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  1. Well I went to see the lovely and very helpful Nige I picked up a relay board, and sensors, and stuff, pretty much all I need to MS my Lexus engine Well except the Megasquirt itself, as Nige through me curve ball, he reckons MS3 will be a better bet, if I want to run Megashift, as the MS2 is a bit buggy and all the love in the community is passing over MS2 and going straight to MS3 So I've got some googling to do
  2. Did you actually do the Megashift on the Toyota box ? If so - I'll deffo follow your lead :-) A bit of tuning wouldn't worry me, but having a basic file to start from would be a great help. Andy
  3. Lots of good info - I need to sit down in a darkened room to contemplate most of it :-) As for the hot-rod part. It will be a Scimitar chassis. They've got decent suspension/steering/axle and are cheap. If I avoid cutting the chassis at all - I can avoid BIVA/SVA/HIV whatever it is called now, and the later SE6 chassis give a good wheelbase to work with. Body....will be a way off, current favourite is a GRP Model A pickup I'm off to fire up the new welder
  4. I'm too old for messing about with electronics - but I did find a neat albeit spendy solution that dispenses with the very Japanese shifter, and puts microswitches into the shifter for control of the solenoids. http://radesignsproducts.com/Winters_Shifter_Kits.php I like that - better get saving up - better get a new job So I'm not thinking - do I go MS1 and change my trigger wheel to a 36:1 Or go MS2 and program it for the factory 12 tooth and cam sensor ? Is it gin and tonic time ? Andy
  5. I do like to do intrigue There is another plan that I'd forgotten about - and that is to manual shift the box Seems there are two solenoids for shift pattern and one for lock-up, and wiring those up, may be a bit beyond me, but is probably easier than the GPIO option. I'd be happy shifting through the gears on steering wheel buttons or something similar. As far as I understand it - the original shifter stays for control of Park, reverse, drive and neutral. So I think that means I can stick with the tried and trusted MS1 MS1 I don't believe will support my 12 tooth crank wheel, but I'm not sure, if it doesn't adding a 36 tooth one won't be too tricky. Andy
  6. I’ve tried to pick Nigel’s brains for a project of mine – he suggest I post up here first – so here goes. Firstly a disclaimer – this isn’t a Land Rover, or even a 4x4 project, but I’ve spent plenty of time on here in the past with a Camel Discovery, an Ibex and a weird home brew rock-crawler – Moglite. So I’ve earned my stripes here, but this will be an engine for a Hot Rod. I’ve got a Lexus V8 - 1UZ-FE engine and gearbox and I want to Megasquirt it. The engine currently has a dodgy factory ECU, and down the line I want/need/wish to add NOS or a supercharger, so Megasquirt will be the way forward. I’m trying at this stage to make sure I buy the right stuff Things I know are limited to: There is already a crank position sender – albeit 12 tooth The Lexus MAF is huge, ugly and restrictive, I would like to ditch this and run a MAP sensor The Lexus runs twin distributors, and it is very tidy install, I want to keep this, and don’t want to run coil-packs There is also an ECU for the auto trans. I want to retain the Lexus auto trans, so I’m looking at the GPIO stuff to drive the autobox !!! There are maps and wiring diagrams available for this engine so I won’t be breaking new ground The engine is still in an old LS400 which is road legal until September, so I want to Megasquirt the engine, test drive, and know it is good, and then I can pull it out and put it to one side, knowing it is all good. So I’m looking at buying A fully built MS2 A built relay board A DB37 cable to link them together MAP sensor Air temperature sensor Where it gets very sketchy for me is the GPIO control for the gearbox. Is the GPIO built into the MS2 – or do I still need to buy it – if so where from ? I think I need an MS2 – over a MS1 as the MS2 will cope with the 12 tooth wheel Lexus has kindly installed. Also I think only MS2 has the GPIO functionality Am I on the right tracks ? Can anbody chime in before I spend a bunch of money on electronics I have little understanding of ;-) All the best Andy
  7. That looks really nice. If it was a bit greyer, overcast and with some drizzle - it'd be perfect
  8. If its a 4-bolt box, and its terminal - I've got a couple of spares....will swap for beer
  9. Was it really necessary to keep mentioning "murdering prostitutes" Or use use porno mags as a prop, and a gag line. Its before the watershed, and its a program my 8 year old son looks forward too. Does Ann Robinson still do Points of View - or whatever - I want a word
  10. Alas this forum seems to pride itself on technical excellence But damn there has been some rubbish posted in the last week. So much rubbish, a whole load of junk in various diesel posts. Snow, whats yours called, and reposts about so-called LR humour. and what is the tech highlight of the week - a paper gasket. Seems to me the fun is being taken out, but the junk left in. If you are gonna moderate out the fun, at least make sure what is left is worthwhile.
