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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:06 am
by RSCoupe
He's alive!!!

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:38 am
by karthurtq
I was going to guess cosmetic surgery, his car barely has anything else to upgrade. :wink:
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:12 am
by audifreakjim
:stupid:

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:11 am
by RSCoupe
I keep getting emails about male enhancements. Maybe he got one of those to go with all of the car enhancements.
:wink:
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:24 am
by Longitudinal
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:48 am
by Marc
: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.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:36 pm
by Audilard
Baby news Jim?
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:35 am
by Wizard-of-OD
Audilard wrote:Baby news Jim?
$5 bet on twins
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:10 pm
by audifreakjim
Not quite guys, just a place to put the cars :-D Literally just finished clearing out the garage, pics will come in a bit.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:23 pm
by Mcstiff
See, housing slumps are not all bad. Congrats!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:49 pm
by audifreakjim
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
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:52 pm
by TheArchitect
[quote="audifreakjim"]Exactly, we lost in Denver when finally sold, but won much more for our money out here.
/quote]
Huh?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:54 pm
by audifreakjim
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)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:40 pm
by TheArchitect
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!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:52 pm
by audifreakjim
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:15 pm
by audifreakjim
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:44 pm
by loxxrider
Dang I was wondering when this thread would get an update.
Looking forward to seeing how these future mods pan out

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:56 pm
by oldsklaudidub
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:01 pm
by SEStone
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
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:24 pm
by Hank
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
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:45 am
by 123quattro
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:33 am
by Marc
audifreakjim wrote:dry cleaning
Want another day in Court huh?

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:53 am
by death 4kqt
great to see some updates on this thread. This car was one of the main inspirations for my 90 20vt project!
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:28 am
by Hank
a4kquattro wrote:audifreakjim wrote:dry cleaning
Want another day in Court huh?

stalking again Jim?
lol
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:19 am
by audifreakjim
No need to stalk out here, beautiful women around every corner! :-D