40V in a B5? Yes please.
#141
11-12-2013 | 11:27 PM
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Has someone been browsing RX7Club? How did you know I was a rotary guy? The Rx7 was fun and loud. Somehow it lacked the sophistication that comes with the Audi badge.
#142
11-13-2013 | 01:03 AM
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Pretty sweet fender flares you had goin'. Did you end up selling it?
This was my FC. Sold it for $400 after it blew an apex seal.
#143
11-13-2013 | 01:11 AM
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Yeah. Selling the Mazda was one of the conditions for my wife allowing me to do the V8 swap. Sold it a young kid and his dad. I'm glad that it went to a home where it will be well taken care of.
Nice looking FC. I see them around and instantly recognize the sound. At some point in life I'll get an FD to play with.
Nice looking FC. I see them around and instantly recognize the sound. At some point in life I'll get an FD to play with.
#144
11-13-2013 | 09:49 AM
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The ART V8 that I am using is actually the last of the DBW engines that do not include an immobilizer. Once I make the wiring changes to run the flash-able AWN ECU, I will need to include the aforementioned diode to make the immobilizer happy and actually code out the immobilizer. I didn't think that any NA B5's came with immobilizer. Are you running an immobilizer equipped engine/ECU from a later generation?
#145
11-13-2013 | 10:28 AM
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I wish I had gotten AWN ECU in by now. Between moving and work, I haven't had much time at all to spend on this part of the project.
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03-31-2014 | 12:10 AM
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I'd rather think of it as a labor of love. I didn't do this swap to increase the "value" of the car. I did this because it puts a smile on my face every time I bury the loud pedal. I'm now in the 13th hour and it's so close to completion that I can smell it.
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04-02-2014 | 11:57 PM
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Back up and running! With the newer ECU pin 21 apparently needs power through a diode to defeat the immobilizer. I thought that I may have gotten the polarity wrong, but it turns out that the 75x terminal is not hot during start and so the ECU was never getting the signal while cranking.
I haven't reassembled anything yet (dash, ECU box, rain tray, etc), but the trip around the block was AMAZING! No more rev-hang, high idle, or SAI noise. Tomorrow I'll put everything else back together and install the $100 DTS I picked up on CL.
I haven't reassembled anything yet (dash, ECU box, rain tray, etc), but the trip around the block was AMAZING!
No more rev-hang, high idle, or SAI noise. Tomorrow I'll put everything else back together and install the $100 DTS I picked up on CL.