Emulator test successful

Over the weekend, I followed instructions to substitute the original chip in the DME with the new Ostrich Emulator I ordered The file in the emulator was a stock file, no modifications.

Success!!

The car fired up just fine, but had a rough idle and the Check Engine light was on when it was running. I was only supposed to start up the motor to make sure the emulator was working, so I didn't run it for long.

I've sent all that info to my tuner Mark D'Sylva from E.A.T. performance along with the code on the chip. He should have an updated file for me soon. I'm stoked!!

And so the saga of electronic tuning begins...

The subject says it all. I just ordered an emulator and some paraphernalia which will enable me to load Eprom files into my ECU on the fly. Things are finally moving on the chip front, I'm stoked!! More updates hopefully soon!

Gas leak!!

Yeah, I had been wondering where that "raw gas" smell was coming from the past few days... It was me all right! Turns out that as soon as the fuel pump was pressurizing the fuel, it was leaking pretty steadily around the fuel filter.

Thank GOODNESS I happened to have a length of 8mm fuel line in my tool box. Few quick measurements and swaps and all is well again. Man, those old lines are brittle!! I'm going to get some more fuel line and go ahead and replace a few other connecting tubes as well. Thankfully, most of the lines are metal, only the connecting tubing is rubber. Glad I caught it, this could have been nasty...

New brake pads

STILL no news on my chip... This is getting quite ridiculous... In the meantime, my rear brake pads are almost done, so I thought I'd order up a set. Hawk HP Plus fit for street and track use.

I debated for a while about this, since these pads squeal like banshees during standard street use. But, I have Hawk HP Plus pads in the front and they stop SO well... so my noise concerns had to take a back seat.

I also ordered a front and a rear brake sensor cable. Trouble is, these pads, being intended primarily for track use, don't have the slot that houses the brake wear sensor. However, my hope is that I can very carefully drill a hole where the sensor is supposed to go and retro-fit them that way. We shall see!