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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:24 am
by Vlade
The Calibrator wrote:
Car still not assembled will finish tonight, removing the buildup of dust INSIDE the car took nearly 2 hours.
Sorry about that things were a touch hectic and I forgot to vacuum it.
Nah its cool... it like a woman you havn't seen for a long time... You need to get your hands and tools in everywhere again :D

BTW: 180KM and running strong!

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:26 pm
by Vlade
I've hit some kak...

This morning on the way to the event, the car cut out on me... I got it started but it wouldn't run under any sort of load, even bumps was difficult, it kept cutting out.

I drove to the event with Freddy (thanks for lift)

upon arriving home I started investigating, found a broken wire in the CAS but that ain't all, the key way in the cam (to align CAS) was also broken off, but the CAS was aligned. :?

Fixed the wire, tried several times to put the CAS back in align and start, but eish it won't start.

I'm not happy, spilled some blood while making a fist size peephole for the garage door.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:42 pm
by veecee
i think its time you go see your local sangoma.

i reckon someone's cursed you!!!

i hope it all comes right, and dont you have a cam or two lying around from old import motors???

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:04 pm
by Phinx
Damn my cam key way has always been broken.

It takes some practice getting it aligned but it can be done...

Wish you luck man

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:14 am
by Vlade
Got everything sorted, various little problems

* Wire broke in CAS loom
* Found broken CAS key - like phinx say to align takes some practice
* Idle pulley fouled - this exact problem happened with Toby, I bought our pulleys together stay away from Dorco get the Autowelt

Was just pretty pissed of that it happened on the morning of the event, but better that than it happening on the way to Krugersdrop.

400KM on clock

Needed to test out my short shifter before installing...
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Done by watching some Initial D :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:07 am
by ChemCool
Barend, you great man. You great! I have now seen two sides of your personality by now. Great to see that smile again. And dont upset Mom again :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:48 pm
by Vlade
Hit the halfway mark... 508km :D - car is a bit dead though and farking heavy on fuel... will need to fill on my way home will be my 3rd tank, I guess a good tune is needed.

Gary had a look at your map... looks very smooth hey

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:21 pm
by Gary57
Gary had a look at your map... looks very smooth hey
Yip, that is months of road tuning and fiddling :lol: .

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:12 am
by Vlade
Think I also need to get one of that A/F thingy majics...

And do what my buddy did, taught his girlfriend the software and he tell her, up IGN, up Fuel, down here, up there... she tuned while he drove, after a while she got the hang and self tuned here and there... [smilie=200sx_angel.gif]

Aslo been trying that new Wolf Software its gots lots of bugs, I freaked out the one morning when I saw my RPM jumping between 160-6000RPM listened to the car, then realized it's just the software.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:29 am
by Toby
DON'T FIDDLE :!: :!:

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:57 am
by Vlade
But I want too :D Nah can't fiddle don't have the equipment

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:34 am
by Gary57
Most of my fiddling was done with no AFR meter just by feel and drivability. But The Zeitronix is a very handy tool, takes all the guess work out of tuning, exspecially when you have a splutter or a jerk.

Ja the new software has got bugs, I dont use the lastest version (I think thats the one you downloaded) I use 4.72, the map is smaller but the numbers are bigger. Problem is they are too busy with V500 (I think) to bother about V4 and the problems.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:49 pm
by Vlade
yeah I read that there is quite a few Wolf customers upset about the whole software thing, people complaining about the vista problems and that you have to pay for it...

If I was them I would have released the source code the public, you can't do shit with it without the Wolf anyway, that way, guys who got development experience can help fix it and build there own interfaces... Even Linux ports.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:53 pm
by Gary57
Where did you hear people complaining about Vista, that is a huge problem for me. It works sometimes and others it doesnt, I have no Idea why, Im a mechanical guy not computors and electrics.
If I was them I would have released the source code the public, you can't do shit with it without the Wolf anyway, that way, guys who got development experience can help fix it and build there own interfaces... Even Linux ports.
Can you do that?? Maybe you can fix the bugs and my Vista problem?!

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:46 pm
by Vlade
Yeah can do that, but only if they release source code...

I did decompile there V500 software and tried to hack it to make it work with V400, got rid of the message that saiz you don't have a V500, but then it crashed, the maps on the V500 is not the same size as the ones on V400, since I didn't want to sit and figure out, what exact byte size to make the variable they load it in, I left it...

So in all mater of fact, I might be able to hack this version of the V400 again, but its really an effort... .NET software isn't the most "source" secure stuff out there.