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Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/16/18 11:52 a.m.
MrJoshua said:

wink

PM sent - let me know if you didn't get it.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua UltimaDork
10/16/18 12:05 p.m.

In reply to Robbie :

Got it, thank you.

glueguy
glueguy GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/16/18 12:55 p.m.

I must say, you guys are all mechanical heroes to undertake this and then not give up on it.

 

When SVreX posted this:

There might still be a few issues to sort...

the reverse accelerator pedal seems to be high on the list. Lift off the pedal for WOT, push to the floor to decelerate...

 

I realized that if it were me, at that point mid-afternoon of day 2, I likely would have killed it with fire.

 

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ UberDork
10/16/18 12:58 p.m.

In reply to glueguy :

Eh, it wasn't really fully reversed, more that if you touched the pedal it died.  "Pedal backwards" was just what my sleep-deprived brain spit out under pressure cheeky

Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/16/18 4:05 p.m.
glueguy said:

at that point mid-afternoon of day 2, I likely would have killed it with fire.

If you would have seen us messing around trying to get a fuel pump setup working by submerging an in-tank fuel pump into a beer can with the top ripped off full of gas and pumping through re-claimed automatic transmission hard metal lines into a fuel rail developing as much pressure as possible due to vice-gripped return line while switching the pump on and off by touching wires to a battery (makes a small spark every time), you might have mistakenly thought we were trying to kill it with fire.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/16/18 4:11 p.m.

In reply to Robbie :

Wait... We weren’t trying to kill it with fire??

I think I misread the instructions...

glueguy
glueguy GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/16/18 4:57 p.m.

A bunch of guys standing around sheepishly, saying, "sorry Mr. Hotel Manager, we'll repair the asphalt....."

 

 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/16/18 5:25 p.m.

I should have the time lapse done tonight, any soundtrack suggestions?

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

Yakkety Sax? cheeky

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/16/18 6:39 p.m.
Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/16/18 8:54 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Very cool. So much in there I already don't remember. Thanks for putting that together!

paranoid_android
paranoid_android UltraDork
10/16/18 9:49 p.m.

Renegades of Funk by RATM made a good soundtrack;-)

Thank you all for sharing your experiences.  As I said before, y’all are amazing!

singleslammer
singleslammer PowerDork
10/17/18 9:41 a.m.

This is such an incredible story...

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/17/18 10:42 a.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

That’s very good!

We should have continued that at the track...

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/17/18 11:25 a.m.

Sure should've, I didn't even know people were still working on it at the track until I was shocked by the sight of the AW11 driving out of the pits under its own power! What I would've liked to get even more though, is the earlier work on Wednesday night/Thursday morning for some more visual variety. I suspect Friday would've looked like just a bunch of people huddled over the rear of the car.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ UberDork
10/17/18 11:29 a.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

There were people huddled over the back of the car, but you also would have gotten a decent number of us running in and out of frame, walking in circles looking for stuff, and looking very nervous.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua UltimaDork
10/19/22 12:22 p.m.

This looks like it will happen!

We Need Stuff!

(Unfortunately ASAP!):

  1. A supercharged MR2 wiring harness (would make life waaaay easier)
  2. MAF
  3. Ignition stuff-ignitor, Voltage regulator, etc.
  4. Anything else supercharged car related you have or can find.
  5. Sticky tires or sticky tire compound. We can borrow and budget in a set if needed.

 

jasonkimosabe
jasonkimosabe New Reader
10/19/22 1:33 p.m.

Any chance anyone has access to a SC wiring harness? 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/19/22 1:43 p.m.

In reply to jasonkimosabe :

Am I understanding that you bought this car, and intend to parking lot build it?

I was the owner last time. 
 

You need to talk to Robbie ASAP.  He knows what that car needs. It's a more involved than just stick a wiring harness into it. 

The clogged fuel tank is the biggest hurdle.

Having said that, there is a shortcut for the Challenge. Run the car as if it was naturally aspirated.  NA computer and harness. Don't try to control the SC with the computer. Set the SC at a preset level, and let it run continuously. 
 

Janky, but it will get you there. 
 

The SC harness is a unicorn, and unlikely you will have it in hand by Friday. Your time would be better spent working on other things. 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/19/22 2:23 p.m.

Yeah a SC harness is high-enriched unobtanium, we'd have to rig something up again...I just happened to pack a crimping tool.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua UltimaDork
10/19/22 2:24 p.m.

In reply to SV reX :

We are in a group email that hasn't been brought to the thread yet chasing those details. Fortunately Robbie is involved. I hadn't thought of the constant SC drive method.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua UltimaDork
10/19/22 10:40 p.m.

SC Harness and Injectors acquired.

It's happening people! It's really happening!

Fladiver64 (Forum Supporter)
Fladiver64 (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
10/19/22 10:56 p.m.

I really wish I could make this as this was my first visit to the challenge and the first build I ever worked on. Glad to hear you have a wiring harness as I spent a massive amount of time trying to adapt the NA harness, including making connectors and re pinning too many wires. I seem to remember that there was a thought that the AFM was wired backwards or that there was a difference between the NA and SC versions that was causing a problem. 

 

Looking forward to seeing this on Sunday.

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/20/22 1:25 a.m.

In reply to Fladiver64 (Forum Supporter) :

I have similar nightmares of 5 wire and 6 wire igniters.

Very happy this is being picked back up! Can't wait to see it again.

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/20/22 6:17 a.m.

Awesome!

pimpm3 (Forum Supporter)
pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) UberDork
10/20/22 7:53 a.m.

Awesome, looking forward to watching this unfold Friday.

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