Project IRX: CRX-Insight Renaissance Experiment - Page 26 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

Christ · 09-07-2009, 01:59 AM

I'm not really sure in the line of paint... I don't know what it should cost, because I do rustoleum..>

LOL.

SVOboy · 09-07-2009, 02:07 AM

Indeed.

Here's a thought: what's the danger of running all the electronics with the engine sitting on wood blocks in the bay? I would leave the starter and hybrid stuff disconnected, but should I be able to hook the rest to a battery and give it a whirl? If so, can I expect to learn anything useful from it?

Christ · 09-07-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SVOboy

Indeed.

Here's a thought: what's the danger of running all the electronics with the engine sitting on wood blocks in the bay? I would leave the starter and hybrid stuff disconnected, but should I be able to hook the rest to a battery and give it a whirl? If so, can I expect to learn anything useful from it?

If you have everything including the starter wired up, and you want to test your electrical connections, you can bump the starter even, with the engine sitting on wood blocks. Make sure there is no fuel to the engine.

The only thing you could hope to find is a short or an open circuit somewhere, and test the ECU's function.

You'll be able to hook up and check codes, although a good many of them will show up. You'll be able to see if the ECU cares about the ABS/SRS systems, etc.

Frankly, you won't learn much that will really benefit you, AFAIK. At least nothing that will make you any better of for having known it now, as opposed to in a week or so when you're ready to test drive. Ya know?

SVOboy · 09-07-2009, 02:16 AM

Mayhaps, mayhaps. I'll do it anyway because it'll be worth it to make sure all the lights etc are working so I don't have any surprises when I'm driving up to school and need my headlights...

Christ · 09-07-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SVOboy

Mayhaps, mayhaps. I'll do it anyway because it'll be worth it to make sure all the lights etc are working so I don't have any surprises when I'm driving up to school and need my headlights...

This is probably not a bad idea. I've heard those headlight thingies are pretty nice for the dark times..

RobertSmalls · 09-07-2009, 11:20 PM

I needed to unwind, so I decided to go to work on Sunday instead of measuring the gauge angle. It's inclined 40° from the vertical, which means you look at it from about 30° below on-center. The cowl is just the right size that you can not see the gauge through any part of the windshield.

RobertSmalls · 09-07-2009, 11:22 PM

School, eh? So, does this project have a specified required completion date? A date by which you absolutely need this car to be running?

In either case, I'll race you. First one of us with a daily driver hybrid Insight || IRX wins.

SVOboy · 09-07-2009, 11:36 PM

20th! But really it needs to be done a day or two before that in case I need to put the old stuff back in, which isn't really an option either. Basically, I'm just screwed

Christ · 09-07-2009, 11:55 PM

If worst comes to worst, you can chip and mod a PM6 (Si) ECU to run 3 cylinders instead of 4, and run it on a basemap until you can get time to play with it. To do this, you'd need another wiring harness, though. (Another DX harness, and you'd have to do the MPFI swap wiring again.)

SVOboy · 09-08-2009, 12:07 AM

No no, the ecu wiring will be the easiest part of it. I'll detail my wiring exploits in a later post. Nevertheless, I think that part will work out fine, I'm always more afraid of the physical exploits (engine in the hole) than the metal ones (red/yel to ecu connector a pin 32)