MA61/ 1JZ in Canada

[Yotaholic]

Yota - you can get cheap(ish) wideband sensors from DiY autotune (Suwannee, GA). I ended up importing one from them rather than wait for a local shop to get off its arse and place my order. $199 US plus delivery.

Most of the megasquirt distributors sell these and i think there's wide distro--network in the states and canada.

There's a few US guys (one example) running megasquirt on their 1Js now and some of the msextra developers are canadian.

Funny you mentioned Megasquirt. My buddy just installed one on a Honda . Hes having a bitch of a time setting it up though. The program keeps freezing juring calibration . Very cool options and the displays are easy to read and setup. Still it's a little over my head , the thought of having to retune with climate change and cold nights just gives me headache. I'm sure its a great unit just too advanced for me at this point.

There are a lot of options for a wideband and I saw a camparison thread somewhere that was very informative. i'll try to find it !!

[Yotaholic]

Update on my bud ....he blew a rod right through the block


Better news

I got sick of waiting for a bodyshop to paint my car so I set up a paintbooth in the garage and let it fly !!. BMW code 668 JetBlack 1 gal Dupont Chromo Base 1Gal Dupont Clear 75 ft of plastic , a fan and the garage door open just a little and a few lights . Worked out great with good airflow . A cut and buff will be happening over the weekend but for now i'm just enjoying my new ride.







82 in JetBlack FTW !!!

[Norbie]

Looks great!

My garage looks very similar to that with the plastic sheet all over the place, I set it up to paint a friend's car and I'll be doing my Supra when I get the time/motivation to do it. I'd love to paint it black but I already have a black car (the Century) and that's enough effort to keep looking decent so I'll stick with white, maybe a metallic paint though.

[ReQuieM]

That dark cherry red would look sweet norbie! My fav Mk2 colour after black

That paint job looks good, but did you just spary exposed areas or pull it apart adn do each bit? looks good either way tho!

[chris davey]

Looks great! Did an awesome job from the looks of it.

[Yotaholic]

Thanks guys !!

Norbie .. Black is a PITA but hey it's sooo nice !!! We had a RX8 at the shop that was Dark Cheery Mica .. very nice color and I thought about doing mine in it but changed my mind .

ReQ.. I sprayed it with some of the pieces on but the flares were about an inch from the fenders so the paint would get behind them . all mouldings were taken off for the most part . The wing stayed on and the glass was still in the car so I could have done a better job but this was not a mint MKII to start from so i'm not looking for perfection just damn close

Chris thanks and I bought and tried a Mines ecu .....it turned my car to shit !! Cough cough . sputter sputter. I could hardy get out the driveway . MUst have been shit or tuned for a completly different setup than mine dispite what the seller told me . Oh well back to the drawing board on the fuel cut issue

[RObErT_RaTh]

That's hotness! Nice respray

[Negative Boost]

Yeh, thats fantastic!!!

Bad luck on the mines ECU...

[thechuckster]

very nice looking car now!! black = ftW!


re: ECU's

1JZ (Florida) with MS Extra. Would be more 1JZ's referred to in various posts in the MsExtra forums.

There's a few canadian guys who are megasquirt experts - you have to spend a bit of time on their forums but is worth the effort - plus there's a lot of other owners living in cold weather territory.

The cold climate isn't an issue once you've tuned your car. You can temp compensate in a number of ways (both for fuel and spark and during warmup, accel, etc). There's guys in northern europe running MS turbo cars, even skidoos and other strange stuff.

A lot of MS users are quite willing to share ECU config files.

Not sure how close these resellers are from Newfoundland are - http://efi4tuning.com - Quebec?

[Yotaholic]

Thanks !! I haven't installed any gaskets , mouldings or mudguards yet as I want to get the cut and buff done first . Should be complete with all the goods in a week or so .

Chuckster thanks for the link !! I 'll give them a call and see if they have any experiance tuning 1J's with it. Quebec is Canada's only french speaking province so I might need a translator I have a hard time understanding a damn word even when their speaking english LOL !!! I really like the options it offers but they say you might as well keep the laptop in the car because our summers are like 8*c in the morning and then it 's 25*c by evening so that means the car will need constant tuning to run right . I don't know much about it but seems like a PITA for a fella who wants to stay with a mild tune and moderate HP .But I am open to anything that cures my problem so i'll check it out .

[chris davey]

If you just want a mild tune, just slap in a HKS FCD. They are adjustable so you can tune WOT with them as well.

MS or any other ecu is a good idea but only if you want to fine tune everything. By the sounds of it, you just want to get rid of fuel cut and have a car that drives around normally with minimal fuss.

[Norbie]

Norbie .. Black is a PITA but hey it's sooo nice !!!

I agree MA61's look awesome in black, provided you keep it clean. I'm aware of my own laziness though which is why I won't paint mine black - it would get washed every 6 months and look like crap the rest of the time!

[Yotaholic]

Thanks Chris once again you hit the nail on the head !! + rep if I new how

LOL Norbie your right my daughter just wants to rub here hands all over it because it's soo smooth


O.k. ..Interior pics !! still have some dust and dirt and I can't find a few bits but heres the deal .. Headliner is now black , carpets are black and I robbed the whole lot from my 84 parts car , I had a few issues with different connectors for the windows /locks and mounts for the rear seats but other than that a clean swap

[RObErT_RaTh]

Remove your cruise control and install dicky manual oil change number clicker thingy

And because you seem like a nice guy I won't sig the following quote

LOL Norbie your right my daughter just wants to rub here hands all over it because it's soo smooth

This thread should really be moved to members ride, really starting to take shape as a decent worklog

[Yotaholic]

Remove your cruise control and install dicky manual oil change number clicker thingy

And because you seem like a nice guy I won't sig the following quote



This thread should really be moved to members ride, really starting to take shape as a decent worklog

OMG !! You sick Robert

Yeah your probably right on the thread , whatever they want is fine by me . The cruise is off the car so maybe a PEZ depenser would be better I haven't seen one of these clicker reminder thingys.