Well this last weekend (3-7-09) I made the subwoofer and a battery enclosure built in. (pics are on the camera still :cry: ) I will try and update pics after work today. I still don’t know if I am going to vent the battery or what yet. For now I just used some rattle can black paint on the MDF since I don’t have the carpet yet. I’m still surprised how well it sounds for being a old school MTX 5000 12” sub and a even older school 90W Alpine amp. BTW the sealed enclosure has approximately 1.19 ft^3 witch I have no idea what this MTX thunder 5000 12" sub needs.
I Cleaned up some of the wiring in the hatch area, but then ran out of small wiring loom. So another trip into Cloud to pick some more up is in need, I’m just being lazy because this past week since we received another 3” of snow with rain before that, and now it is just fing cold out (-14 this morning). With that and the Caddy in the shop having the T-56 transmission rebuilt under warranty I have also been at the mercy of the supra gods and street conditions for driving the sup.
Still have a small oil dip somewhere, which pisses me off. I just don’t want to lay on my back right now and find it. Last time I looked at it almost looks like it might be coming from the oil filter housing so I might upgrade the oiling system before I planned on it. Also still have code 52, but I haven’t looked into it at all. I just need to ohm out the knock sensor wires, and go from there.
I have noticed (or maybe just because the car is 20 yrs. Old) that I have to crank the engine for around 3-5 seconds before it starts. Is it this because our fuel pump doesn’t turn on until it “sees” engine rpm or what not? But once the engine is broke in and I upgrade the fuel system it will probable just fix itself :evil2: Also I think I will now add a oil accumulator for startups when I upgrade the oiling system. I can hear everything going on inside the engine on the first start up of the day for a couple of seconds until oil pressure comes on. I will use a time delay solid state relay so it would be fully automatic with the “key on” and the 12vDC valve. Probably set it to 30 seconds or something in that area. This way it would be something like this: Key on, valve open, engine start, valve stays open for another 20 seconds to re-pressurize the accumulator, then close valve, and it would be all automatic witch I like.
New parts ordered/arrived: Remote (mounted on steering wheel) for the head unit, M.C. shifter bushings , rear view camera, carpet for enclosure.
I tell you it is never finished. There is always tinkering that needs to be done and it will nickel and dime you to death, lol
