mrpham's summer build

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mrpham's summer build

Postby gslender » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:46 pm

You might find having the stock TPS and Narrowband hard to tune with. Whilst everyone will say you don't need them, it is sure as hell hard to get a good idle or tune without them.

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:27 pm

gslender wrote:You might find having the stock TPS and Narrowband hard to tune with. Whilst everyone will say you don't need them, it is sure as hell hard to get a good idle or tune without them.

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Very good point.

I do have a Toyota/Denso TPS from the ITBs that I could wire up to use right away. And I'll put some money aside for the wideband too, was thinking of the Innovate MTX-L.
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby timk » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:41 pm

I have an LC-1 sitting in my shed that has been used for literally 500km tops. If you make a sensible offer it's yours! 8)

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:25 pm

Panda Panda - http://omgpham.com/panda-panda

My rear garnish panel was cracked all over and need to be replaced, so I found a second hand one for real cheap. Decided that I wanted it black so had my friend give it a fresh coat of paint, it came out looking brand new =)

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Rear lights removed to give access to the rear garnish panel.

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New rear garnish installed =)
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby sailaholic » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:28 pm

Looks good, got that ms in yet?

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:41 pm

sailaholic wrote:Looks good, got that ms in yet?

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Not yet, going to wait for the wideband first. Ordered my Innovate MTX-L wideband O2 last night, they sent it by FedEX so hopefully gets here next week sometime.
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:57 pm

Clutch Slave Replacement - http://omgpham.com/clutch-slave-replacement

Small update tonight... my clutch slave was leaking bad, fluid going everywhere!

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To make life easier, I removed the driver side wheel to reach the clutch slave.
From there it's just the matter of removing the two 12mm bolts and the clutch line.

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The old rusty leaking clutch slave....

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My brand new clutch slave =)
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:23 pm

Attended the JDMST Meet for February 2012.

Photos and coverage of the event can be found below:
http://www.freeworks.com.au/blog/2012/2/5/jdmst.html
http://streetkarnage.blogspot.com.au/20 ... -meet.html
http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthr ... -meet-pics

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:52 pm

In other news, my Innovate MTX-L wideband arrived and I found myself an automatic model throttle body for it's variable TPS.

Also some various bits and pieces arrived today...

Hard top brackets and leather door pulls.

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby the_darkside » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:57 pm

Epic door pulls.
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:51 pm

Slow updates lately, have had too much stuff on plus I'm moving houses in a week. But I was able to get the ECU flashed and basemap loaded.

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I also had stickers made for my blog, if anyone wants any (free of charge), just like my Facebook page :) and I'll get them sent out for you.

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby plohl » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:58 pm

stickers look cool dude!
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby NitroDann » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:37 pm

you know you have to swap the WHOLE throttle body not just the TPS.

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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby mrpham » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:45 pm

NitroDann wrote:you know you have to swap the WHOLE throttle body not just the TPS.

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Yep, pulled the whole TB off myself at the wreckers. Just need to go back and get the pigtail because completely forgot about that.

Did research on the various option, for the price I picked up the automatic TPS/TB for it was definitely the best option. I sourced a few BMW TPS as well but they worked out to be more expensive.
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Re: mrpham's summer build

Postby NitroDann » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:56 pm

VL TPS is like 40 bucks. Auto TB is smaller too my last measure.

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