  11. Isn't that the earlier VM engine - with individual heads - which makes them cheaper to fix.
  12. An oldish thread but this might be of interest Isuzu 4B info
  13. Blocked breather - causing pressurisation when the axle gets hot ?
  14. So what is the base diesel for that ? I've got a twin-turbo Cummins 5.9 on the wish-list for way in the future. I'm reckoning on an engine weight in excess of 1000lbs According to this an LS1 is under 500lbs
  15. No car that I'm aware of. Certainly nothing you are likely to find in a scrapyard Just not needed on a production car.
  16. Thats a bit of a sweeping statement. It depends how much you are drawing through the inverter. I've got a 600W inverter, and with a minimal current draw, such as a laptop, phone charger etc. It will last a very long time before the battery gets degraded. Sure connect a 240V microwave, and its a different story. Hmmm warm pies
  17. I know there are a lot of MemoryMap users on here, and I can't find any sensible info. If someone can point me to a list of file-types. or a decent FAQ, that would help. But I've got 2 specific questions. 1. MMI files, they seem to be a list of locations, I've got loads of identical ones, just with different filenames. Can I tidy these up into one file ? 2. The elevation data, the QED files - do these need to be the same name as the map files, or does it work on some location etc. Thanks
  18. Sounds like a fun weekend...... But watch out for the legalities of towing a trailer that wide. I think the widest you can tow with a LandRover sized 4x4 is 7'6" - to tow anything wider you need something plated at 3.5+Tonnes - possibly even a 7.5 tonner. Hope it helps
  19. We had the BECM kept awake by my wireless router at home. Now my wife and I have swapped parking spaces, so her car is further away from the house, and all is fine. Before the battery would last 36hrs, so if we used the car every day it was fine I've got a Rovacom with the BECM package if you think it might help.
  20. Still flying the Isuzu flag This is the kind of thing I was thinking about There is a nice build up thead here which culminates in plenty of hardcore tech - building a hybrd front axle
  21. Jules Unless you are lucky a 4.2TD Patrol will be an absolute POS for £995 Isuzu Torsion bars on the front - instant lift, coils on the back. Go for a SWB and it shouldn't get hung up like mine does. UK spec has an LSD in the back, and an Aussie locker goes in the front cheaply enough. 33's aren't a problem 3.1TD can be awkward to work on, but is a decent lump Budget ~£100 for manual front hubs, the auto ones suck. Andy
  22. I've revisited gMapMaker, and on three internet connections, one with a proxy - I could get nothing out of it But it did give me the clue to search for OziExplorer helper apps. That turned up GoogleOzi - a shareware program Without paying for it, it will produce a 2048x2048 jpg. It will only do one save without restarting the program, but the program can remember the last position, so its not too onerous. I managed 15 downloads last night without problems. I don't know how good the calibration is, but it was the printouts I wanted. Ian - A0 - hmm must remeber that. But this time around I just wanted some maps of France for my holiday. A0 might be a bit cumbersome
  23. I don't remember lunch - let alone January Give me a shout next time you are over your workshop.....sunroof
  24. There are some great online resources such as Google Maps, Multimap etc etc. We've got a nice A3 printer at work. But print a map from them, and you only get what you see on the screen, which doesn't fill an A4/A3 piece of paper. Is there any nice application that will stich together say a 3x3 montage of maps, so it prints nicely ?
  25. Mark I've torn down a few Salisburies. Never used a spreader on any of them. In fact I was advised that over enthusiastic use of a spreader can distort the casing permanently. Put a ring spanner on one of the ring rear bolts, so that its resting on the edge of the casing. Use a pry-bar on the spider-gear side, and lever it out. The ring spanner will keep it quite square. Its a bit harder to get an ARB out, as there is less to grip onto, but its still possible. A hide/deadblow hammer will pop it back it - easy. Andy
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