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  1. AustrianVespaGuy
    My old megasquirt fuel rails mouting tabs are broken, so I'm trying to find a new one, but I can't seem to find anywhere that sells them. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'll also take a used one but whenever I look on Ebay I only find the E36 rails and I'm not sure those will work. Thanks! -Carl
  2. AustrianVespaGuy
    I sure am, so I was wondering if any of my other fellow 2002 drivers are eyeing it as well. Or if you're not enthused about it, I'd be interested to hear your reasons also. For me, I like it because I like naturally aspirated 4 cylinder sports cars, I hate front wheel drive, and I prefer hard tops to convertibles, and I feel this has been missing from the automotive market basically since the E30. OK, maybe an RX8 would fit that bill, but that Wankel is a bit weird. I probably would have liked a 118i if they had bothered to sell it in the US, but I was turned off when I drove a 128i. It was just really heavy and expensive for a small sports coupe. Anyway, I've seen a lot of people knocking the FRS for low power output, but 200hp propelling 2700lbs. for only $25K seems fine to me. Well that's my thoughts, just curious what you other 02ers are thinking. http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1112_2013_scion_fr_s_first_drive/ -Carl
  3. AustrianVespaGuy
    My vote is HDs. I got my car with H&Rs and Sports on it and it was WAY WAY too hard. So hard in fact, that my rear end would 'skip' on road imperfections in corners since there wasn't enough give to let the wheels follow the smaller bumps. Anyway, I'm MUCH happier with HDs in the back now, and am currently shopping for a pair HDs to put in the front also. The front isn't near as bad as the rear was, but I prefer to have all 4 corners the same and then tweak with the stabilizer bars. In short, I would recommend Sports for a track car and HDs for a street car. Oh, and pay attention to your tire clearances with the H&Rs, ymmv, but on mine 195/60s on 14" BBS rims rubbed a little on the rear dampers so I went down to 185/60/14s instead. -Carl
  4. AustrianVespaGuy
    And don't forget the POR15 to protect your floors from future rust! I'll let some more pictures from my project speak up here: POR15 FatMat New Carpet
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    Don't forget the real trick to easily remove the sound deadener is DRY ICE! Spread alot of it around and let it sit; the deadener material will freeze and seperate from the metal underneath. Then just use a hammer/chisel/whatever to break it up into pieces and then just pick/vacuum them up! -Carl
  6. AustrianVespaGuy
    That sounds like it would pretty neat with the evaporator in the trunk, but I also envision the plumbing for that would be a nightmare: running the high and low pressure refridgerant lines all the way from the engine bay under the car and up into the trunk, yikes! How'd you tackle that on the Merc? -Carl
  7. AustrianVespaGuy
    I went down this same road about 2 years ago (when I moved to S. Carolina), but between the compressor and the evaporator I couldn't find anything that I liked enough to actually take the plunge. I think the smallest Vintageair unit was the best I found as far as evaporators, but it's still awfully big for the space available in the 2002 interior. Good luck on your hunt though and let me know if you come across something better! -Carl
  8. AustrianVespaGuy
    I run the 14" BBS wheels on my car, but had trouble with 195/60s rubbing with my slightly lower H&R springs, so I went down to 185/60 tires, no more problems, slightly more nimble in the low gears, and still plenty of rubber for a 2000lb. car. Just my experience at least. -Carl
  9. AustrianVespaGuy
    I second the above vote for Tunerstudio, but from the other side of the fence. Up until now I've done all of my megasquirt tuning with Megatune but I'm getting tired of the small aggrevations involved with it and will be shortly upgrading to MS-Extra code and changing over to Tunerstudio. At least until someone puts a Megasquirt program for Android out, then I'll be all over that! (Dreaming of a permenantly installed tablet for tuning, digital gauges, GPS, etc!) -Carl
  10. AustrianVespaGuy
    I really don't think there's a significant difference between the two. Between two specific sets of carbs I think you should just choose whichever you feel is in better shape and/or which model you are more familiar/comfortable with tuning. Maybe it's easier/cheaper to get parts for the Webers but really not sure. As a side note, I really liked the DCOM carbs I ran on a car once; only difference from the DCOEs is the Ms have a diaphram-style acceleration pump and they have smaller, more numerous progression holes, both of which I felt were smoother on light throttle and during throttle transitions. -Carl
  11. AustrianVespaGuy
