I'm in Bangkok and am VERY, VERY interested in that 3UZ blower manifold. I have a Whipple 2.3L and all parts XCEPT the manifold. Let me know soon . . . I am getting ready to pull the trigger on an expensive Bullet intake.
I am not feeling too bad about selling my 1UZ drag race truck and giving up my race shop any more. The drag strip and my former shop are now under about a meter of water. I hope the new owners got the race car out in time! There won't be any racing in Thailand for quite a while.
My beloved drag race car and shop equipment have been sold, and paddock lease given back. I saved a few tools and a lot of good memories. It was a major lifelong dream of mine, from early childhood, to drag race with a 'real race car' one day. It is almost the only constant in my life of...
My race car and shop equipment have been sold - paddock given back. Saved a few tools and a lot of good memories after 8 years. Time to move on. The motor and trans will go into a drift car and the chassis will get a rotary and 5-speed. I just do not have the time, energy, or wherewithal...
OK, I have checked: there is "a way" to run the MSD DIS-4 Plus CDI and the AEM ECU without ignitors in between, but it is not really recommended, nor is there necessarily an advantage to do so. It is just an anomaly of the AEM. My ignitors failed...
Thanks again cribbj for the input and cautionary tales. I appreciate it. The engine runs fine with the current set up, [used] ignitors and all. I may look into why they failed when i get back from holiday, but I will replace them with new ignitors in the meantime.
Thanks cribbj. The ignitors are between the AEM ECU and the MSD CDI, as recommended by AEM. I should have stated that. I am using the 2JZ ignitor pack but only using four of the six ignitors. I am told, "They [ignitors] fail sometimes." Maybe there is an AEM specialist out there who can...
Well, the "RAT" therapy worked! No more rat-eaten wiring! And, more importantly, NO RAIN last night (after six successive week-ends of rain!). So, my tuner buddie and his crew from VooDoo Racing in Pattaya, Thailand headed for the track, Bangkok Drag Avenue. We first swapped out the -8 fuel...
Got the wiring fixed. The rodent aversion therapy (RAT) worked: no more wire biters. Motor starts and runs very snapily. But the frickin' weather will not cooperate! Will it ever stop raining? I will try next week-end . . . . again. :mad:
I have consulted several important scientists on the subject of "keeping mice out of your race car" and have been given a sure-fire method: peppermint oil and Downey Dryer Sheets distributed here and there throughout the aforementioned race car. I will put this unexpected and fascinating method...