Ned

This weekend does actually work after all if people do go

I'm keen for a future event but this weekend is too soon for me probably

What car did they go with?

I wrote some code to read all the sensor data from slacker.cams Link G4, and converted it all to ELM327 so you can display it all on Torque or something else on your tablet. That way you can use a tablet as your gauges and change stuff around and set warning lights etc real easy. It's by no means finished, but it rans cam race car dash for a season without TOOO many failures Used it as a stand alone thing in Daves 626 a few weeks ago to read sensors and output to the tablet to check wideband 02 in the car. Happy to share the shit i have if you know your way around a microcontroller

How do the plugs look? Maybe its running rich somehow and fouling the plugs, but runs fine when cold because that's when it loves extra fuel? Maybe check (auto) choke?

I'll be leaving Auckland on Tuesday morning and heading to Taupo. Doubt anyone else will be leaving that early but message me if you are...

Looking good man. If the car doesn't start until you let go of the key, then it wouldn't surprise me if they got the feed for the coils from the normal 12v feed, but that turns off during cranking, so you'll have to find a better feed for that... You would normally run a couple new relays driven by the ECU that get fed by the fuel pump signal (on when the car is running and starting) and use that to power the fuel pump and the ignition (and injectors if you had them) and then another relay to drive the fan from the ECU as well. Didn't you say the ECU doesn't have a temperature input hooked up? You should hook it up. The temperature is one of the more important inputs to the ECU. I'm not actually 100% sure if it adjusts timing with temperature so maybe its not actually important unless its supplying fuel as well... Maybe ask a 4A guru

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Found it. Nice and easy http://flos.ie/index.php/product/t50-cable-clutch-conversion-kit/

There are both cable and hydraulic bellhousings for k-t and there is also an outfit that makes a hydro to cable conversion thing I believe. There was a post on Club-K last week I believe, let me see if I can find it on my phone

That's the weekend before nats. Busy few weeks coming up. Maybe Easter would get a few people keen to trip from further away?

I'm keen for an excuse to come to your nice area of the country again

i dont KNOW the answer, but i'd be trying crc myself, and move to brake clean if that didnt work, and then some strange glue remover i found with lots of benzene. Not sure those last 2 are a good idea, but crc is pretty safe on paint last time i tried and was actually quite effective at removing sticky stuff

I saw first hand the difference between a $150 and a $700 gun by the same untrained n00b and the difference was night and day. Not saying you have to spend $700, but the job that was done with the cheap gun was rubbish and the expensive gun was mint, so at least don't get bottom of the barrel spec if you ask me...

Tonight! Keen!

#nats17

What a good turnout this year! Super sweet

I knew you had done a lot of work,but those photos show that you've done more work in 2 years than I have done in 30. Very envious and am pining for a visit!

Nah, I've used the LC2 as well

14point7 all the way. That's what I run and is so so much smaller than the LC2, plus it runs individual power and signal ground, which is what you want and pretty sure LC2 doesn't have? Or maybe I got it wrong and that's what isn't good about my 14point7... /ling

Theres plenty of RC hobby chargers/dischargers out there but none that i know of that will do 1000W charge and discharge. The little cheap hobby ones will normally do 50W charge and 5W discharge which is no good for big big cells (unless you wanna wait a million years to cycle batteries) What we did was out packs were 144V and we would divide them into 3 packs of 48V and to discharge we would connect them in parallel and use a big 3 phase grid tied inverter to suck all the power out and pump it back into the mains. Then disconnect and reconnect the batteries back in series for 144V and charge them again.

Have you ordered batteries yet? I spent a number of years developing a variety of EV battery chargers in a previous job and have gotten to know a person or 2 that might be able to get a good deal on batteries. No promises, but happy to send out a couple emails and see what I can do if you don't already have some lined up. Those dual warp 9s are going to be crazy awesome in a KE70! Love it!

I have 3 wrapped things in the car, but they are all for preassigned people... Navneal and brockzila are the lucky recipients of my gifts. Come find me!

It was Chris, and the reply was meant with the same level of tongue in cheek-ness

I'm sure you can find something... You know you're going to get rubbish in return right? Might even be better, more useful rubbish than the stuff you already own (and I know you own plenty!)