    Not sure it's exactly legal to get rid of the speedo, but I like your thinking. As soon as someone manages to port TunerStudio to Android, I'm planning put a permenant tablet in the center console area for running Megasquirt, GPS, muisc, etc. To answer the other question, the gauge has about a 4-in. diameter. It *might* fit in a tii clock spot, which I'm also considering 'creating' in my dash. I like the idea of using that little spot to the left of the gauge cluster, but that will take more trickery to install cleanly there with all of those contours. Not worried about the senders, they're cheap and since I no longer have a dizzy (running EDIS) I have plenty of real estate to mount the sending units. -Carl
  12. AustrianVespaGuy
    Pretty much the same size as the regular 2002 dash gauges, ~4-in in diameter or so (not one of the little 2-in. aftermarket doodads). -Carl
  13. AustrianVespaGuy
    I grabbed this 911 oil pressure/temperature gauge off ebay for cheap and I'd love to mount it in my 2002 if I can just find a good place to install it. Any suggestions? Speedometer isn't that important anymore with bigger wheels on, right? JK -Carl
  14. AustrianVespaGuy
    God I miss that color! My first (rusty!) 2002 was Mintgrün and it's still my favorite. Think I might repaint my current 2002 in Mint when I have the engine out in the spring. I do like your Minilites, but I still think that bottlecaps are the best complements for the Mint. -Carl
  15. AustrianVespaGuy
    Not sure about ballast resistors and pertronix, but just put a VOM on your battery to make sure it's showing adequate voltage and that should rule out battery/alternator issues. I still think you have an ignition problem and still recommend a timing light as your best diagnostic tool.
  16. AustrianVespaGuy
    Sounds to me like a problem inside the carb. Check you needle and seat and make sure your float(s) aren't sinking and are adjusted properly. -Carl
  17. AustrianVespaGuy
    Listen to the above advice regarding using relays. BMW did a very poor design of the headlight circut in my opinion. Both the main light switch AND and high beam switch see and switch the FULL current. It's fairly easy and WAY better to rewire everything with relays. Attached is the schematic of how I redid all of my relays. -Carl 20110521105427447.pdf
  18. AustrianVespaGuy
    +1 That sounds exactly like you are getting a poor timing signal, either from too small a points gap or from whatever other ignition setup you have. If you have a timing light you can also hook that up to help verify/troubleshoot this. -Carl
  19. AustrianVespaGuy
    Back when I had a manual choke on my car I just had a long Autozone choke cable (with the silver push/pull knob on the end) that I ran through the firewall and mounted it on the dash in place of the 'dummy' foglight switch. Once I painted the knob black I thought it was a very clean and unobtrusive installation. -Carl
  20. AustrianVespaGuy
    Hi Ruub! Let me know if you ever need an extra set of hands! I'm living in Eindhoven this year but since my 02 is back in the states, I have depressing few opportunities to get my hands dirty! -Carl
  21. AustrianVespaGuy
    Need a new E30 318 fuel rail for my Megasquirt. The front mounting tab on mine broke and so the rail came up off the #1 injector and started spray fuel all over my engine bay Very bad obviously, so now I need a new one. Gmail me at ceichel 02. Thanks! -Carl
  22. AustrianVespaGuy
    If you want to plug it, check at 02again.com. They sent me a very nice pedal box plug when I ordered a bunch of Megasquirt parts, and I would highly recommend it if they it's still available. -Carl
  23. AustrianVespaGuy
    Here's what I did when faced with this problem, and while it seems crazy, I'm actually pleased with how it turned out. Depends on your how much you depend on defrost in your particular climate however. I reached in from the hood side and clipped off the plastic motor support and pulled the whole blower motor out from the outside. I then got the biggest, most powerful 120mm computer fan I could find (180cfm I think), and slipped it in the now open hole on the front of the heater box. I'd guess it moves about 1/2 as much air as the original fan did before it broke, but that's enough for my climate/driving conditions. Basically I went from zero to 50% without having to pull the whole heater box out, but as I said it kinda depends on how much you actually depend on the thing. -Carl
  24. AustrianVespaGuy
    Well mostly because I already have the lynx on my shelf and I don't have a dual sidedraft manifold. But also for the 'interesting exercise' part, but that actually gets back to my original question: is that both interesting and lucrative enough to risk experimenting with instead of the 318 setup. . . I still think the answer is yes, but I'm still more skeptical about the injection timing with Megasquirt than with exhaust O2 or manifold condensation issues, cause after all, the lynx did run pretty well with the carb! So my gut says that it should work even better with Megasquirt, but I guess I'll just have to try and find out! -Carl
  25. AustrianVespaGuy
    Oh and John, no more than 40mm for good throttle tip-in and cruising, correct? Thanks! -Carl
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