The Project Pad

Carlisle 2012... Where the Holsluts meet and sound off with the glourious 2-step... ahhhh. I can't wait.

HEY, I'm no Holslut!

Well that's a fair point. But this year I will be, and I'm currently making the EFI complete standalone jump, so I'll be able to join the party. I was wondering, do you (Chris and Nick) have laptops with serial ports? What model if so? I CAN get an adapter, but I'd rather have a dedicated laptop with a serial port for my car.

Mine does not have a serial port. I bought a USB to serial cable from radio shack. The cheap ass one didn't work for me.

:stupid:

I did the same thing and it works great

I got the same one Marc has because I was having issues before.

Gah. Alright. I was hoping not to have to do that. Oh well, Macbook running XP it is...

The generic ones work fine, you just have to buy one with a Prolific PL2303 chip.

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=usb+to ... m270.l1313

That is very good news. Thanks, Ed. I'll have to get in touch with you after I get my car going and I can go visit my dad in Pittsburgh. Also, my sister is a freshman at Pitt this year so I'll be out there to visit probably. Also, enough of this thread hacking! Chris! Updates!

My late build '90 200TQA also has the valve with the sensor. I can't remember now if I got the valve from AutoHausAZ or 034 - it broke the first day I got the car back to AZ. Autohaus doesn't have it now . . .

yodasfro wrote:Well for one it does not have the sensor, 2 it's shorter and would require the smaller diameter hoses from a 20v to work properly. Pics for reference.

gtn116 wrote:Carlisle 2012... Where the Holsluts meet and sound off with the glourious 2-step... ahhhh. I can't wait.

me three

Still waiting on my big box filled with Hank goodness before more progress can be made. Also going to gainesville tomorrow to see my gf graduate from UF. In the meantime, I drawed this :dur:



inspired by this thread...

http://stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20153

Wow, very nice. Done in MS Paint?

loxxrider wrote:Still waiting on my big box filled with Hank goodness before more progress can be made. Also going to gainesville tomorrow to see my gf graduate from UF. In the meantime, I drawed this :dur:



inspired by this thread...

[url]http://stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20153[/img]

ya with the track pad on my laptop while at work doing some lab trials lol thanks!

dang it, now you've made me want to do one of my car. Too bad I already know its going to look like crap when I'm finished...

Nice reflections and shading on yours

haha do it man, its really not too bad if you just put some time into it. I gotta do the 530i now

Since I don't have my bilsteins to play with at the moment, does anyone know if they mount via the retaining nut exclusively or are they supported at the bottom of the strut housing? I am having my bilsteins shortened and need to know if I need to get a spacer made or not since I don't plan to shorten the housings right this minute.

IIRC, you'll need a spacer. The strut sits on the bottom of the housing and the gland nut just holds it in place - I believe the strut even protrudes from the top of the housing by a 1/8" or so while in contact with the bottom of the housing.

Hey, did that sensor thingy work? i have no idea if it did or not when i sent it.

If anything, you can Chop the ever living shit out of something if you get mad!

lol I know Kuma, I'll post that up asap. I haven't tried the valve yet cuz I can't start it yet.

Thanks Casey, I thought so. Spacer is easy to make.

whats a spacer do exactly? i didnt understand.

I'm cutting the struts and they rest on the bottom of the strut housing. If I cut and re-welded the strut housings too, it would be fine, but I'm not doing that at the moment just because I don't have enough time. Sooo that means I have to get a spacer I can drop down in the strut housing for the shorter struts to sit on. I think so at least. Maybe they can just sit in there deeper? I dunno, I haven't looked at it enough yet.

loxxrider wrote:I'm cutting the struts and they rest on the bottom of the strut housing. If I cut and re-welded the strut housings too, it would be fine, but I'm not doing that at the moment just because I don't have enough time. Sooo that means I have to get a spacer I can drop down in the strut housing for the shorter struts to sit on. I think so at least. Maybe they can just sit in there deeper? I dunno, I haven't looked at it enough yet.

if they just sit deeper in the housing, the body of the strut won't be secure and will knock up and down with the 1.5" that you're removing. The gland nut is supposed to make contact with the strut body to hold it firmly to the bottom of the housing. :cheers:

OK thanks for confirming that Casey, thats pretty much what I thought. I can't wait to get the housings shortened too

I can't wait to see the results! 8) and then I won't be able to wait to do it myself!