Sharksbreath's Type-S Progress Thread (Updated 6/3/13)
03-16-2012, 11:13 AM
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03-16-2012, 11:15 AM
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I don't have an extra, man...sorry!
I only have 1 of each too...the whole optimum line, and M105 and 205.
I have PC7424XP from Christmas 2 years ago.
Got the Makita rotary for Valentine Day this year...now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm very happy with the rotary...it makes things MUCH faster.
I only have 1 of each too...the whole optimum line, and M105 and 205.
I have PC7424XP from Christmas 2 years ago.
Got the Makita rotary for Valentine Day this year...now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm very happy with the rotary...it makes things MUCH faster.
03-16-2012, 11:24 AM
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nicenessssss !!!!
cant wait to see em in use
cant wait to see em in use
03-16-2012, 01:31 PM
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ask for one on your birthday/holiday 
that's cool. i think i'll be fine with the orange/light pressure for now. they don't sell single pads, do they? i always see them in packs of 3. 
yesssir! gonna do it early next month. i have a few clients who want details and i got 2 car shows back to back the last weekend in april.
oh yeah, swoosh...something is waiting for me in my mailbox when i get home.
I don't have an extra, man...sorry!
I only have 1 of each too...the whole optimum line, and M105 and 205.
I have PC7424XP from Christmas 2 years ago.
Got the Makita rotary for Valentine Day this year...now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm very happy with the rotary...it makes things MUCH faster.
I only have 1 of each too...the whole optimum line, and M105 and 205.
I have PC7424XP from Christmas 2 years ago.
Got the Makita rotary for Valentine Day this year...now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm very happy with the rotary...it makes things MUCH faster.
yesssir! gonna do it early next month. i have a few clients who want details and i got 2 car shows back to back the last weekend in april.
oh yeah, swoosh...something is waiting for me in my mailbox when i get home.
03-16-2012, 01:58 PM
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^^ 
damn that is AWESOME !!! cant wait bro....hahahahaha.....
damn that is AWESOME !!! cant wait bro....hahahahaha.....
03-16-2012, 04:20 PM
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hmm...what do we have here?
installing it tomorrow...road/dyno tune will capture on gopro camera.
installing it tomorrow...road/dyno tune will capture on gopro camera.
03-16-2012, 04:27 PM
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03-16-2012, 08:00 PM
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I guess no more fuel cut out at 130mph and gain about 20 WHP on the dyno.
03-16-2012, 09:05 PM
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Aaron....my text is true LOL.....
i got a bonnaaaaarrrrrrr hahaha.....
i got a bonnaaaaarrrrrrr hahaha.....
03-18-2012, 10:57 AM
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03-19-2012, 08:38 AM
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alright everyone, saturday morning i drove up to my friend Bennett's (TLtrigirl's brother's) house to install and tune the J&R ECU. he has an EVO and is familiar with tuning software.
here we are doing the install. very straightforward. rodney sends everything labeled, so you literally just plug the corresponding connections to one another. took 5 minutes tops...which i was happy about.
i took a short break and walked over to see the dogs. Brady (my new best friend) actually belonged to Bennett and his wife Kristen. they were kind enough to let me adopt him a few months ago.
here he is, with his buds.
ok, back to the ECU. everything is hooked up and we reconnected the battery. time to start her up and see what happens.
success! started up just fine...actually, started up faster than usual. no crank, just started. pretty cool. no surging of RPM's...everything else remained functional. all looks good.
now we go out for some test runs to check numbers. the idea is to creep up in 3rd gear...stay in 3rd...and gun it to 80 without going to 4th in order to get clean numbers.
did a 40-100mph run and all i can say is wow. the car just SCREAMS AND SCREAMS. i was in 3rd gear the whole time and never even hit redline (7200-7300)...it just kept pulling and pulling. pretty amazing. pure, clean, uninterupted power all the way through the powerband. gnarly.
checked out the data log, pulls cleanly with 25+ degrees of ignition advance and AFR's in the high 11's. we decided it is a really safe tune where it sits currently (base map)...but we will experiment more once we have more time and roads without traffic.
drove all the way home, no CEL's...and power is smooth even in 4th and 5th gear. no more bogged down feeling...i'm anxious to get this dyno'd sometime soon to see where i sit.
