Recent content by Trinten

Another productive weekend! The new FAST TPS went on, we did the TPS learn sequence, and immediately saw some improvements with cold and warm starts. Hot starts are still a little twitchy, but it's much closer now. We noticed a behavior Mike called "trailer hitching" at certain RPMs when...

If I know a resource is on a particular forum, I have the habit of starting my Google search with Site:thechicagogarage.com (or whatever the site may be), that way I only get results from that source. It's handy when you know where something is in general.

The stock Fiero's were surprisingly heavy (it was one of the things Car and Driver whined about when they reviewed the Fiero against the Toyota MR2 back in the 80s). It's because the Fiero spaceframe is like 180+ steel parts all welded together. So the OEM curb weight was around 2800. With the...

I have not seen any episodes of this yet, I will put it on my list!

Another productive weekend of tuning the engine and the transmission. The transmission tune has been a little challenging because of the torque converter and camshaft (for different reasons). Mike says because it's a little 'loose', that we need higher RPM to keep some of the chugging down (it...

Good news, after doing some reading and talking to Fuelab, we've identified the likely problem. The tank Mike built is non-vented. The cap I picked up was... non-vented. Apparently these systems do not like being in a pressurized environment. We put a vented cap on there, and drove it around...

More miles and more tuning today! All in, we probably got around 75 miles in today. It's tough to say... since my trip and odometer aren't hooked up yet. lol. It's challenging to tune with the Fuelabs Prodigy fuel pump and adaptive Fuel pressure Regulator. We had some odd pockets, especially...

This is voting on the location of the Participant list button? I think having it at the bottom is best. I am marginally unsure of what the use of the feature is, though? I understand it's function, I can't think of a scenario where I would use it?

There are some things you can do on the side vale body. That's where the shift 'pistons' are, All the checkball aspects of the valve body are in the lower portion. Off the top of my head I don't recall where the various solenoids are right now.

I do have some rare earth magnets laying around. I can slap some onto the bottom of the lower transmission pan. I'm guessing they won't interfere with the electronics? Also, when you said that, maybe because of the formatting, I thought of this.

The Fiero moved under it's own power today -- enough that we were doing tuning on the engine and transmission! I talked to the transmission shop last Friday. He apologized that he hadn't gotten to the transmission yet, but said "walk me through it again." and I did, and asked him if it could...

Oh man, these are good... but come on, no honorable mention or competition from "Tank!" by Yoko Kanno for Cowboy Bebop? I read a strange interview (that I don't understand how true it can be) with Yoko that said sheavoids listening to any music as much as possible so anything created is as...

Update on my stuff and Mike's Fiero, since there's not much with mine right now. Dropped off the Triple Edge Performance transmission at a shop back on December 9th. The guy is a former GM transmission tech and now has his own shop. He was up front that he was pretty backed up and it would be a...

I can believe it for Orville. I read (so, who knows how accurate it is) that Macfarlane was making 1 million per episode for it. It was a shame Season 4 of that was cancelled. I liked that series. And he jumped to Hulu because Fox was asking for insane time tables. Anyhow, sorry for dragging...

What makes me chuckle about the bygone era of 20+ episodes a season is how back then, the writers were striking because they were being forced to work too much. Now it's "we need more work! Bring back writer-rooms!" I would have though The Expanse would have had a way bigger budget than Last...