Then and now

[cdscowboy]

Well I was definitely weighed down. I had all my ski stuff, clean laundry, and other misc. stuff. We did a rolling start "race" if you could call it that. I don't know if he was going easy on me or not, but I stuck with him pretty well. It was a short race though, cause there were other people on the road like 3/4 mi up. Still fun though.

[BITESIZE]

Fuckin A! Dude we were going 80 mph in that 40 mph zone, so i slowed down........but yah, I was actually trying, and I was staying ahead. We should have stopped then raced, because I was rolling in 3rd and dropped it into 2nd and then we both took off. Our cars did good. KUDOS TO THE BOTH OF US!

[BITESIZE]

P.S. my car weighs alot, especially with those heavy ass rims.

[cdscowboy]

Yeah, we were goin pretty damn fast...everything to our sides was blurry haha

The only reason you stayed ahead is cause there were people in my lane and I didn't want to slam into them. I doubt your rims weigh as much as all that crap I had with me!! You are a formidable adversary, though...kudos!

[Justin86]

well you guys will have to race again in redding. We also have a little auto cross road race set up for time trials.

[cdscowboy]

Well I'll be there, but BITE can't make it...he's broke. I'm honestly not sure how I'll afford it :P

[cspeed]

Yeah, like dane said, it's pretty straight forward, but still kind of a pain. That is to say there's not a lot of figuring out what goes where, it's just a matter of getting the damn thing in! It's a lot more fun to drive, that's for sure, though my tibialis anterior (shin muscle) is being used a lot more than it has in the last 3 years

There's a couple odd things though:
Something that spins is scraping something, cause I can hear it tick against it when I'm moving. I was thinking it was the dust plate on the brakes because I stepped on them to get the axles out. Any other places to check?
Sometimes when I come to a stop at a light or whatever, the RPMs will go up to like 1100-1200 for a second or three, then go back down to idle...odd.
And lastly, I think I fixed this, but when she would be warming up, after a minute or two, the RPMs would fluxuate from 1000-1400ish in a cycle. I unplugged the little harness closest to the firewall on the TB and it seems to have disappeared.

Oh, should I reset my ECU? And how to do so? Thanks!

sounds like your IAC valve is screwed. especially if you unplugged it from the harness. replace that and see if that fixes it.

brendan

[cdscowboy]

Well I plugged the harness back in, and it's stopped doing the rev cycle, so I think I've got it. Thanks though

[BITESIZE]

Did you use the 5 speed ecu?

[cdscowboy]

No, I'm just using the ECU from the auto. I never swapped it. I was told it was just something to do to make it more stock.

[BITESIZE]

Automatic ecu OWNZ you! Ha Ha, when I was at the salvage yard, I borrowed the 5 speed ecu, by placing it in my tool box, I intend on returning it someday.

[cdscowboy]

Will it really make that big of a difference?

[Justin86]

I'm still using a auto ECU, it dosen't really make a difference.

[Bloodlust]

A part of me would love to do a 5 speed swap. Looks like it turned out nice, heard its a real bitch to do. Good job.

[Coroncho80]

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[HostileJava]

Only 190 bucks to do it. Damn you are lucky. Looks good, hope it works good too.

I was going to say the same thing, I hope I get away that cheaply with my swap.

[BITESIZE]

I did mine for $100 for the tranny/clutch, and about another $50 for the other stuff. SO $150 TOTAL!!