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« on: June 29 2016, 03:28:26 PM »
turbotweak 5.7 chip for 60's, for 62/65 turbo $45 shipped
scanmaster 2.1 with powerlogger chip, need to send it back to have the socket put in to the board (it is one of the upgrade-able versions) $90 shipped
pm or email: gavinhunyady@gmail.com
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« on: June 29 2016, 12:50:55 PM »
I will try to remember to measure one of mine tomorrow. I think GM says as low as 35 ohms and as high as around 400....I never measure the resistance of one of the little push in dash light bulbs.
so there is legitimately a light bulb that I need to replace? I swear I'm losing my google fu all of a sudden. EDIT: found it... and thanks for the clever response.  So now I see that the light doubles to excite the alt on start up... the flickering bulb could be a bad connection. I'll order the caspers kit (or cobble my own) just to get testing and later get around to fixing the connections in the dash.
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« on: June 29 2016, 07:51:25 AM »
Devil's advocate with Julio... It's his kit, it came out of his mind, he built it, and his name is on the box.....
I can recall a few times, I got asked to build a timing cover/oil pump.... BUT the person wanted me to do it differently than I wanted to do it.
yup I agree, and that's totally fair! On the other hand, its not like I was asking him to cut up his kit to make something special for me... I just wanted to rebuild my pump.... and to be fair he did say I could send it and he would check it out. I may still send it in, but there was a very clear "I told you so" undertone just waiting to pop out when that pump to arrives. So I figured I was gonna cut my losses and put my own kit together just like I had been told by my mentors before.
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« on: June 29 2016, 07:45:53 AM »
Good luck brother! The handful of ex-mil guys I know all really enjoy the freedom of being just a "Mr."
PS - thanks again for the grill spring, I put it in yesterday just before the test drive... its nicer than the other one!
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« on: June 28 2016, 11:25:14 PM »
Giggity, made the first test drive today. Running the turbotweak axis, I wanted to keep it simple and get the thing running while sorting out what the new combo wants. So far I'm pretty happy, it seems to be doing ok with the low load driving. I'll be getting the alky up and running next since everything seemed to be working correctly.
Now there was 1 little problem... after driving around for about 20minutes... the voltage light started to flicker. Measured with a voltmeter and got the same 11.6-11.8V at the battery and alternator as the powerlogger was seeing. It seems like the fans would have killed the battery if the alternator completely crapped out. I have another alternator I can swap out, and I also have an external regulator that I can put on the alternator to try it out. Does anyone know what signal I should look for out of the brown wire that goes to the alt?
It was really, really nice to have this car back on the road and driving, I cant believe how much time had passed.
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« on: June 28 2016, 10:18:15 AM »
For the same reasons that Steve mentioned above, I'm about to test some bilsteins that are valved for a street stock racecar with a little more rebound than compression in the rear and vise versa in the front. Hoping I can report back soon with good results as its a much cheaper and simpler solution for a lot of folks.
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« on: June 28 2016, 09:08:17 AM »
anyone know where the latest powerlogger download is? The one on FTS website is like 5years old... is it right?
EDIT: just found a lot newer one on turbotweak forum
my PC doesnt have a CD rom drive, so the version that came with my powerlogger is useless.
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« on: June 27 2016, 08:31:16 PM »
original hoses, I found the tell tale stain from the leak on the condenser.
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« on: June 27 2016, 07:24:31 PM »
decided to install the A/C parts that I bought: dryer, o-rings, orifice tube and fake R-12. I need to do some reading, but at first glance the mityvac doesnt seem to be able to really pull any vacuum on the system from the high pressure port. Maybe I'm not patient enough to pump long enough?
I dunno, I'm nervous, its my first time. Gathering reading materials.
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« on: June 27 2016, 12:06:22 PM »
Alrighty, leak at oil cooler solved with a new o-ring. Then re-primed the system and re-installed the cam sensor. Fired right up, lifters quieted down... 'tsallgood now. I ran it for 30minutes, the fans cycled on and off, idle seemed ok for a first run, fuel pressure stayed constant. It's time to start tuning, w00t!
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« on: June 20 2016, 10:46:58 AM »
It did lose prime, ran it with a drill and it wasnt picking up any load. So I pulled the oil cooler lines, filled them by hand, and ran it again. After a good 30sec or so it finally started to pump. And I confirmed that the light goes out when I key up the ignition.
SO that is all good, I suspect that what happened is that it lost prime when I installed the oil cooler adapter. I had it primed on the engine stand, but never verified once it went into the car.
I also found a leak at the oil cooler adapter to the oil pump, so I ordered a new o-ring for that. I'll pull the driver's side valve cover and look for oil while running the pump by hand before I put the cam sensor back in.
Getting closer though, wish I had more time to work on it, dang roundy round car hasn't been allowing that.
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« on: June 14 2016, 09:59:34 AM »
I like the Firestone transforce AT. I also like Michelin AT but they are more expensive and it appears they make a new thing called AT/2 but I've not tried them. I get the 245/75-16 for the suburban and 265/75-16 for our 2500hd.
Hankook looked good but I never had any and they seemed just as much as the firestones.
Make sure you get an E rated 10 ply for towing and such.
my 2014 ram came with the firestone transforce on it, they were ok but didnt last long. I rotated them often and still only got 45k from them. I put on wrangler duratracs, they are louder, and stiffer, and aggressive... but I likes 'em. Not a lot of options in 20" wheels though, so there wasnt much to shop around in load range E. In ascending price: Firestone, Duratracs, Michelin, thats it.
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« on: June 14 2016, 09:55:38 AM »
I just realized ^^^ thats the kind of talk that would get me banned from other boards!
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