Jim Green's 90q 20vt - 636whp 07k

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:06 am

He's alive!!!

karthurtq · Post by **karthurtq** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:38 am

I was going to guess cosmetic surgery, his car barely has anything else to upgrade. :wink:

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:12 am

:stupid:

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:11 am

I keep getting emails about male enhancements. Maybe he got one of those to go with all of the car enhancements.

:wink:

Longitudinal · Post by **Longitudinal** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:24 am

RSCoupe wrote:I keep getting emails about male enhancements. Maybe he got one of those to go with all of the car enhancements.

The car enhancements are the male enhancements.

Post by **Marc** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:48 am

:stupid:

I was thinking the exact same thing and almost posted nearly the same words. Its ok, I'll admit it, driving my coupe gives me wood.

Audilard · Post by **Audilard** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:36 pm

Baby news Jim?

Wizard-of-OD · Post by **Wizard-of-OD** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:35 am

Audilard wrote:Baby news Jim?

$5 bet on twins

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:10 pm

Not quite guys, just a place to put the cars :-D Literally just finished clearing out the garage, pics will come in a bit.

Mcstiff · Post by **Mcstiff** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:23 pm

See, housing slumps are not all bad. Congrats!

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:49 pm

Exactly, we lost in Denver when finally sold, but won much more for our money out here.

Here is the new house :-D
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=272058

TheArchitect · Post by **TheArchitect** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:52 pm

[quote="audifreakjim"]Exactly, we lost in Denver when finally sold, but won much more for our money out here.
/quote]

Huh?

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:54 pm

We lost about 15k on our condo in denver, but saved 200k on the cali house. I know what you are thinking, houses are still a ripoff out here, you may be right, I like it though 8)

TheArchitect · Post by **TheArchitect** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:40 pm

audifreakjim wrote:We lost about 15k on our condo in denver, but saved 200k on the cali house. I know what you are thinking, houses are still a ripoff out here, you may be right, I like it though 8)

You truly must be an optimist.

Your outlook on saving 200K is totally Dependant that the prices do not continue to drop. The market has been artificially inflated for years, most recently as a result of low interest rates and silly lending habits. The adjustment is probably not complete since the mean California house is still outside the mean income for the prospective inhabitant.

I am sure though that in the long run, you will do well on your investment.

Nice looking house BTW!

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:52 pm

Agreed, there are a lot of people in denial here still. It seems to have leveled off at least around here the last few months, all you can do is time it the best you can and move forward.

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:15 pm

So the ECU is home with it's creator for a little family time.

In the mean time I finally located what has been causing cyl 4 and 5 to run super rich the last couple of weeks.

It was not an injector, a fuel pressure problem, or a spark related issue, one of the strangest failures I have seen to date. Any guesses?

It turned out to be the crappy "factory looking" fuel pressure regulator I was running. I blew the piss out of the diaphragm and it was squirting fuel into my vacuum hoses. The vacuum hoses tap the manifold at the rear just behind #5 causing fuel to be dumped into 4 and 5. Seriously, WTF?

The Aeromotive FPR just got a coat of black wrinkle paint, cranked to 60 psi and ready for 30 lbs of boost again. Ohh yea.

So I need to get some of these projects done, who wants to come help?
01E swap
radiator
oil cooler
dry cleaning
5 lug swap
wheels
brakes
dry cleaning

Looks like I might have an 034 stimulus package in the making.

loxxrider · Post by **loxxrider** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:44 pm

Dang I was wondering when this thread would get an update.

Looking forward to seeing how these future mods pan out

oldsklaudidub · Post by **oldsklaudidub** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:56 pm

audifreakjim wrote:So the ECU is home with it's creator for a little family time.

In the mean time I finally located what has been causing cyl 4 and 5 to run super rich the last couple of weeks.

It was not an injector, a fuel pressure problem, or a spark related issue, one of the strangest failures I have seen to date. Any guesses?

It turned out to be the crappy "factory looking" fuel pressure regulator I was running. I blew the piss out of the diaphragm and it was squirting fuel into my vacuum hoses. The vacuum hoses tap the manifold at the rear just behind #5 causing fuel to be dumped into 4 and 5. Seriously, WTF?

The Aeromotive FPR just got a coat of black wrinkle paint, cranked to 60 psi and ready for 30 lbs of boost again. Ohh yea.

So I need to get some of these projects done, who wants to come help?
01E swap
radiator
oil cooler
dry cleaning
5 lug swap
wheels
brakes
dry cleaning

Looks like I might have an 034 stimulus package in the making.

Is that OE Bosch FPR mod, where you use the mainfold vacuum to 'aid' the FPR is delivering the correct fuel pressure? I thought it was not a vacuum port but a fuel dump for the valve if it were to fail to relieve the excess fuel pressure.

SEStone · Post by **SEStone** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:01 pm

The nipple on an EFI regulator provides a manifold pressure reference for the regulator...idea being that you keep pressure across the injector constant; IE, fuel pressure is always 45psi (14.7psi + 45psi = 60psi absolute) greater than manifold pressure. In "10psi" vacuum, FP = 50psi absolute. With 30psi boost, FP = 90psi absolute.

:woowoo:

Sam

Post by **Hank** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:24 pm

Good to hear from you Jim!! I sent my ECU back to it's creator a few weeks back too! Had a couple of burnt out everything.

Good to hear that the 01e is going in!!!

Hank

123quattro · Post by **123quattro** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:45 am

audifreakjim wrote:It turned out to be the crappy "factory looking" fuel pressure regulator I was running. I blew the piss out of the diaphragm and it was squirting fuel into my vacuum hoses. The vacuum hoses tap the manifold at the rear just behind #5 causing fuel to be dumped into 4 and 5. Seriously, WTF?

This happened on my buddies C4 Vette. It dumped all the fuel into the #7 cylinder once it was keyed off. Nearly hydrolocked the engine. This is a much bigger problem with adjustable regulators than OE parts. The diaphragms are a lot less durable.

Post by **Marc** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:33 am

audifreakjim wrote:dry cleaning

Want another day in Court huh? :lol:

death 4kqt · Post by **death 4kqt** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:53 am

great to see some updates on this thread. This car was one of the main inspirations for my 90 20vt project!

Post by **Hank** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:28 am

a4kquattro wrote:
audifreakjim wrote:dry cleaning

Want another day in Court huh?

stalking again Jim?

lol

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:19 am

No need to stalk out here, beautiful women around every corner! :-D