The Small Questions Thread
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So I'm getting everything ready to rebuild my spare NA motor. I planing on going NA-t I have a turbo motor that I'm saving for bigger power later, just switching all the stock turbo parts onto the NA. My problem is my my cars made in 10/89 and have the grey plugs in it currently with the NA ecu I thought they were yellow. I have a 87 turbo donor with harness and ecu(yellow plugs) will I be fine in the swap? The connectors look identical(except color obviously) and have the same # of pins but I'm no wiring wizard. I've read confusing post some say it's a couple wires to repin others say they're different connectors. A little stumped I just want to figure this out as it's my biggest headache. Would I be better off sourcing a grey plug ecu and harness I don't mind trying to repin if it's not too many wires or very complicated. Here are the ECUs
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What H4 housings do you guys recommend for HIDs? I've been looking it up and it seems that people buy 2 different housings and take them apart and make their own with the two but are there any housings or projector housings that you can buy that work well that you can just bolt in?
Doat;2025960 said:
Not really. You need projectors for HIDS to work well and to get projectors into H4 housings you will need to do a lot of cutting of the housings and modifying. If you want a bolt in headlight replacement I would look at the LED headlights for our cars. They don't perform nearly as well as a true projector HID set up, but they are certainly better than the awful stock lights.
gayyy, I was thinking of getting the Trucklite LEDs since it's just plug and play and I've heard they are great.Silver MK3;2025979 said:
Doat;2025982 said:
Yeah those are definitely the best option for plug and play. I put a lot of work into my projectors, and I don't regret it, but it was also very time consuming. The Truck Lite lights keep going down in price too. Right now there is a seller on ebay selling them for $184 a piece so $368 for a pair. This is almost exactly what I have into my projectors. Personally I like the way the projectors look better than the LEDs, but that's just a matter of personally opinion.
I've always wanted HIDs but it seems like a lot of work for our car and I've read the wiring might not be able to handle it or something.
I have HIDs, 6000k. BIG difference from stock. There's a write up on here actually several. It's not hard just time consuming to retrofit them
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Doat;2026008 said:
You run a completely new harness for them that comes when you order the retrofit kit. The only thing that the stock wiring does is signal the relay on the new harness to power the lights on. There's no additional load on the stock wiring.
hvyman;2026017 said:
Yup. I've got 4300k and I'm super happy with them.
Another quick question I think the answer is yes but I want to be sure. I am getting a bigger turbo kind of contemplating on installing it on my 7M instead of letting it sit until my 2jz build I already have an AFPR, wideband, SAFC 2 that are not installed yet, I have the lex/550 mod installed and an electronic boost controller. I plan to get a MK4 TT fuel pump, remove the fuel dampener and install a bypass hose and remove the J pipe apparently that is the fuel dampener if I am not mistaken and install my new turbo, SAFC, AFPR, wideband, and I just want 350-400hp I don't want to push crazy boost just enough for that goal safely. I have the an oem head gasket with ARP head studs and the motor seems to be solid it hasn't missed a beat since I did the head gasket a few years ago and that was the only thing I did to the motor was replace the gasket and all of the other gaskets and clean up the parts. Since then the car is now putting down 280hp and 334ft lbs tq to the wheels and it's daily driven never has let me down. Now with these mods and my low hp goals can I install all of the fuel mods and turbo and SAFC and be all set to just tune it and go? Also would I be able to get a vent to atmosphere BOV and remove the accordion hose and just have a solid hose or pipe for the turbo or is that a whole different system?
and what are some good turbo manifolds for the 7M? Preferably log style but if I have to go tubular then that is fine also want something that doesn't require any modification to install like replace the hood or grinding anything just bolt in and bolt on the turbo.
Bigger turbo is usually more lag. I run the HKS long runner T4 manifold but I think those are rare finds.
Don't vent to atmosphere while running the AFM setup. The air is metered before the BOV so that causes trouble.
Don't vent to atmosphere while running the AFM setup. The air is metered before the BOV so that causes trouble.
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SAFC doesn't mess with that stuff right? If I want to run vent to atmosphere I'd need like a GM MAF translator? I am not too worried about turbo lag I kind of like it because it's the calm before the shit storm lol. I just want to be sure I can throw on this turbo without issue because I am not going to be pushing it at all I am keeping the boost low, power low, etc. like I said just want 350-400hp and I've read and been told that is easily doable with SAFC.
As long as the air is metered after the BOV (not before) then it wont be an issue because you aren't adding fuel for air that isn't there. That's the critical part.
As for the SAFC, I have no experience with that, but I think that 400 rwhp is about 525-550 crank hp (??) so you may be pushing the limits of the 550 injectors. Not sure about the size of your turbo, but you just want to make sure you can feed it properly and whatever you do doesn't lean out the engine or go so rich it bonewashes the cylinders... (which also limits power because you overfuel so the mixture would be wrong). I haven't heard of anybody killing their engine with the SAFC though.
As for the SAFC, I have no experience with that, but I think that 400 rwhp is about 525-550 crank hp (??) so you may be pushing the limits of the 550 injectors. Not sure about the size of your turbo, but you just want to make sure you can feed it properly and whatever you do doesn't lean out the engine or go so rich it bonewashes the cylinders... (which also limits power because you overfuel so the mixture would be wrong). I haven't heard of anybody killing their engine with the SAFC though.
Hey guys, didnt feel the need to start an entire new thread for the problem Im having.
Long story short about 200 miles after I finished my 1J swap my clutch started slipping once I hit full boost (10psi on stock everything/single turbo). Im using the W58 that was originally in my car alongside a w58 clutch/PP. I HAD been using the slave/TOB/fork from the 7m w58 and, just today, swapped those all over to the 2jzge w58 versions after hearing that I had been using the wrong parts. The flywheel/clutch/pp all looked barely used when I pulled everything apart. Flywheel is DM's http://www.driftmotion.com/2-607-2STU-p/dm1690.htm and bellhousing is http://www.driftmotion.com/1JZ-2JZ-W58-Bell-Housing-p/dm492.htm. Tried for an hour to adjust the clutch pedal rod and I have bled the system very thoroughly. But here I am at a loss of why Im still having the problem of slippage at mild-full boost. No leaks or anything inside the bellhousing.
Long story short about 200 miles after I finished my 1J swap my clutch started slipping once I hit full boost (10psi on stock everything/single turbo). Im using the W58 that was originally in my car alongside a w58 clutch/PP. I HAD been using the slave/TOB/fork from the 7m w58 and, just today, swapped those all over to the 2jzge w58 versions after hearing that I had been using the wrong parts. The flywheel/clutch/pp all looked barely used when I pulled everything apart. Flywheel is DM's http://www.driftmotion.com/2-607-2STU-p/dm1690.htm and bellhousing is http://www.driftmotion.com/1JZ-2JZ-W58-Bell-Housing-p/dm492.htm. Tried for an hour to adjust the clutch pedal rod and I have bled the system very thoroughly. But here I am at a loss of why Im still having the problem of slippage at mild-full boost. No leaks or anything inside the bellhousing.
Anybody use or hear anything about the Driftmotion T4 7mgte turbo manifold? There aren't many options for manifolds and I rather cheap out on something that would kill my turbo in the future.