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  1. i am running the stock L28turbo injectors right now. i have been running these all along, and i was daily driving the car for several months using whatever settings that i currently have... so i would imagine that they must be correct or else it wouldnt have been working fine for so long..? i am going to see if i can find exactly what they are though, gonna go look through them when i can get to my MSlaptop later. where are these located exactly? i dont recall having to set up any PWM stuff, other than just setting it to use 'peak and hold' (i.e. low imp) injectors...
  2. no, i dont have any resistors in any of the +12v running to the injectors. heres a quick sketch (or 'paint') of how i have them set up... no resistors, and no fuses in line with the injectors as it sits now. the +12v to the injectors comes from the MS Main Relay...
  3. i am running the stock L28et injectors on this rig... this was the first MS harness that i built and i just realized that i didnt put any fuses in line with the power leads to the injectors (as is called for on the MS diagrams ive seen) would this have protected the board? but im sure that couldnt have CAUSED the problem because popping fuses isnt supposed to happen either... what would cause a 12v spike? once i replace the Q9 transistor should everything be fully functional again?
  4. i found another ... thing... of interest. was inspecting the board and noticed this; a piece of circuit path in the board appears to have overheated as well, it was darkened, and when i touched it the surface material flaked off a little so i could see straight copper path... and this strip is of course directly on path to the burned PWM transistor Q9 (is it on path TO or is it on path FROM?) im really hoping that this was just a fluke bad chip that caused a little bit of superficial damage to the board and once Q9 is replaced itll be all good... anyway, again, any input will be much appreciated.
  5. i have a dodge/chrysler pack, my wire colors dont match any of the diagrams ive found but my plug looks just like this one so im using your pinout youve got here (disregarding wire colors listed)...
  6. haha, yeeeeah. so my s130 (L28et MS1v3) broke down on me a while back after several months of daily driving on a new MS setup. at first i thought that it was a spark related problem caused by a really shoddy temporary fix that i used in the harness that went to the CAS in the zxt dizzy... so, assuming that that had been the problem i proceeded to just tear out the whole dizzy/spark setup that was in there as i had been meaning to set up my EDIS for some time anyway... but NOW i popped open my MS ECU to put the MS-II board in there (to run my new EDIS setup) and i discover that one of the transistors in my PWM circuit has gone and BLOWN UP on me. it was part #Q9 on the illustration below: http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/v3components.gif the little "chip" is like fractured and almost half of it was floating around loose inside the case, the floating piece was just the plastic housing. all of the little metal 'guts' of the chip still in place but seem like they may be sorta melted/damaged, although i cant honestly say i know what they are supposed to look like... my questions: 1: what could have caused this to happen? 2: would this have caused the car to die? a couple facts that may help solve the puzzle; i drove the car for several months before this happened, without changing anything. when the car died it was running normal/great then just out of nowhere sputtered and puttered out (on the freakin onramp/overpass to the freeway:icon56:). after this, it would not start again, at all. i believe my foot was in it when it did so, but it wasn't wrapped out all the way or anything. while cranking it in my garage later i noticed that the front three injectors were leaking and pouring out a little stream of vapor and/or smoke, but i dont know if this was pre-existing or not. the front three and the rear three injectors run off the same inj harness primaries (i.e. 1-3 off inj batch 1, 4-6 off inj batch 2). any input is appreciated. my only real concern is that i perhaps have something setup wrong that will cause it to happen again after i replace the part... or maybe its just a fluke..?
  7. i don't suppose that you would be willing to sell the spoiler? and yes, you should have saved those "side spats" they came out really nice, are they fiberglass pieces? that you custom molded?
