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Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman
1: Yup.
2: Nope.
3: You haven't given your engine time to really break in yet. Even accounting for cooler weather, I noticed mine's gotten peppier the more miles I put on it. Get back to me at 5000 miles, and see what you think then.
4: E-steering sucks. I'm sure it'll get better on future car designs, but right now it's like playing on a crappy game controller.
5: Okay...
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First thanks for the responses.
3. I greatly suspect that the first tank from the dealer was 87 and I know the timing curve is retarded if there are any knocks, best gas arond here is sunoco which I have been running since so hopefully this will improve. My scanner doesn't work with this car but I bought one of those $30 usb- ELM327 scanners, just need to fire up my 10 year old laptop. Also I still find my self stuck in that 4.7k torque dip where the engine just doesn't pull. I guess I am losing too many RPM when I move from 2nd to 3rd (Never learned teel/hole.)
4. You know before I bought the car I posted here about my concern with the e-steering. And folks said it was great, every article I read said it was like it wasn't there. There as got to be a way to slow it down over 30 mph. I don't know but its really starting to bother me. Maybe if we had a graph that showed its inflluence by road speed it would help me adjust. Or someone will come out with a replacement non-PS rack. Any links to info on this ?
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Originally Posted by Nezz
I could care less about open-sourcing my engine. In fact I'd rather not. BUT. I always like to change gear ratios to suit myself. With the Silvia I've yet to embark on this though I may at some point in the nears, but with the 86 and its modern speed sensing equipment I doubt the transmission getting new cogs will interfere. Roll on close-ratio...
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I don't mean "open sourcing" the ECU as in replacing it like Megasquirt, etc. Rather using the same code, same ecu, just having the ability to adjust the tables. That way one can have a flash for normal DD exact same as OEM (hardware and software) and then a flash for the "track/off-road", an even a flash for fuel economy (depending on the mods you have)
I think the key to getting improving responsivness from this engine without affecting the design intent is a not big turbo/psi and we all know with turbos the cost to do it right is really high (go big or go home.)
IMHO the key to improving this engine centers around the cylinder head (classic NA work, I/H/E + cyclinder head.) There is a ton of potential here but to make it work its going to require either a lottery winner or a group open source access to the ECU.
It will take a lot of work from individuals open knowledge sharing to find good combinations that are streetable and have high mpg with flash A and "off road" ready with flash B. Maybe ECUTek is the answer but hopefully they allow sharing flashes at some point.