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Old 05-24-2018, 09:31 AM
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In all its glory:

In more interesting news, on the drive back, I saw one car transporter that had a 280z and an FB RX7 on it, and another that had an R32 Skyline. A high quality pic of the Z:
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.... What color is it?
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Currently matte black. I think it was originally Sunburst Yellow. In the spots it has shed its outer matte black skin some ugly banana yellow is coming through.

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black and yellow black and yellow black and yellowwwww
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Originally it was silver. First owner painted it yellow. Badly. It faded within a few years. Kid who owned it before me is responsible for this monstrosity of a paint job.
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Old 05-24-2018, 09:59 PM
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Findings so far:

TPS wires were all in the wrong pin. It was wired up right for all the guides for other vTPS, but whichever one Lars elected to use had a different pinout, figured it out with the ohmeter and TPS works now.

Overboost was set to 82kpa, fixed that.

Wideband no worky.

I am too fat for a Sparco Sprint. Should probably frequent less buffet style establishments.
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Old 05-25-2018, 12:29 PM
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I've always wanted a build thread, so I am going to take this one over, at least for a bit.

Waiting on a new wideband sensor from Amazon, the Innovate did its best to cook the old one. Probably should have just picked up an AEM and sold this one off, but I'll gamble for a savings of ~$110.

Currently trying to decide which of the following paths leads to enlightenment:
  1. Get it working, become one of those people who owns two turbo Miatas.
  2. Get it working, vacuum the interior, swap in the Torsen, paint it, put on some "cool" stickers, sell it, finish my 280z.
  3. Get it working, vacuum the interior, swap in the Torsen, paint it, put on some "cool" stickers, sell MY NA8, live a different lifestyle.
  4. Strip off all the good bits, put them on my NA8, sell this thing as a running MKTurbo setup w/ a free car included.
  5. Strip off all the good bits, put them on my NA8, and part this thing out into oblivion.
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Depends: do you hate yourself and want to punish yourself?
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Oblivion.
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Originally Posted by 18psi
Depends: do you hate yourself and want to punish yourself?
No. Which pretty much rules out items 1 & 3.
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Originally Posted by DrKarrot

Overboost was set to 82kpa, fixed that.

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It was 100% ready for remote tuning
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Originally Posted by DrKarrot
Findings so far:

TPS wires were all in the wrong pin. It was wired up right for all the guides for other vTPS, but whichever one Lars elected to use had a different pinout, figured it out with the ohmeter and TPS works now.

Overboost was set to 82kpa, fixed that.

Wideband no worky.

I am too fat for a Sparco Sprint. Should probably frequent less buffet style establishments.
You seem to have your **** together far more than the OP. Start a new thread, dont let this POS thread tarnish your work.
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I think the history gives it character
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Your mom and I's history give you character.
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True. I never seen you take it that hard
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Yea if I start combining this car and my turbo NA into one Greatest Hits Collection I'll probably start a new thread, but as long as I am trying to get this one operational I'll keep it here in "Tim's Turbo Part II: The Second Cumming," for posterity.
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I like this guy.
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updated
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