Update on the bird! Good News!

Alright, I have some updates on the Bird



I 100 percent have found my issue..... its the damn air meter door flapping. Since I can't adjust it enough to make it stop moving AND have the a/f happy, I am going to correct the flapping by doing the following:


I am burning a Moates J3 Chip so that the computer sees an averaged signal, instead of a direct signal. I know, its a band-aid, but it should make the car drivable until I go speed density next summer (Megasquirt!) I also found a real nice burning and editing program called TunerproRT that will allow me to edit the computer settings AND burn them into the add on Chip. It also allows real time data acquisition... and the program is FREE. The chip will cost me 60 bucks and my Buddie Aaron has the burner that i need......


So it looks like the car will be back in action in a week or two. I have a LOT of little things to tie up before that happens though.... like re-looming the ENTIRE wiring harness in the engine bay.... LOL

Here is to you and determination. Good job!

Mike

Thank god!

At least there IS a bandaid you can use until you can fix the root cause.

in other words, thank god that we don't have to read anymore tbird fail threads

Peter MS3 wrote:

in other words, thank god that we don't have to read anymore tbird fail threads

You are quite the translator. lol

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats awesome kevin, ithought you were onto something when you were explaining the door flapping last week, anyway... tuner pro rt is good shit, buckmaster used that on that '74 triumph w./tbi swap, really cool. let me know if ya need anything. i have a few strips of 28 pin sst's, moates burner, emulator and datalogger (if your board is capable) if it helps.

240sxguy wrote:

Peter MS3 wrote:

in other words, thank god that we don't have to read anymore tbird fail threads

You are quite the translator. lol

+1.


Get it back on the road

ma70tt wrote:

thats awesome kevin, ithought you were onto something when you were explaining the door flapping last week, anyway... tuner pro rt is good shit, buckmaster used that on that '74 triumph w./tbi swap, really cool. let me know if ya need anything. i have a few strips of 28 pin sst's, moates burner, emulator and datalogger (if your board is capable) if it helps.

Wait. You have a Moates burner? What model is it? If it can handle burning a Moates J3 chip, I might be stopping by to burn my new /bin onto it!

Peter MS3 wrote:

in other words, thank god that we don't have to read anymore tbird fail threads

LOL Fuck You Peter. Next time I see you on the road, I'm gonna roll my Explorer over that Mazda of yours.





















J/K Fuckface,

moates burn1 chip programmer, we use it for any type of chip we have need to burn it has an aries 32 pin reciever and usb out. lmk...

also like i said have two moates ostrich 2.0 8 bit real time emulators and at least two stips of 28 pin sst's if thats what your system uses.

Hell yeah! I shouldnt need any of the 28 pin ssts or any of the ostrich emulator stuff, but as soon as I get the chip, its just a matter of hooking up the burn 1 to my laptop, and o[en up Moates Flashandburn.... load my Bin file to the flashandburn program and it automatically recognizes that the Burn1 is attached. The Ford adapter is socketed, so i can just take the chip out and put it in the Burn1 to load the changes I need.


This is awesome! I'll give you a call once I get the chip/adapter. I'm ordering it tomorow hopefully, so I'd wager a guess I'll see it late next week with the holiday and ground shipping.

Awesome news. Glad to hear.

good to hear.

one less car broken down!