Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 20/102)
cptsnoopy FEB 11, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by ryan.hess:

But the _real_ question... does it work?



Ryan, does this look right? I just hooked it up to my car battery and it seems to work ok. I have only run the calibration, it did not respond to "trace" correctly until I clicked on "last" then it worked ok and I could tweak it. I still need to check all of the output voltages etc... I don't have a clue on how to use it yet. that's next.

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ryan.hess FEB 11, 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:
Ryan, does this look right? I just hooked it up to my car battery and it seems to work ok. I have only run the calibration, it did not respond to "trace" correctly until I clicked on "last" then it worked ok and I could tweak it. I still need to check all of the output voltages etc... I don't have a clue on how to use it yet. that's next.

I don't remember... IIRC, mine was spitting out lots of numbers when I was calibrating it...... But then, the problem is mine both worked and didn't work, so I don't remember if "spitting out numbers" was a good thing or not. Are you positive it's on COM 5? That sounds suspiciously high..... like for an internal modem or something. I would think it would be 1 or 2.

cptsnoopy FEB 11, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by ryan.hess:
Are you positive it's on COM 5? That sounds suspiciously high..... like for an internal modem or something. I would think it would be 1 or 2.

i am using a USB to serial adaptor and i am guessing that it set the port to com 5. I was talking to the wb02 with no problems other than the inital garbage it spit out until i hit "last". then it spit out what looked like a small amount of memory data in hex. after i got the reading to 8192 and 0, i hit "update" and that is when i took the screen shot. i take it there is several more hours of checking that it is putting out the right voltages before hooking it up? thx for the responses.

ryan.hess FEB 11, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:
i am using a USB to serial adaptor and i am guessing that it set the port to com 5. I was talking to the wb02 with no problems other than the inital garbage it spit out until i hit "last". then it spit out what looked like a small amount of memory data in hex. after i got the reading to 8192 and 0, i hit "update" and that is when i took the screen shot. i take it there is several more hours of checking that it is putting out the right voltages before hooking it up? thx for the responses.

Well that would do it then. Sounds like you're good to go then. I'd just check the test point voltages to make sure they're within spec, and go from there. Sounds like it works though.
cptsnoopy FEB 27, 05:18 AM
here's a couple of pics to show what's been going on lately. the first two are of the adaptor for the fourth bell-housing bolt that does not line up. I extended this to a bolt hole in the diff case to help hold things together. it will also serve as an exhaust brace. (note: the correct length bolts still need to be purchased.) the third pic is of the lower exhaust brace. The fourth pic is of the general exhaust view. there are still a couple more welds that need to be ground down and brackets added for the ball joints. after that is done the cats are coming off and the whole system is going to get jet-hot coated.







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GSXRBOBBY MAR 15, 11:30 AM
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cptsnoopy MAR 15, 12:50 PM
lol! i wondered when you would ask...

i made a little progress on the number 3 and 4 engine mounts. there just shock end bushings attached to the head and 1.5" square tubing to the cradle. I'm in Denver now so pics will be in a couple of days. after those are complete then i will take all the plugs out of the engine and make sure there is no rust in the cylinders. wheeeee!

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cptsnoopy MAR 24, 07:41 AM
since the dodge truck motor mounts have been torn apart by others I decided to go a different route with the middle motor mounts on my cradle.

this was the original idea.


this is plan "B". the dodge truck mount was removed in favor of a shock ring to limit the travel of the engine. I am hoping that this will help keep the other four mounts from tearing apart. there will be one of these at the rear middle of the engine also. as usual the hardware shown is temporary...


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RCR MAR 24, 10:52 AM

What's wrong with this type of joint? Or this one in particular? This is the style that Darth recommends for his 3800 swaps. I was just going to piuck one up, so I'd like to hear about any issues.

TIA,
Bob

Will MAR 24, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:
this is plan "B". the dodge truck mount was removed in favor of a shock ring to limit the travel of the engine. I am hoping that this will help keep the other four mounts from tearing apart. there will be one of these at the rear middle of the engine also. as usual the hardware shown is temporary...


I'd whip up a plate to tie that into other surrounding bolt holes if I were you. Not sure I'd want the whole engine pulling on basically one hole...