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D Griff wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:58 am
rockchops wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:22 pm van is for sale,
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 635680766/

for you fancy metapeople
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I stupidly want this thing... but really don't have time for something that would inevitably become a project at some point. I wonder if there are any shops around here that do JDM shit.
It is cooler than hell
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Another call, any you want this? I have a couple OK offers on it, but after a (somewhat routine at this point) hell of a week at work, I hardly have energy for the facebook yahoos. Not gonna be free but I would love to see it go to someone passionate.
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Got someone driving in 5 hours tomorrow, loves it. Fingers crossed everything goes to plan etc. Its crazy, got the saturn in storage today (snow tomorrow) and van hopefully gone. All of a sudden back to a single car household.
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Welllllll the sale fell through thanks to a foot and a half of snow in VA. The buyer is traveling for work for the next 4 weeks, so i guess if its still here then I can move it. Bummer.
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rockchops wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:50 pm Welllllll the sale fell through thanks to a foot and a half of snow in VA. The buyer is traveling for work for the next 4 weeks, so i guess if its still here then I can move it. Bummer.
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Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Van has been sold. I think the new owner is really gonna enjoy it, seemed like a great guy. In all, it was time although I am definitely going to miss it.
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rockchops wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:53 am Van has been sold. I think the new owner is really gonna enjoy it, seemed like a great guy. In all, it was time although I am definitely going to miss it.
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Any chance of getting the new owner on DFD so we can continue to follow the life and times of it?
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rockchops wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:53 am Van has been sold. I think the new owner is really gonna enjoy it, seemed like a great guy. In all, it was time although I am definitely going to miss it.
That thing was super cool.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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rockchops wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:54 pm And theyre on! Zero fitment issues, so they must have updated their casting or something. Even the axle nuts JUST fit without having to use the deeper dust caps (which they did include too).

Shout out to @fledonfoot for getting me in and out today for the mounting/balancing.Image
such a handsome timeless looking car
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:51 pm
rockchops wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:54 pm And theyre on! Zero fitment issues, so they must have updated their casting or something. Even the axle nuts JUST fit without having to use the deeper dust caps (which they did include too).

Shout out to @fledonfoot for getting me in and out today for the mounting/balancing.Image
such a handsome timeless looking car
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Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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yes.Image
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rockchops wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:54 pm And theyre on! Zero fitment issues, so they must have updated their casting or something. Even the axle nuts JUST fit without having to use the deeper dust caps (which they did include too).

Shout out to @fledonfoot for getting me in and out today for the mounting/balancing.Image
I like those wheels on that car. Always liked the sky, so much potential. I just fit in it worse than a miata somehow. Door sills too high I think.
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Alright, an update since its been a while. I got a b6 audi quattro sport with thr 3.0 and 6 speed. Im chasing a lean run condition which is inversely correlated with engine load, and only on one bank. Reading the data and identifying the correlations are easy, but trying to figure out what would cause this. The car is custom tuned but never had this issue before, and this just started happening like 2 weeks ago.

Ive already replaced just about everything in the air/fuel category -- injectors, throttle body, maf, PCV system, refreshed the intake gaskets and ensured no vac leaks. It runs beautifully but i can see the issues in my data logs, and due to the o2 enriching in those lean conditions, its likely to foul the o2 in no time. Idle and WOT are fine, its just on low load (as in throttle overrun or coast). The attached image is the left v right bank lambda delta plotted against engine load...some clear trends to see.

Anyways, I have a junkyard ECU coming in, and I am building a bench rig to read and flash the ECU. If i do it right, should have a swappable stock ECU without a ton of effort and eliminate that.Image
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