the next day, got back in the car...started it up. 2 CEL codes...P0172 and P0175 (bank 1/2 running rich
). this is to be expected i suppose, and it's better to run too rich than too lean...but i'd still like to alleviate these CEL's all together IF that is a possibility.
seems as though the fuel trims are too far out. they were ok the day before, but that clearly changed. basically means the long term fuel trim is > -20%...the ECU is trying to pull a lot of fuel while at idle and cruise. not sure why the MS3 would mess up closed loop fueling like this unless it is throwing off MAF sensor calibration. i've been talking with rodney, and he told me to just clear the codes (which i did)...but they'll come back eventually.
i'd like to know what does the MS3 do with closeed loop fueling? or does the vehicle run in open loop all the time? if the latter is the case, then i can understand why CEL's occur. the ECU is trying to "correct" what the MS3 is doing but it cannot.
all in all, i'm extremely satisfied with this product...but am anxious to learn more about it and how to safely squeeze out maximum power while keeping a close look on lean/rich numbers. i already have a safe amount of timing AND no knock...which is awesome.
i can say the car pulls A LOT harder in every gear. since redline was moved to 7200-7300...the car just pulls and pulls like crazy. in the 40-100mph run we did, i was just trying to hit 80mph...i didn't even realize i was at 100mph until i glanced at the needle. pretty exciting product we have here...car feels like a whole nother animal now.
i'd like to thank everyone that helped make this happen, you know who you are.
here we are doing the install. very straightforward. rodney sends everything labeled, so you literally just plug the corresponding connections to one another. took 5 minutes tops...which i was happy about.
i took a short break and walked over to see the dogs. Brady (my new best friend) actually belonged to Bennett and his wife Kristen. they were kind enough to let me adopt him a few months ago.
here he is, with his buds.
ok, back to the ECU. everything is hooked up and we reconnected the battery. time to start her up and see what happens.
success! started up just fine...actually, started up faster than usual. no crank, just started. pretty cool. no surging of RPM's...everything else remained functional. all looks good. now we go out for some test runs to check numbers. the idea is to creep up in 3rd gear...stay in 3rd...and gun it to 80 without going to 4th in order to get clean numbers.
did a 40-100mph run and all i can say is wow. the car just SCREAMS AND SCREAMS. i was in 3rd gear the whole time and never even hit redline (7200-7300)...it just kept pulling and pulling. pretty amazing. pure, clean, uninterupted power all the way through the powerband. gnarly.
checked out the data log, pulls cleanly with 25+ degrees of ignition advance and AFR's in the high 11's. we decided it is a really safe tune where it sits currently (base map)...but we will experiment more once we have more time and roads without traffic.
drove all the way home, no CEL's...and power is smooth even in 4th and 5th gear. no more bogged down feeling...i'm anxious to get this dyno'd sometime soon to see where i sit.
the next day, got back in the car...started it up. 2 CEL codes...P0172 and P0175 (bank 1/2 running rich
). this is to be expected i suppose, and it's better to run too rich than too lean...but i'd still like to alleviate these CEL's all together IF that is a possibility. seems as though the fuel trims are too far out. they were ok the day before, but that clearly changed. basically means the long term fuel trim is > -20%...the ECU is trying to pull a lot of fuel while at idle and cruise. not sure why the MS3 would mess up closed loop fueling like this unless it is throwing off MAF sensor calibration. i've been talking with rodney, and he told me to just clear the codes (which i did)...but they'll come back eventually.
i'd like to know what does the MS3 do with closeed loop fueling? or does the vehicle run in open loop all the time? if the latter is the case, then i can understand why CEL's occur. the ECU is trying to "correct" what the MS3 is doing but it cannot.
all in all, i'm extremely satisfied with this product...but am anxious to learn more about it and how to safely squeeze out maximum power while keeping a close look on lean/rich numbers. i already have a safe amount of timing AND no knock...which is awesome.
i can say the car pulls A LOT harder in every gear. since redline was moved to 7200-7300...the car just pulls and pulls like crazy. in the 40-100mph run we did, i was just trying to hit 80mph...i didn't even realize i was at 100mph until i glanced at the needle. pretty exciting product we have here...car feels like a whole nother animal now.
i'd like to thank everyone that helped make this happen, you know who you are.
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03-19-2012, 08:47 AM
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^yes, sorry. redline is at 7200-300 now.
