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- BFE Desert east of Cali
Probably a lot cheaper than that set I grabbed for ya as well. lol
Get em dressed up before you roll out for Davis!
Get em dressed up before you roll out for Davis!
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dbarton
Dejected by Volvo Corp.
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- Nov 17, 2002
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- Prosper, TX
That's not what I meant. Your car is far from ugly. I poked the bear many years ago by asking on a certain forum (before TB was a web forum) if I needed to change my bumper shocks when installing later bumpers. Never got the answer, but I sure got a barrage of posts about how stupid I was to even think about it.
Dave
Uncleknucklez
bruspeed
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- Apr 15, 2006
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- Sacramento, CA
In the meantime, I got most of my gauges matching. These are so much better to wire than stock ones, and I've been meaning to clean up the wiring back there for some time. I only need a Stack boost gauge, but that'll come later.
Just curious, did those play nicely with the stock senders?
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2010
- Location
- Vancouver, WA
Much cheaper. I got both for $50.
Nope. Stock senders won't work, but they do come with their own senders.
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2010
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- Vancouver, WA
Just about done with my rear suspension. I do need to get some helper springs, but that's it.
I also got the front bumper trim on. Still need to mount the sides of the bumper cover and paint it. Plus everything for the back. I should have plenty of time to do everything I need to before davis.
I also got the front bumper trim on. Still need to mount the sides of the bumper cover and paint it. Plus everything for the back. I should have plenty of time to do everything I need to before davis.
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- May 11, 2007
- Location
- Niketown, OR
Nice. You should make me some trailing arms and rerar coilover mounts now that you have all of it figured out 
Stiggy Pop
In the cool kids club
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- Feb 27, 2011
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- Granville, MA
looked at pics said to self "guess I'll go look for the front bumper trim"
looks good
looks good
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2010
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- Vancouver, WA
Nice. You should make me some trailing arms and rerar coilover mounts now that you have all of it figured out
No problem. Put in your order at https://www.bneshop.com
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- Jul 30, 2002
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- Rockville, MD
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
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- Vancouver, WA
Maybe. Ben's trailing arms do seem pretty light. But I do think my shock is a little more compressed at ride height than is ideal. I think putting the upper mounting point in the frame is definitely the way to go. It's just easier for me to machine a part than to cut and weld back there.
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
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- Oct 10, 2010
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- Vancouver, WA
Just took it out for a quick drive. The rear end feels so much better over bumps.
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- Jul 30, 2002
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- Rockville, MD
I have drop brackets for the trailing arm to fix that.
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
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- Oct 10, 2010
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- Vancouver, WA
I actually measured my shock at ride height and it's at 14.5", which is what ride tech recommends.
My buddy upgraded to a double pumper Aeromotive setup and gave me his Walbro 525 for a deal. At 27 psi of boost pressure I was seeing a 83% duty cycle on my ID1300s, so I wanted some extra pump headroom for when I turn up the boost this summer. Since the pump requires a bit more current than the 450, it transfers more heat to the fuel. To counteract that, I used an old oil cooler I had lying around as a fuel cooler.
I've never had vapor lock with this car, and I hope this cooler prevents it in the future with this pump. I've got a few more things to do before Davis, but I should be able to do it in time.
My buddy upgraded to a double pumper Aeromotive setup and gave me his Walbro 525 for a deal. At 27 psi of boost pressure I was seeing a 83% duty cycle on my ID1300s, so I wanted some extra pump headroom for when I turn up the boost this summer. Since the pump requires a bit more current than the 450, it transfers more heat to the fuel. To counteract that, I used an old oil cooler I had lying around as a fuel cooler.
I've never had vapor lock with this car, and I hope this cooler prevents it in the future with this pump. I've got a few more things to do before Davis, but I should be able to do it in time.
84.242
New member
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- Feb 10, 2012
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- Central CT
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- Jul 30, 2002
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- Rockville, MD
So these are available again? They show out of stock/new model coming on the site?
Not yet. hopefully soon. Keep running out of other stuff.
84.242
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- Central CT
thanks for responding Ben, i'll wait patiently
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- Jul 16, 2009
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- Monterey/Falun
I gotta do the fuel cooler before Davis too
t8fanning
8v are still cool, right?
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- Vancouver, WA
Ever since the fuel pump upgrade, I've been looking at my injector duty. It's not ideal.
The screenshot isn't great, but the lower plot is injector duty cycle (red) and boost (yellow). Injector duty peaked to 98% at 27 psi. What's weird is that after the gear shift I hit 33 psi, but that only required a duty of 85%. The spike corresponds to a difference in wheel speed between front and rear (upper plot). I'm not sure why the engine requires more injector duty during wheel spin when then engine isn't loaded as much. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I don't really want to, but I might have to upgrade to some 1700cc injectors. The above is all with a base fuel pressure of 60 psi, so I can't really increase it with the boost pressures I'm running. Ideally I'd do staged injection, but I don't have the available outputs on the ECU for that, and it would be way more expensive than a set of injectors.
Does anyone here have experience with idle quality on pump gas with ID1700s? I try to keep a mix above e60, but on road trips and stuff I use normal pump gas, so I'd like to know what I'm in for as far as idle quality.
The screenshot isn't great, but the lower plot is injector duty cycle (red) and boost (yellow). Injector duty peaked to 98% at 27 psi. What's weird is that after the gear shift I hit 33 psi, but that only required a duty of 85%. The spike corresponds to a difference in wheel speed between front and rear (upper plot). I'm not sure why the engine requires more injector duty during wheel spin when then engine isn't loaded as much. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I don't really want to, but I might have to upgrade to some 1700cc injectors. The above is all with a base fuel pressure of 60 psi, so I can't really increase it with the boost pressures I'm running. Ideally I'd do staged injection, but I don't have the available outputs on the ECU for that, and it would be way more expensive than a set of injectors.
Does anyone here have experience with idle quality on pump gas with ID1700s? I try to keep a mix above e60, but on road trips and stuff I use normal pump gas, so I'd like to know what I'm in for as far as idle quality.
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- Jul 16, 2009
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- Monterey/Falun
What size lines to you have? What is the fitting situation at the sending unit?