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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by Mikey97D -
Quote from: gtbird – on
Hi Mikey. Sorry I didn’t make it out your way this summer. My wife and  I were busy dealing with our daughter who was going through some health issues (she’s doing better now) and I had surgery on my left foot in August. Couldn’t drive the Cobra with the clumsy post-surgical shoe.
We’ll get together next summer.
Back in Florida now until April.
Rick
Sorry to read, you and your family had a rough summer.  Hope everything is better now.

There were some flurries flying around yesterday so it appears you escaped the Northeast in time.
-Mike
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by gtbird -
Hi Mikey. Sorry I didn’t make it out your way this summer. My wife and  I were busy dealing with our daughter who was going through some health issues (she’s doing better now) and I had surgery on my left foot in August. Couldn’t drive the Cobra with the clumsy post-surgical shoe.
We’ll get together next summer.
Back in Florida now until April.
Rick
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by Mikey97D -
Quote from: Chuck W – on
What are you doing to these poor starters? Lol
"I Know Nothing!!!!!"
The reman stuff is just junk.  Hopefully my starter ring survives.

There is a control that I bought for the vacuum to the waste gate actuator for the PimpX.  Boost controller solenoid
https://www.stinger-performance.com/store/tuning/pimp-accessories/bcs-boost-control-solenoid-pierburg

I am looking forward to getting rid of the VAM.


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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by Chuck W -
What are you doing to these poor starters? Lol

Does the PimpX include any turbo control routines? What are you currently running? I know my T3 with the GN cold-side would definitely benefit from something besides a spring/ball manual regulator.

I know after messing with tuning on my Volvo 850 with the turbo control routines in the stock software, it's pretty easy to improve the drivability of a potential over-sized turbo.

I haven't dug into the Pimp stuff, as I just do the MegaSquirt stuff (And my current ones are too old.) so I don't know what he's got built in.
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by Mikey97D -
I've gone through two starters this year and need to change it again. 

I collected a bunch of parts this summer, but also took over new responsibilities at work so not much extra time of late.  Hopefully things will become easier with time as I get used to the new responsibilities.

Never got to see Rick this summer.   :dunno:

I did get to experience Limerock in my friend's Corvette Z06 with the instructor driving. 

SoO on the plate:
PimpX
Larger Injectors
Smaller Turbo (Chip's IHI Plus Turbo).  The T3 Upgrade has too much lag for my taste and back roads here.
Ported Exhaust Manifold
Ported Lower Intake
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -
Yeah, I think everything will clear just fine with the stock spacer, and I shouldn't need any intake spacers.

I also have some downtime coming up this week that'll slow things down. Got to have cataract surgery on one of my eyes later this week, so that's going to limit me for a short bit. Hopefully I'll still be able to work on some of the underhood wiring.