Emily's 04 VR SE

forcedfive · Postby **forcedfive** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:00 pm

Hi Emily,

The car is coming along great and like the feedback on the exhaust. What size muffler did you use? Do you have any pics of the rear section, muffler and tip?

Cheers

Postby **NitroDann** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:36 pm

speed wrote:
1. Has the tb elbow been beaded or was that not necessary?

Its beaded, you can make out one bead in the photo of it being made, the other end hasnt been welded on in that shot.

Necessary.

Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:02 pm

speed wrote:2. Where and how did you run your WB wiring to get the unit into the cabin?

If it helps, I ran mine through the transmission tunnel and used the shifter's rubber boot to seal.
The bulk of the wires & plugs live under the centre console..... :wink:

speed · Postby **speed** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:28 pm

NitroDann wrote:
speed wrote:1. Has the tb elbow been beaded or was that not necessary?

Its beaded, you can make out one bead in the photo of it being made, the other end hasnt been welded on in that shot.
Necessary.

Thanks Dann.

Nevyn72 wrote:
speed wrote:2. Where and how did you run your WB wiring to get the unit into the cabin?

If it helps, I ran mine through the transmission tunnel and used the shifter's rubber boot to seal.
The bulk of the wires & plugs live under the centre console.....

Thank you Pete. Keep forgetting you had one.
Maybe if you would take me for a drive, I would remember more about your car ;)

Emily, Love your work and your helpfull threads. Cheers!

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:16 pm

forcedfive wrote:What size muffler did you use? Do you have any pics of the rear section, muffler and tip?

Brand is XForce, size is a NitroDann secret, and I will try to get some pics soon

speed wrote:2. Where and how did you run your WB wiring to get the unit into the cabin?

The wideband sensor is in a similar placement to oem, slightly further down, beside the gearbox.
The wires for it follow the path of the oem O2 sensor wires, all the way up into the engine bay.
It then splits off to the fuse box for the power and ground, and through the passenger side firewall grommet to get to the ecu.
We de-pinned the Deutsch Connectors to pull each wire through, and then clipped them back into place inside the footwell.

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:41 pm

emily_mx5 wrote:Standalone ECU: Haltech Elite 1500
Behold. The most expensive part on the car haha.
Comes with an adapter loom, which required a few changes to work perfectly. Still in prototype stages, however I have been offered a completed sealed loom when it is ready.

Emily, are you saying you have a prototype adapter loom for the E1500 to fit the SE? And that Haltech will be releasing a production version in time?

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:24 pm

I have an SE loom for the older haltecs, did they change the plugs/pinouts?

Postby **NitroDann** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:59 pm

I handmade a large chunk of Emilies loom to make it work schmick and get all of the features perfect.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:34 pm

ManiacLachy wrote:
emily_mx5 wrote:Standalone ECU: Haltech Elite 1500
Behold. The most expensive part on the car haha.
Comes with an adapter loom, which required a few changes to work perfectly. Still in prototype stages, however I have been offered a completed sealed loom when it is ready.

Emily, are you saying you have a prototype adapter loom for the E1500 to fit the SE? And that Haltech will be releasing a production version in time?

Yeah, there were several significant changes made to mine by Dann during the tuning. Haltech have recorded the changes, and I believe they will be selling a PnP loom loom/ecu soon

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:49 pm

Awesome, thanks! And thanks to Dann too!

Roadster2 · Postby **Roadster2** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:42 pm

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emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:54 pm

I miss it sometimes and was half tempted to buy it back haha, but the SE is coming along really nicely and I want to stick with it for a little while longer haha.

speed · Postby **speed** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:56 pm

emily_mx5 wrote::cry: I miss it sometimes and was half tempted to buy it back haha, but the SE is coming along really nicely and I want to stick with it for a little while longer haha.

But surely not for that money. Wish I had bought your red one

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:45 pm

emily_mx5 wrote:
ManiacLachy wrote:
emily_mx5 wrote:Standalone ECU: Haltech Elite 1500
Behold. The most expensive part on the car haha.
Comes with an adapter loom, which required a few changes to work perfectly. Still in prototype stages, however I have been offered a completed sealed loom when it is ready.

Emily, are you saying you have a prototype adapter loom for the E1500 to fit the SE? And that Haltech will be releasing a production version in time?

Yeah, there were several significant changes made to mine by Dann during the tuning. Haltech have recorded the changes, and I believe they will be selling a PnP loom loom/ecu soon

Thanks for this info. People may have seen some of the issues I had with a Haltech PS1000 on my SE. I'll now be talking to Haltech about why they left me high and dry whereas they've sorted issues for other people.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:37 pm

davekmoore wrote:
emily_mx5 wrote:
ManiacLachy wrote:
emily_mx5 wrote:Standalone ECU: Haltech Elite 1500
Behold. The most expensive part on the car haha.
Comes with an adapter loom, which required a few changes to work perfectly. Still in prototype stages, however I have been offered a completed sealed loom when it is ready.

Emily, are you saying you have a prototype adapter loom for the E1500 to fit the SE? And that Haltech will be releasing a production version in time?

Yeah, there were several significant changes made to mine by Dann during the tuning. Haltech have recorded the changes, and I believe they will be selling a PnP loom loom/ecu soon

Thanks for this info. People may have seen some of the issues I had with a Haltech PS1000 on my SE. I'll now be talking to Haltech about why they left me high and dry whereas they've sorted issues for other people.

I'm betting it was a case of the installer doing a LOT of the legwork figuring out what was wrong/needed and a LOT of back and forth conversations with Haltech to sort it out.
The more information you can provide the better, Haltech (and most companies) just don't have the manpower to handle all configurations and figure out all issues so they typically target specific vehicles and models, especially for new ECUs - MX5s would not be considered a big enough market to make them a priority for ECU manufacturers so it's up to individuals to get them working.