Random thoughts for the day

ZSHO said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
Bronzie had to trip to the dealership this week for a P0020 DTC.

They replaced the VCT solenoid and the pigtail. When the car was built, they used tape for strain relief but instead of using a loop, they decided to pull the wires tight then taped it which ended up ruining it.

:Picard2:

They also replaced a leaking battery and did the hub TSB on both axles.
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Hopefully its a permanent fix in all aspects.  Z
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When the code was present commanded VCT and VCT duty cycle stopped functioning. Data is present again so I think we're good.

I tried to correct the problem with the relief when I found it and it got me a week. The damage had already been done though.

I hope the hub TSB works because the pop ting started after her first track outing. Won't know till next year how well it holds up I guess.
 
FoMoCoSHO said:
ZSHO said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
Bronzie had to trip to the dealership this week for a P0020 DTC.

They replaced the VCT solenoid and the pigtail. When the car was built, they used tape for strain relief but instead of using a loop, they decided to pull the wires tight then taped it which ended up ruining it.

:Picard2:

They also replaced a leaking battery and did the hub TSB on both axles.
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Hopefully its a permanent fix in all aspects.  Z
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When the code was present commanded VCT and VCT duty cycle stopped functioning. Data is present again so I think we're good.

I tried to correct the problem with the relief when I found it and it got me a week. The damage had already been done though.

I hope the hub TSB works because the pop ting started after her first track outing. Won't know till next year how well it holds up I guess.
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I guess a leaking/low battery is certainly not a good thing and sometimes can make an existing situation worse,its like adding fuel to the fire,also do you know if they replaced the thrust washers.  Z
 
ZSHO said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
ZSHO said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
Bronzie had to trip to the dealership this week for a P0020 DTC.

They replaced the VCT solenoid and the pigtail. When the car was built, they used tape for strain relief but instead of using a loop, they decided to pull the wires tight then taped it which ended up ruining it.

:Picard2:

They also replaced a leaking battery and did the hub TSB on both axles.
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Hopefully its a permanent fix in all aspects.  Z
Click to expand...
When the code was present commanded VCT and VCT duty cycle stopped functioning. Data is present again so I think we're good.

I tried to correct the problem with the relief when I found it and it got me a week. The damage had already been done though.

I hope the hub TSB works because the pop ting started after her first track outing. Won't know till next year how well it holds up I guess.
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I guess a leaking/low battery is certainly not a good thing and sometimes can make an existing situation worse,its like adding fuel to the fire,also do you know if they replaced the thrust washers.  Z
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They did replace the thrust washers.
 
I saw these on the Ford site with a price match guarantee,great overall tire which includes install/high speed forced balancing for lifetime.  Z    https://owner.ford.com/maintenance/tire-finder/search-results.html#/Tire/9OO2%2015500190000
 
after having 3 revisions of a E20 tune performed, switching back to the canned 91 tune sucks! I can't believe how much of a difference the E makes.
I have a road trip coming up for Thanksgiving so I have to switch back to 91. I'm going to try to get a log or 2 with the 91 + ACES to give to Torrie before I head out next week.
 
92BlackGT said:
after having 3 revisions of a E20 tune performed, switching back to the canned 91 tune sucks! I can't believe how much of a difference the E makes.
I have a road trip coming up for Thanksgiving so I have to switch back to 91. I'm going to try to get a log or 2 with the 91 + ACES to give to Torrie before I head out next week.
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Very interested in this as I ran a 50/50 mix in my Mazda DISI, night and day to say the least. If the fuel system can keep up, or if 20% is enough to keep KR away you can likely move to 87 and save a few bucks, with 50/50 that is what I did and from what I was told I didn't need anywhere near that much E, its just easier and cost less to mix it that way. I'm also interested in combining this with meth though it may be pointless, something to discuss with Torrie.

My random thought of the day: If Anonymous brought down nearly four thousand ISIS twitter accounts were the terrorists correct in saying they were going to get F&@%ed by a bunch of virgins? 
 
Wouldn't half&half 87E10 + E85 net you E48/96 octane fuel, Scott? Are fuel systems on the Mazda rated to handle this/E85, because on the SHO, the max official rating I have seen so far is E20 (E15 for 2010-12 I think).  I know FoMoCo has run E25 in his 2013.
 
SHOdded said:
Looking forward to updates!  Have you been able to contact Brian at BND recently?
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I haven't. When I called to order a gallon of ACES a month ago, I left a message to order it. It took a few days before he put the order in but I wasn't in a hurry.
 
SHOdded said:
Wouldn't half&half 87E10 + E85 net you E48/96 octane fuel, Scott? Are fuel systems on the Mazda rated to handle this/E85, because on the SHO, the max official rating I have seen so far is E20 (E15 for 2010-12 I think).  I know FoMoCo has run E25 in his 2013.
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Yeah not an issue as far as flow is concerned with the DISI, we could run 100% up to a particular HP level, after that we needed 5th and 6th port. Our issue was with the gunk that would build up in the pump during cool down. Just as the EB, it was cam driven and lubricated by engine oil, it was not perfect and some oil and fuel would mix in the pump. When you shut off the engine that pump was very hot and would boil off the fuel in it, but when it was E85 and oil, it would boil off and leave a sticky black residue in the pump that would build up over time and we started losing fuel pressure because the plunger would not move freely. 50/50 mix had enough gas in it to keep it clean, anything more would start this build up. In the case of the EB it seems to be a flow issue that limits how much E we can use. E and Meth are both fuel and have a cooling effect, I would imagine 20%E with Meth would do well in the EB, we never really did that in the DISI with the stock turbo because 30-50% E ran through fine and was enough fuel "and air" to get the max performance out of the stock turbo. I'm sure some of the upgrade turbo guys ran both E and Meth, but I never researched it much.

I'm very curious if Torrie has tuned a car with both a "splash of E" and Meth. I'm not sure the E would be needed, i would think you can get all the cooling, fuel and the associated benefits of advanced timing, increased boost and still hold off KR with just the Meth. I'm not so sure 20% E would be enough to get the same performance as Meth only. I guess most shave about .5-.6 off their quarter mile time with Meth so maybe a guy running E can share their experience. Some dyno numbers would be nice too.
 
I noticed this morning that the Sirius travel link free trial is (active),it will be cool and surely helpful if it lasts through the Thanks giving day weekend,enjoy.  Z    :)
 
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