naviathan
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i don't know if this should be good or not....after i took the efi relay cover off I turned the key in the on position, and the relay heats up a bit, and kinda burned my finger a little...is this normal or not? I know relays get hot but i'm really at a loss right now. but if it really isn't the dropping resistors, i think it would be good to have an extra one just in case it finally goes out on me. I am really learning everyday about this car it is the start of many z's that I plan on owning.
"DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!" Sounds to me like you found your problem. The big relays like that shouldn't heat up much, if any at all. Swap that bad boy out and I bet you have your car back on the road.
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Frankly I see Microsoft's push to release a new OS this soon after releasing Vista a big clue that they were met with a great deal of opposition towards the new OS. It's a basic bells and whistles update to XP just like ME was to 98. Granted they might have cleaned up some of the core libraries and bits of the kernel, but it's still a glamorized XP.
Personally I'll never switch to Vista so long as I have a choice from PC manufacturers. My preferred OS is and always will be Linux, specifically Gentoo for it's development tools and flexibility. In a world where everything is becoming more expensive by the day, a free OS that's fully featured and customizable is the best thing there is. If Microsoft hadn't cornered the friendly OS market and made sure everyone made their drivers through iron clad contracts and licensing fees Linux would probably be on top of the computer industry. It's free, it's fast, it can be modular or seamless, it's functional, it's adaptive, it's clean, and the support communities out there for it are massive and informative. What more do you need?
I use Windows for very little beyond web surfing at work. It's a great OS if you don't want to do anything productive, aside from spend lots of money of course.
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Good point, I didn't consider cornering forces.
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I spoke with the Chief's assistant, and consider this matter completely resolved.
I get my car back on Monday (they can't release anything over the weekend) and am legally bound to not disclose any aspect of the settlement reached.
But I will say this: I came out on top.
Good stuff. Regardless what happened it sound to me like you embarrassed someone enough to want to keep it quiet.
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Should be fine since the sidewall flexes at the bottom of the rotation around the contact patch and not the top.
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Are you sure they're not getting power? Remember, the injectors get a constant hot from a fusible link and a switched ground from the ECU. Make sure you check everything out before replacing parts at will. If need be (although doubtful) I have a dropping resistor pack from an 80ZX that's good.
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BRAAP also. He always seems to have an answer or at least a direction to start in.
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Doubtful.
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Well I don't know what kind of ECU that particular model uses, but I would assume it just an L-Jetronics system similar to the Z. If that's the case you won't get a TPS signal like you want, the AFRs would be (if it even has an O2 sensor) limited because it uses a narrow band O2, the thermistor tables would need to be reprogrammed to match the stock temp sensor, etc... Why not just rip out the old EFI and wire in a full on MegaSquirt? Seems pointless to go through all the work of tapping the system just to log it with MS.
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Is this a joke? A trick question maybe? 240s don't have ECUs or injectors, they're dual carbs.
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ship me the E31 and use the N42...
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Somehow I don't think the problem is a hot plug, I think it's a lean tune. Retune your engine properly for it's current setup and stick with the stock NGKs, they'll work perfectly.
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From the description of the car you just gave, I would give him $200-400 and call it even. It's more than he'd get from a scrap yard.
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Why not remove the old rails completely and just weld in the new Bad Dog rails by themselves?
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I'm going to go get some contact cleaner and clean all the terminal connections. I need a manual for the EFI system, have any suggestions?
Yes read your other thread where I answered that question as well.
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Sounds rich to me. Could be leaky injectors or cold start valve, maybe a bad head temp sensor or bad connection.
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Check the plugs, they'll indicate whether you're running rich or lean and we can further diagnose from there.
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If you searched the forums you'd have found this:
http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=134996&highlight=Service+Manuals
The EFI Bible isn't year specific and it's available from here:
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How is it wired in? What's triggering the ignition box? We'll need details.
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I guess I'm not bing clear on this. There is no code left on the system. The car is code free. The only thing failing it right now is the drive cycle won't complete on the EVAP and CAT systems. Reseting the ECU again won't help and Advance can't clear a not ready code with a scanner.
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You might want to check with your emissions station.
In GA, 2 systems can show not completed and still pass.
I know, because my CAT system STILL shows not ready, and I have over 5K on it since I passed my emissions.
I have a friend that works for the Ford Dealership who does my inspections. Trust me if he could pass it he would.
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First, I would check for TSB's. See if you can get the info on the parameters on the self test. It tells you the prerequisites and operating parameters for the self test to complete. Maybe one of the guys at the dealer will print it for you. Or search online. I know on Toyota, a marginal cat will not complete a test, and stop other tests from completing.
Checked with the dealership already, no TSBs for the related systems and all the sites online for TSBs and Recall info want money.
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My wife's 2004 Suzuki Forenza refuses to pass emissions. I bought the car at auction for $5500. It's runs great, the only thing I had to do was fix a vacuum leak around the EGR and all the codes in the computer cleared. The only thing holding it back now is the drive cycle on the EVAP and CAT systems. They're both showing a Not Ready status, no matter how long I drive the car, no matter what I do to the car it will not clear the Not ready code on the EVAP or CAT. I know we have some pretty top notch auto techs here so I was hoping someone would have some insight on this problem. I've got about 200 miles on the car since the last time I pulled the battery connection and when I called the dealer their tech said that it needed to be driven more. How far do I have to drive this thing before it clears the codes!?!?!?!?! Please tell me there's a trick to this thing that no one seems to understand here.
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Got a card and the dinner bill...Go figure.
Megasquirt and Vista
in MegaSquirt
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All Microshaft has to do to say it's an all new kernel design is update a portion of the kernel. They can't stray too far from the NT designed kernel or they would risk breaking older programs, even their own programs. I've used Vista, I was part of the Beta Development team (just like many others) and I can assure you the differences under the hood are minor. The Vista kernel still contains the old XP style boot up splash screens.
As for Linux being the future, yes it will be eventually. Unfortunately it's starting at the embedded OS side of the house and slowly moving over into UMPC and sub-notebooks. The day of the desktop linux offered by vendors like Dell and Lenovo is still very far off. Microshaft is ensuring that with their licensing agreements and contracts with PC manufacturers.