Hey guys,
It has been a while since I have given some updates, so, here it is... I've been somewhat of a stand still for a while because the car blew a second ecu, that put me in a good mood
The worse is that I don't really know what is the problem. So FAST sent me another ecu, along with a new harness to try to isolate the problem. That took 2 weeks as wrong parts were sent out and such. I will be installing the new harness and ecu next week. I will also be mounting a fuse box, and will make every connection between the efi harness and the car's harness pass thru this fuse box. I'll also put some really low fuses to hopefully see where it is coming from, if it blows again. The efi harness has a fuse on it too, but did not blow the two times the ecu got fried...
Other then that, picked up the exhaust from the ceramic coater yesterday. The outside look really nice, BUT, upon inspection of the inside of the side pipes, I discovered something that really pissed me off, again. When they sand blasted the pipes, they blasted the collector area (inlet) of the side pipes. So, they basically shoot a bunch of media down the muffler sections.... well our classic chambered pipes have the little louvers facing opposite to the flow of the exhaust, i.e. facing towards the engine. So now there is a bunch of media in the louvers, and I honestly don't know what to do. I turned the pipes upside down and tapped them with a rubber mallet. A bunch of media came out. Next I might try to make a "chimey sweeper's brush" to put down the pipes. The coater has not contacted me back yet (found this out at lunch time today). What I'm afraid of 1) the louvers are not useless and it will be loud, 2) could the media get sucked back in the engine with back pressure? 3) how much media there is in the packing and the effect of that.
What do you guys think?
The interior is coming along but the upholsterer, who was supposed to drop off the carpet and seats, got rear-ended by this lady, who was texting, at 45 mph, he was stopped. He is alright. He had heart surgery a couple years ago so I told him to call me in two weeks when he feels better.
So between all my issues, work, new baby, and such, it hasn't progressed much. But that is part of it. What kills me now is this gorgeous weather we have had here in Chicago for the past week. When it was snowing outside I didn't care, now I do :roll eyes:
I will post pics of the pipes, and all that stuff later. Got training for work the next 4 days, joy.
Take care everybody
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