A happy little bedtime story

[sukchew at suddenlink.net (Chuck Blue)]

Well now! Aren't you the Hot Stuff Honey.Way To Go!!!!!!
You'll be smilin all the way to Cincy.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:17 PM
Subject: A happy little bedtime story


> Yeah, after a few months of downtime for the "extensive injector insert
> swap", Klaus is alive and very well. Thanks to Drew Mac for advice and 
> help
> on the mechanical end of things (which was no small feat, it incorporates
> fourteen cars so far), and to Dan B for the MSnS advice and endless online
> support, and to a host of others for ignition system troubleshooting (Mark
> F, for example) Anyway, my ignition woes turned out to be a badly screwed
> up .msq file. For anyone doing an MS conversion, do whatever Dan B says,
> the pretests I did (for example tesing fuel flow and driving on CIS and 
> the
> spark part of MS only) gave me whatever shred of sanity I maintained 
> during
> this whole process.  Yeah, I lost it quite a few times.
>
> Anyway, this is a very unique build, and I really like it so far. I have 
> to
> to learn about tuning with MS, but my first driving impressions today have
> been very positive. The car ran like shit till I got one of the values to
> where it needed to be (again, Dan's online support got that sorted out),
> and even in its relatively untuned state, the car seems faster and 
> smoother
> than it was after two years of tweaking straight CIS. (mind you, I am
> working with a tested map)
>
> Unlike CIS: you have feedback on everything, second by second, variable by
> variable, and you can just open the file you used last Wednesday instead 
> of
> figuring out how many quarter turns you moved the CIS dizzy screw and what
> else you changed since then. And you can make datalogs of as much driving
> time as you want to log. If you're thinking of doing it, budget for a wide
> band O2 sensor and put it in even before you do the conversion. I had my 
> WB
> in for a whole year to tune CIS, so I have decent idea of where my car was
> running as far as AFR. Again, it helped me know if MS was in the ballpark.
>
> Anyway, I drove and drove today, then got to help my son volume test 16
> injectors one at a time (the 'stang, new set and old set), then there was
> beer too. (Klausie's injectors are are bigger too, ah, remember the days
> of:"how big are your injectors?" LOL) So I need to give my brain a rest.
> Dan, I'll send  you some files in the morning, okay?
>
> Anyway, my darling son gave me my Mother's day gift early (a case of beer,
> what a nice kid eh). Right now he's revving the 5L beast right under my
> bedroom window, so I guess I'm not doing bedtime just yet. Anyway, it's
> been a challnge for a few of us to get this car back on the road, but he's
> back and feeling pretty good too! Beers for all!!
> Cathy
>
>
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