Derek

Hi Jeff Make sure your sensor wires are separated from any wires that may be causing noise. I used shielded wire and single point grounding on my setup. I was also very careful about the routing of everything. I've yet to log a single reset. Derek

Well I made it back safe and sound! It was great too finally meet you guys face to face as well. Your pop seems to have quite the Z history. That poor deer. I put about 500 miles on it and it ran flawlessly. I wish all of my projects worked this well. I ran the car at about 75 or so the whole way down and back, using cruise control of course, and it was very comfortable. At this point I no longer worry about the EDIS or megasquirt letting me down. Derek

The stuff I bid on for Disney is reproducing a bunch of existing castings. They'll supply me with an original and I'll scan it with my 3D laser scanner. Then I'll derive a pattern from that scan. Have you been reading my notes? At this point that's the range for the manifolds machined with throttle shafts and butterflies. Everything else will be À la carte. It will have to be an exceptional circumstance for me to sell a raw casting. I'm waiting for the economy to improve and then I'll make some decisions as to my long term goals with this thing. I'm lucky to have steady work right now and I'm not too inclined to take any big risks at the moment. Derek

Well right now I'm doing patterns for 2 old Lincoln tri power intake manifolds, A decorative storm grate, The fascia on a building restoration in Washington DC and I just bid on redoing a bunch of castings at Disney. Phew! Derek

You just want me to bring this to market because the price for your setup will seem like the "bargain of the century" compared to what I'll have to charge:) Derek

Yea what Tony said! I'm not really sure how I came up with that 1.495 number but it was probably a material issue. I had to bore the stainless pipe I was using and I had to take it to 1.495 to get it clean. the manifold then tapers down to the stock port size. I think it's 34mm. In My opinion the CAM pogram I use is no more difficult than Solidworks. And CNC machining is much simpler than traditional machining. As far as selling manifolds I still don't know what direction I'm going with these. The egomaniac in me would love to have people driving their cars with these manifolds but the businessman in me say's STOP. The patterns would need to be reworked and the core boxes are total sh!t so I would have to re do those. I'm not a "your on your own" kind of guy so I would feel responsible for helping people achieve success with their manifolds. And that can be costly. Derek

Thanks Paul That's exactly the look I was going for. The best part is though it actually runs. And I don't mean it runs at full throttle and everything else is a compromise, It runs great period. Sitting at an idle, cruising in third gear at 2500, lugging in fourth gear when you should be in third. I'm running extra code and it even brings the idle speed up when I turn on the A/C! I wish I had the skill and the time to properly tune it because there are some areas that I think could be better. Thanks Yasin I thought you were following the build thread I had going.. Hell I with my ego I figured everyone was following it! Derek

I just posted this in the non tech forum http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=1021132#post1021132

Time to show off my manifold I'm going to be in the West Palm Beach area this Tuesday evening the 12th. I'm driving my car down so if anyone is interested in meeting up somewhere let me know. I'll be in the Blue Heron I95 area. The manifold I speak of If anyone's interested then post here and we'll work out the details. Derek

My truck was hit in the 1/4 panel pretty good and went through insurance. I ran a carfax on it and it didn't show up. Derek

This is my go to supplier for a lot of stuff. http://www.mcmaster.com/

I ran into the same direction problems with my cast ITB manifold. First I used a Haltech sensor with a D shaft that went all the way through the switch. It was a total piece of crap. It wouldn't return to "0" consistently. Then I bought one from a Chrysler but I don't think the resoloution is fine enough for Megasquirt. Please post how you make out with this as I'm going to have to make a change at some point. Thanks Derek

looks pretty good for the amount of milling your going to be doing. The 2400 rpm spindle speed will make it tough to get a good finish on aluminum but it's workable. An old mill is a tricky buy. sometimes problems don't show up until you start working the machine. But then it's too late you already own it. Derek

Depends on what I'm driving. F250 4WD diesel with lift gate on back, You betcha. Driving the Z, no way. Now keep in mind there's brake checking and there's brake checking. My idea of a brake check is a light tap just to get their attention not a rapid decel on the verge of locking them up. Now adays though I mostly pull over and let them by. It just isn't worth the hassle. Derek

Hi clint I'm confused as to why you need to mount it on the drivers side. Is there a clearance problem? Derek

Did the 74 260 have A/C?

I'm thinking if I make the hubs to fit the 75-78. Which is the one rossman sent me then it will also fit the dampers like mine. This will become the standard adapter that will fit early (73-74??) and 75-78 2 groove dampers. Derek

The hole pattern on the timing cover is different from the passengers side so the sensor mount has to be mounted there. Mounting it on the drivers side would take a different mount bracket. If you guy's would just go out and buy 73 model year cars this wouldn't be a problem. C'mon work with me here

From what I understand the answer is yes. The hub is the same and as long as it's from a 6 cyl and not a 4 cyl the harmonics should be the same. Derek

Ok Here's the deal. In my infinite wisdom I made my system fit a 1973 damper with an airpump. This fits a damper that has two pullies, the outer one being narrower than the inner and no protruding ears on the inside bore of the damper. I recon this fits about 4 cars in the US, including mine 5. Rossman sent me his setup from a later model 280Z with the A/C mounted on the drivers side. This damper has two pulleys that are the same size and a smooth bore on the inside of the damper. I'm machining a new adapter for his damper and based upon my initial measurements I don't see any problems. So that will damper style #2 highly sent me an IGES file on his adapter that fits the MSA performance single pully damper. I'll be making an adapter ring like the one in the photo of his post. As far as the ZX Turbo goes I'm not sure whay's going to fit that. I kind of have my hands full right now getting everyone that's purchased hooked up with the right parts. I think this is a pic of the Turbo damper This was Rossmans original damper. If anyone that bought one of my hub adapters that hasn't installed it yet please check it out and make sure it fit's. If you have a problem PM me and I'll get it straightened out. Derek

Man that header would look awful purdy under my manifold! Derek

From one fool to another Happy birthday Phil Derek

Mmmmm... That sure is a purdy 3D file. PM sent.

What a bunch of whiners! You actually want things to fit? After perusing the pictures I know what the problem is. The outer pully on my damper is to drive a air pump and is a narrower groove. This means the distance from the base of the damper where the crank bolt goes to the shoulder of the pulley is longer. That's why there is an air gap between the hub adapter and the damper. There are a few way's we can go. 1) I can leave the country and you'll never hear from me again. 2) I can machine a spacer to go between the damper and the hub adapter to space it out. This would require some good measuring. but is doable. 3) Someone (rossman I'm talkin to you man ) can send me their damper, sensor, and all the parts back and I'll machine everything to fit. At that point we will probably have a baseline to work from. This is my preferred solution. I take a lot of pride in my work and it bugs me that this stuff isn't working out for you guys. Let me know. Derek

Or Air conditioning, power windows, central locking, cruise control or an on-board computer. It's called "artistic license" The IAC symbolizes modern mans desire for convenience yet struggling with the dichotomy of the myth of simpler times. Or something like that. You low down dirty thread stealer!!! You couldn't have come out with this a few months ago? Derek How'd the goop work out for ya?