  8. i have this strange feeling like ive spent some time in the little red s130 in question here... i have a turbo swapped s130 in the garage now getting its latest round of work done; got the motor fully rebuilt, megasquirtII, EDIS-6, full new harness to match, wideband, intercooled, 3" exhaust, 9lb flywheel, walbro 255, adj fpr, fuel rail/lines, tokicos, coilovers, FENDER MIRRORS (YEAH), HIDs...and tons more junk.. really just need big turbo and injectors bolted on to make some nice power... if i werent so lazy itd be done already, but i was just recently told about this meet at golden gardens on the 29th so im gonna get this thing buttoned up, at least enough to limp down there.. also, there was an l28et on CL for $350 a few days ago in tacoma, there is a "full swap" listed for $750 up here in the EVT but that includes the supersweet auto tranny (which i assume you wouldnt want).. and i got a ton of extra parts that i guess i could probably spare, a full extra megasquirt setup and f54/P90 motor and etc... but i digress, if you would have me, i would be obliged to offer my assistance. or at least let you play with mine. so you can try before you buy, if you will. at least something to think about. -brian
  9. i fell in love with this car years ago. it was the inspiration that sealed the deal on the first z i ever bought... which of course led to zeds number 2-9 (and counting). ive been meaning to ask though, which wing is that? i am considering it for my current s130 project... is it the MSA one? if so i do not believe that they come with the center LED brake light anymore(?)
  10. im installing some 8000Ks in my s130 as i post this... im going to put them in these (http://www.jegs.com/i/Wysco/938/WA7403K/10002/-1) h4 housings i have. i am not terribly impressed with the housings. they are... OK. ill see what i think of them when i get the car back on the street, which will hopefully be in the near future. ill follow up to this (with pics) when i get the install finished...
  11. stumbled across this old thread while searching, for something completely unrelated actually... but i digress; i unintentionally ran one of my L28ets in my s130 without a thermostat for several months due to the PO not having one installed for some unknown reason. it would take a long time to warm up and would never quite reach an acceptable operating temp. it was when i opened her up to install a 195F thermo i had picked up to hopefully cure the problem that i discovered that it had not had any thermo to start with. also, i have heard horror stories of people actually breaking things in pistons due to running with no thermostat. cruising down the freeway in the icy winter with no thermo can cool your motor down pretty quick. and some have reported massive damage due to cold piston slap. i believe they were running forged pistons in the rig, which would exacerbate the problem of course, as well as make it much more costly. i dont know if they were intentionally running no thermo for their "racecar" or if it was just neglected in reassembly..
  12. hi all, so i have seen several (a surprising number actually) z31s in my local junkyards of late (but alas NOT ONE of those dang longnose r200 3.7 lsds) and in looking over them it seems like the starters on the vg30e/vg30et is very similar to the later gear reduction starters on the L28s... are these parts interchangeable? just an observation that has made me curious...
  13. as far as i know the "BRE style air dam" IS the little chin spoiler. the other one, the full air dam, is the "xenon" one... that is usually how i have seen them referred to anyway. my guess would be that they are known as "xenon"s in the US because Xenon makes them over here, but probably are based off of an earlier Japanese-made piece? both the 'BRE' and the 'Xenon' come in vented and unvented. and the 'Xenon' comes in the s30 and the s31 styles, the difference of course being the cutouts for the underbumper turn sig/marker lights in the earlier year cars.
  14. this stuff looks great! ive been keeping an eye on your progress on this project intermittently and slowly preparing myself to embark on my own EDIS setup, but now that you are offering these i cant resist. you can count me in for a full setup; trigger wheel, sensor mount, and coilpack mount... will need it shipped to Seattle, WA area zip 98204. i dont suppose you have a preset deal for the whoel package? if you could give me a quote for the total cost including shipping and everything as well as your paypal account i can send money to ill get you the payment asap. much thanks, brian
  15. thank you brad, i just needed to know if the stock zx turbo 5-bolt pattern was the same as the "ford" 5-bolt, thats all that i was trying to figure out... boardkid, here is a link to another thread on this forum where someone has used this 'ultimate internal wastegate' on their s130 (http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=124360). scroll a ways down the page and youll see his pictures of this wastegate unit. you can clearly see in the pictures that this is FAR superior setup to most, if not ALL, of the internal wastegates commonly available. i see what you are saying about upgrading the turbo itself, and i will certainly be doing that in the future, but i was hoping to be able to upgrade my downpipe/exhaust now and then bolt it straight up to my new turbo when i get there... but no such luck it appears. you mentioned that you too are looking for a turbo/performance upgrade while maintaining an internal wastegate setup. so i think that you should not be so quick to dismiss this as a good (if not the best) prefabbed option.
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