The Project Pad

TurboQuattro88 wrote:When am I going to see this parked outside in the IBM lot when I walk out in the morning at 7am?!

Oooo about that...

Left IBM in May and I'm now working at GMCR! Go to Wolfsgart on Sunday! Champlain valley fairgrounds

Ahhhh, that explains why I haven't seen you walking in for a few months now. I'll be at Wolfsgart though, definitely. I also request a ride in this monster.

Absolutely - we'll see how far I get this weekend

Hit a minor roadblock - one of the 4 stud locations for the wastegate on the exhaust manifold is not drilled in the correct spot. Not sure what I'll do to correct it yet

Hit a minor roadblock - one of the 4 stud locations for the wastegate on the exhaust manifold is not drilled in the correct spot. Not sure what I'll do to correct it yet

On that Manifold? Impossible!~!!!!

I can't wait to make you a proper one some day

mine was like that too, bent the stud a bit and it goes on...

I wish... Would require remaking dp and intake plumbing at this point :(

It's off by a good 1/8".

ShavedQuattro wrote:On that Manifold? Impossible!~!!!!

I can't wait to make you a proper one some day

Better believe when this one dies I'll be giving you a call 8)

Ok, we're on the home stretch!

I need those with experience with standalone EMS to help me out. I have not put power to the car or the ECU yet. My battery is charged and ready to go though. What's the first step here?

I have downloaded and installed VEMStune on my laptop. I don't even know how to load a base tune...

...Help?

i could stop by after work, maybe bring cort. I am sure you can handle it just fine, but if you want some extra eyes on it, the offer stands.

So I believe your ECU should already have a base tune loaded in if you got it fresh from Marc and told him about your setup. If not, then we need to start somewhere else. I am just going to assume for now that a base tune is loaded. In that case, you just plug the VEMS into your computer via USB-serial cable (having a good one is most important in my experience) and turn the key to the run position. Open VEMSTune and the gauges should display assuming you installed the USB-serial drivers correctly. If not, then you may have to play with the connection settings and select the correct port for the adapter, etc.

If you can see the gauges, just try and start it! If it has the base tune from Marc, it should definitely start assuming all is right. If it doesn't start, then we will have to go from there based on your symptoms.

You have the same pump and injectors as me. You could probably load my map and be fine to drive around no problem. In boost might need some work as your turbo is larger.

IT RUNS!!!!!

Never mind what is still left to do. IT RUNS!!

Nice!!! Super satisfying when that happens.

Holy eff it is satisfying... all the times I thought about selling it

WOMBAT wrote:Oooo about that...

Left IBM in May and I'm now working at GMCR! Go to Wolfsgart on Sunday! Champlain valley fairgrounds

Ha! Neat, I used to work for the company that builds most of GMCR's packaging machinery.

Right on! Out in NY perhaps?

WOMBAT wrote:Right on! Out in NY perhaps?

Yup! Left there and moved to Seattle in January to expand my job palate, though.

Awesome!

wooot

Very nice! I know how it feels when you get it going! Good work!

YES!!! :-)

:woowoo: :woowoo: :woowoo:

nice!