almost completely out, so I got a new tank put that bad boy up in there.
I started putting some of the front end back together, and need to do some other small things before it will be able to get on the street, but it is way to damn cold to work on it as of late!
More later!
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Awesome to hear it is running!!! How easy is it to tune? I have no clue how that works.
@DrLeadFoot
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It was a total bitch to get it started, due to the simple fact that MS will run absolutely anything so getting the values set to what you need is a chore. I cannot wait for all of the benefits that come with it though! I started just by tuning the VE table and warmup enrichment to get the AFR's to come closer to where they needed to be. Tuning the car while driving is the only way to do it effectively so I have to wait for spring!
http://s756.photobucket.com/user/gunmetalgrey/media/VID_20131028_154202_114_zpsaa0c7570.mp4.html
Don't know how to embed in here lol
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It was a total bitch to get it started, due to the simple fact that MS will run absolutely anything so getting the values set to what you need is a chore. I cannot wait for all of the benefits that come with it though! I started just by tuning the VE table and warmup enrichment to get the AFR's to come closer to where they needed to be. Tuning the car while driving is the only way to do it effectively so I have to wait for spring!
http://s756.photobucket.com/user/gunmetalgrey/media/VID_20131028_154202_114_zpsaa0c7570.mp4.html
Don't know how to embed in here lol
Did you input stock m50 AF ratio numbers(??) into the MS or just shoot from the hip? Is there a source that tells you what they are?
Once you get it on the road you can log in/adjust all the AF ratios at 23% throttle from idle to redline. Then move to 24% and do the same? I think Snap answered me on this but I need it to be beaten into my head to understand.
Lastly, lets say you went on a 3 hour tour through stop and gos, hwy cruising and rage drift stretches. You can park the beast and lay in your bed and go though all the mapped throttle angles and AF ratios and smooth them out? Wake up after endless hours of adjusting, plug the labtop in your car and upload the new tune and do the process all over again?
Thanks for guiding the blind man.
@DrLeadFoot
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Shoot from the hip really lol, I have an AFR gauge that is wired into MS and has a standalone gauge, it runs off of MAP and has no MAF.
That is the table that tuning is done on, given the values on the Axis are different than mine, but it is the same idea. I can tune on the fly, all changes are immediate and once they are burned to the ecu (which you can do while driving) they are set.
The tuning is all just shooting for the AFR you want, and there is a assisted version to help smooth out large areas (automatically tunes to values that you set)
I am the god of my engine in short, there are more options and settings and I/O's than I know what to do with !
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That wasn't mine, it was what Google found
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That bad boy is on its way! Walbro 255 to keep up with the required amounts of fuel!
I uncovered the engine bay today after working on a friends e46 for awhile, damn does a clean bay look so much nicer than stock ones!
Obligatory e46 pic
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Good choice! That is what I'm running and currently I'm richer than Richy Rich.
@DrLeadFoot
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Silly john! Your fuel pump should not affect your AFR's
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