Project MIDTRBO (Page 17/35)
Rallaster AUG 18, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by ALLTRBO:

Wow, the stock TB must be tiny then!




I believe it's 43mm, but may be 46mm.

Nice, glowing turbo. I don't care who you are, that's effing hot! That's a lot of running.
ALLTRBO AUG 30, 11:13 PM
Yep, that's itty bitty! My 2G DSM came stock with a tiny 52mm TB and the stock 1G upgrade was 60mm.

In other news, I just bought this Pioneer head unit for MIDTRBO.

http://www.pioneerelectroni...rs/AVH-P5200BT?tab=D



It'll do everything I want it to, and I got it for $486.50 shipped using a 30% discount, not a bad deal I think! (back in the day something of this quality with this many features would have cost $2500 or so, hah!)

I used code UIBMC8UY (through Sep. 4th) if anyone might find that info useful for the 95 Pioneer products that qualify. That code is for 30% off in addition to the other applied discounts, only sold by Amazon directly and not other retailers on the Amazon website. Here's the link to the 95 Pioneer products that qualify.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref...nb&p_6=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Use the code at checkout and you'll be hooked up.
(I have no affiliation with them, just trying to pass along the good deals)

I will also be mounting up a netbook based custom all-in-one hideaway tuning suite thought up during this recent thread of mine .
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/077350.html
I'll post a snippet from one of my posts about it to describe (the original idea in the thread has made way for this):


"My idea is to modify the center console storage compartment to open fully horizontal, get rid of the compartment to make it a flat panel, then mount the netbook with rubber on a low-profile swivel mount so I can open it up then rotate it toward the passenger or me depending. I'll hard-mount my emulator and datalogging cables and leave them plugged in to two USB's on the netbook end, the emulator cable plugged into the ECU, and the datalogger cable plugged into the ALDL port, which will be re-mounted to the inside of the center console since I'll no longer need it to be externally accessible anyway. Fortunately all of that is really close together, so wiring will be cake.
I'll have to top it all off with a good quality hard-wired DC-AC power inverter that will run with the ignition full time.

If that all works out, viola! I'll have a fully integrated, very capable(+) hideaway tuning suite, which is exactly what I need.

Here's where you guys come in. First of all, are netbook hard drives the same as full laptop hard drives? If so, it shouldn't be hard to get a solid state drive to throw in. I'll also rubber-mount the netbook.
Can someone get some dimensions for me? I don't have my car back yet.
I need to know the height, width, and depth of the center storage area, that is, the depression in the center console, not the storage compartment. I'd very much appreciate it."


For the record, yes, the car will be getting a custom security system, and that's the only thing I'll say about it.

[This message has been edited by ALLTRBO (edited 08-31-2010).]

Rallaster SEP 06, 01:27 PM
Bump for updates??
ALLTRBO SEP 06, 03:26 PM
Lots of little details are being finished up right now, and they started on the wiring harness. Dave should update soon.

I received my Pioneer head unit the other day, it's awesome! I hooked it up to a motorcycle battery on a battery tender and plugged into my shelf-system speakers to try it out because I just couldn't wait for my Fiero, and my wife and I watched a movie on it.

I also researched more on the netbook tuning suite, I'm narrowing lots of things down. For more details on that, visit the thread that's linked above. I'll post all about that here when I more physically get into it.
bmwguru SEP 09, 07:33 PM
Here are a few quick pics of the finished exhaust. This was as close to Steven's specs on the wastegate as we could build it. There was no room to get the angles he had asked for and keep the wastegate on the muffled side. We are building the charge pipe system now and waiting for the pcm terminal pins to arrive. I'll update when I have more free time.....lot's going on right now.
Dave











Rallaster SEP 09, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by bmwguru:

Here are a few quick pics of the finished exhaust. This was as close to Steven's specs on the wastegate as we could build it. There was no room to get the angles he had asked for and keep the wastegate on the muffled side. We are building the charge pipe system now and waiting for the pcm terminal pins to arrive. I'll update when I have more free time.....lot's going on right now.
Dave
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Man, that looks awesome! ALLTRBO, you're going to end up with one hell of a car. But, we already knew that.. Excellent work bmwguru!
bmwguru SEP 09, 11:09 PM
I can't take full credit for the exhaust. I am only as good as the rest of my team. Ryan fabricated the exhaust and joey helped. I just gave my nod of approval and insight.
Dave
Rallaster SEP 09, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by bmwguru:

I can't take full credit for the exhaust. I am only as good as the rest of my team. Ryan fabricated the exhaust and joey helped. I just gave my nod of approval and insight.
Dave



Your team does excellent work!

[This message has been edited by Rallaster (edited 09-09-2010).]

doublec4 SEP 09, 11:55 PM
Looks like its going to be a meannnn ride! Post up a video of the exhaust when you can!
ALLTRBO SEP 12, 08:39 PM
Sorry for the delayed response. I'm just now starting to recover from my insane work week last week. My mind and body have been...somewhere else.

The exhaust does look great, doesn't it? I hope that I don't have any WG control issues with the return plumbed over there (boost creep mainly), but if I do I'll cross that bridge when I get there. It sure does look sexy!

The crew has delved deeper into the harness and it sounds maybe like I have A/C now?

I'm buying Coinage's Quarter Master triple-disk clutch setup for the 3200 build. MIDTRBO is going to drive like a racecar, I just hope it doesn't drive me crazy!
The important thing is that it'll HOLD. I'll be one step closer to world domination! Muahaha