03-19-2012, 09:06 AM
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03-19-2012, 09:29 AM
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very cool. didn't know you were going to install with my bro. glad he could help. great you know this means he's gonna say get one of these for my car. lol.
hell we could have our own mini meet at his house.
hell we could have our own mini meet at his house.
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03-19-2012, 09:44 AM
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Holy ECU...that came outta nowhere, nice! Loved watching the vids.
btw, you must be stalking my ebay account bc I just got these in the mail as well:
I'm 90% sure what color I'm going to go with on my calipers. If it's the same color you picked I'm going to shit myself. Maybe we should collaborate first LOL.
btw, you must be stalking my ebay account bc I just got these in the mail as well:
I'm 90% sure what color I'm going to go with on my calipers. If it's the same color you picked I'm going to shit myself. Maybe we should collaborate first LOL.
03-19-2012, 12:23 PM
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really? i thought you knew i was heading up there.and yes, you DEF need to get this for your car...and a jpipe...and pcd's...and UR pulley...and and and...
Holy ECU...that came outta nowhere, nice! Loved watching the vids.
btw, you must be stalking my ebay account bc I just got these in the mail as well:
I'm 90% sure what color I'm going to go with on my calipers. If it's the same color you picked I'm going to shit myself. Maybe we should collaborate first LOL.
btw, you must be stalking my ebay account bc I just got these in the mail as well:
I'm 90% sure what color I'm going to go with on my calipers. If it's the same color you picked I'm going to shit myself. Maybe we should collaborate first LOL.
03-19-2012, 12:44 PM
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GREAT GREAT WAY of documentation bro !!! am glad you took all the videos and documented this so well....
so you are the first NA Type S with the ECU....Congrats
PS: we need more videos !!!! and when are you gonna put her on the dyno ?
so you are the first NA Type S with the ECU....Congrats
PS: we need more videos !!!! and when are you gonna put her on the dyno ?
03-19-2012, 01:19 PM
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are you making $$$ contributions to this mod fund? i already had him bugging me about the j-pipe. plus the car still needs to pass the VA emissions. i'm still waiting on ritchie's j-pipe fitment for the MDX before i decide what i want to do.
next thing you know you'll be taking your car to the track with my brother too. ha ha ha!!!
nah...he' doesn't tell me anything...so typical of boys
i already had him bugging me about the j-pipe. plus the car still needs to pass the VA emissions. i'm still waiting on ritchie's j-pipe fitment for the MDX before i decide what i want to do.next thing you know you'll be taking your car to the track with my brother too. ha ha ha!!!
nah...he' doesn't tell me anything...so typical of boys
03-20-2012, 09:30 AM
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what kind of videos do you want? i'm going to dyno soon...whenever i can find the time. i want to clean my dryflow AEM filter too...it's filthy.
thought you'd like that one.
are you making $$$ contributions to this mod fund? i already had him bugging me about the j-pipe. plus the car still needs to pass the VA emissions. i'm still waiting on ritchie's j-pipe fitment for the MDX before i decide what i want to do.
next thing you know you'll be taking your car to the track with my brother too. ha ha ha!!!
nah...he' doesn't tell me anything...so typical of boys
i already had him bugging me about the j-pipe. plus the car still needs to pass the VA emissions. i'm still waiting on ritchie's j-pipe fitment for the MDX before i decide what i want to do.next thing you know you'll be taking your car to the track with my brother too. ha ha ha!!!
nah...he' doesn't tell me anything...so typical of boys
no worries! jpipe is a no brainer...it'll pass emissions. no sensor in that cat, and most emissions testers wouldn't even know you're missing a cat down there. also, not sure about VA...but they don't visually inspect anything in MD.
03-20-2012, 11:40 AM
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just wanna how it looks....cant wait to get mine in
about AEM dryflow....all you need is dishwashing soap, a bucket and water
03-29-2012, 02:22 PM
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just trolling youtube and came across this video...i forgot all about this meet until my cameo appearance at the 2:14 mark.
i'll have some pretty good updates to this thread on monday morning...this weekend the TL gets some much needed attention.
i'll have some pretty good updates to this thread on monday morning...this weekend the TL gets some much needed attention.
03-29-2012, 02:45 PM
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right after your car too 
03-29-2012, 05:01 PM
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Mrs. 2:19 has a son....
