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Demonic1 wrote:Got a paintjob on my MX-3 finally....

Installed the OBX rear strut bar.
Still no pix of the rims on the thing...

Diggin the pumpkin effects thats awesome.

wagZE wrote:

Demonic1 wrote:Got a paintjob on my MX-3 finally....

Installed the OBX rear strut bar.
Still no pix of the rims on the thing...

Diggin the pumpkin effects thats awesome.

i thought it was a pumpkin too but take a longer look, it's much better.


IT'S THE kOOLAID GUY!!!! OH YEAHHHHHH

ok i don't actually think it's the kool aid guy, but demonic1 is going to wish he had done that instead now that i mentioned it

Yeah someone on facebook mentioned that it looked like the Kool-Aid guy. They asked whos house I was going to run into first... NO.

New rims on it. Didn't like the center caps. I may paint them black shortly.



HEY KOOLAID!

Ahahaha, you should've named it Koolaid!! God that made me laugh, I honestly like the look of black sides/lips that people've been doing lately, I didn't think it'd look clean but it honestly does!

Someone else is doing black sides/muds/lips?
I thought I was being cool by not getting the right paint to match my car...

I don't remember which worklog, but another member here has done similarly(full length sides, I believe?), and the post about the 323F(lantis) had a link to a Lantis with black sides as well

I like the look of it, and I used to complain about how the RS garnish was black over other colored paintjobs... My tastes are evolving I think.

Ahh, figured it out! It's JayoM's car, the same from that worklog, as well as the Lantis worklog(I saw JayoM's signature in the Lantis worklog)

So, I guess I should do a roadmap for my car now that I have it running smoothly.

-----Engine stuff-----
8.5mm spark plug wires
HEI mod
Megasquirt 2
Cold Air intake (probably put one together from parts)
MP62 clutched unit
AFPR
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
86-88 turbo RX7 MAF
Pacesetter exhaust system (2.5")
Already have the pacesetter headers
High temp exhaust wrap
Solid/not squishy motor mounts
Adjustable cam gears
Exintake mod
323 GTR intake manifold
Millenia Alternator

-----Non engine stuff-----
Smoke front/rear marker lights
Black halo headlights
Front strut tower bar (Whiteline?)
Front GS lip
Raised RS spoiler
Tint the windows
Tint rear tails
B&G lowering springs
KYB Excel GR2 struts

PUMPKIN PAINT!! Oh wait, I already did that...

What I imagine people are thinking when I get out of my car



I would like to say that without the push from MrMazda92, I would never have completed the purchase of my megasquirt.
Now the waiting game. Maybe I should put some work into my dome light mod while I have the soldering iron out...

Ahh, you're welcome!

You'll be glad for the purchase, trust me! I'm still waiting until I figure out the external powersource issue with my Stratified unit. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to power it without it being plugged in...

It'd be fine if I had a laptop, sheesh!

So, I'm building a MegaSquirt 2 for my car. I bought the DIY kit from them and I'm SO LOST...

I'll be using this for reference.
http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/V3assemble.htm
Step #22
For the "optional" component... Do I install the circuit for the IAC Stepper motor? I don't know if my BP05 uses one or not. Which relates to step #62 I skipped the PWM Idle valve component. I'd swear I don't need that.
Step #50 I installed The Hall/Optical input circuit (#50.a) I did not install the "Coil negative terminal/points" (#50.b). I did not install the jumper to select between them. I also skipped step #51 since it implied that if I was using a Hall circuit I didn't need that.
Step #65 I didn't know which option to choose. I believe I'm using the "Direct Coil Control" and should install the high current ignition driver? And run the steps on this page? http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/vb921.htm

I thought the MS2-extra board was a completely different set of hardware, but from what I've read it's an upgraded build of the base. Since I want to be able to use dual fuel maps, I believe I'd need to build it as a MS2-extra? As far as I can tell in the MS2-Extra conversion manual, I just need to run a wire from "S12c to JS9". That and install the firmware for it...
But then again if I can run switchable fuel tables from the plain MS2, I guess this is moot. Can I?
The setup for putting a hardware switched input for "Table switching" says to build a circuit and install it on the underside of the board. I assume I can build this in the "proto" section and run leads to the points. I'm a bit confused by the setup though. http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms2extra/MS2 ... ableswitch

I'll be setting up a CP account shortly and seeing if I can get Lex to help me. He'll be all "Stupid noob" and I'll be lost still

lex will help you, but it will cost you. his advice aint free no more, he offers email help for a fee. my suggestion is to go over to miataturbo.net, TONS more megasquirt knowledge, thats where most of the squirted BPs are.

Didn't realize Lex WAS stratified...
He told me that I have a lot to learn
The advised me to buy one of the PnP units.

yeah thats about what i expected

I like my PnP MS.
It kept me from messing up, at least so far!
The feature set is nice too, I'll be able to do everything I wanted right off the bat.

I still need to learn a lot about tuning though, I think I'm suffering from a few misconceptions.