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Old 06-13-2015, 10:48 AM   #181 (permalink)
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As much as I don't want to (increased weight), I'll do it for you buddy!

I weighed my car yesterday and the weight without me in the car came out to be 2360 pounds with 3/4 tank of gas (9 gals.). The stock weight is 2478 without fuel. If I use 6 pounds per gallon for the gasoline, I come out with: 2360 - 54 = 2306 pounds. So I have almost dropped 200 pounds from this car!

Now I weigh 180, so the car goes right back to stock weight with me in there

I have almost completed my ECM swap on my car, went from a 98 KTV4 to a 00 EMA0. This means I upgraded in ZX2 terms I will be able to tune the newer ECM easier from doing this. Old style ECMs in the ZX2s did not like to be messed with and were resistant to tuning software such as Superchips.

My only problem is my cooling fan runs constantly now. I swapped the CCRM from a newer ZX2 to stop this from happening, but the car did not seem to care. Me and dareall from TeamZX2 are trying to search this problem out right now over the forum. The man is a genius when it comes to ZX2s!

I test drove Ecoscort last night after the swap. It crank up better than it ever had! Also, no annoying stumble when I turn my wheels right after cranking. Going down the road, I watched my ignition timing. It appears that I have a winner in the department! The timing is 1-2* more advanced at all times with the EMA0, which in theory should help power throughout my driving, especially cruising. The extra timing will also come in handy when I go lean

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Old 06-17-2015, 12:34 AM   #182 (permalink)
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Working hard for that 50...

I got a little work done today! Not anywhere near the amount that I wanted to though. This heat wave we're having has got me in mode. I did not want to work on anything until after 4:00 today. It was 98* at 8:00!

Started by cleaning all of the duct tape and duct tape off of the front of Ecoscort. Whoever made GooGone deserves a medal, that junk is da bomb!




Looks soo much better than it did! It will be interesting to see if the open places where my foglights would have gone have any effect on aerodynamics. I think it will be moot. I am still going to design a cover for them without duct tape because I am anal in that way

Next on the agenda was to fix this vacuum line that ran from the purge solenoid to the throttle body. The PCM had thrown a code for a line on the purge solenoid being possibly kinked and inhibiting flow. sure enough, it was kinked badly. A modified T connector from O'Rilleys worked out great.



Then I de-ghettoed the air intake.



In case you're wondering, that is the end piece of a pen

Vacuum cap added:



Re-did the MAF wiring. The previous attempt was horrible. This time the lines soldered well and came out much cleaner.



Finally, I got my warm air intake back on It is wrapped in duct tape to seal off cooler air from entering. The only air it will be sucking in will be from over the exhaust manifold!




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Tomorrow I hope to have the TCC wired up to a toggle switch so I can have lock up at 30 mph rather than waiting till 43 mph. I also am going to wire up the radiator fan to run on a toggle switch and operate only in high mode, for faster cooling.
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Old 06-17-2015, 10:18 AM   #183 (permalink)
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do you have a AC fan too? dual fan mode for ultra cooling!
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do you have a AC fan too? dual fan mode for ultra cooling!
My cooling fan is my A/C fan

I think I have figured out a way to run the high fan mode when needed via toggle switch by tripping an A/C pressure switch. That's what I will be working on today!
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Old 06-17-2015, 10:52 AM   #185 (permalink)
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hopefully that doesn't force a "high idle" or something.

did you ever get a new belt to delete the ac/ Ps?
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Old 06-18-2015, 01:22 AM   #186 (permalink)
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I click on the link to take me to the last post, and the first thing I see is Piccolo starring at me! The irony is I was just watching highlights of the Cell saga I will now change mine to reflect my favorite character dave!

About the high fan mode: I drove around with the fan running in this mode for a couple days, around 130 miles. Mpg was down a lil, but there was no higher idle from my observations.

I am yet to get around to doing the accessory deletes. I wanted to get it done before the meet, but it looking unlikely at the moment.
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Old 06-18-2015, 12:33 PM   #187 (permalink)
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I can't believe I fell asleep and forgot to post this greatness last night!!! It was my first 50+ trip in quite some time. Some P&G was used, but it was mostly DWL and BWB with much coasting. The new PCM and aero mods are allowing me to cruise at over 50 mpg, which helps tremendously on my route.

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Old 06-18-2015, 02:37 PM   #188 (permalink)
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Old 06-18-2015, 11:01 PM   #189 (permalink)
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Thanks Russell!

I finally switched wheels on the ZX2 today!



With rear covers back on



I have to say that I absolutely fell in love with the difference these wheels make. I can feel that my rolling resistance has decreased, and my acceleration is better. DWL is easier since there is less speed loss in hilly terrain. All this means that my fuel economy should start heading towards the upper 40's

And don't worry, they have smooth covers on them as of now
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Old 06-19-2015, 01:22 AM   #190 (permalink)
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Looks great!!! Are you going to do front wheel well skirts again???

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