388bu's LQ4 swap thread - Its alive!

[388bu]

Not too much to update really. I have been tinkering with the tune myself a bit and am making some progress, but its not 100% yet thats for sure.

I went in Thursday to get it tuned by SpeedInc, but they couldnt tune it because my O2's werent working. Dont ask me why the tuner needed to use the O2's, but he did. Soooo I started trying to figure out why those werent working and I fixed an issue with the heater circuit. Not sure if the O2's are 100% yet, but they seem better. At this point I just want it tuned in open loop, but Speed cant do that apparently. I am scheduled now for Aug 2nd to go back, but I may just try to find someone else who will tune it in open loop.

This is the only video I have. Its not the greatest, but you can at least hear how it idles. This was when I first got it running and the tune was way off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJG0AF5BGE

 

[dirtybird]

MAN THAT SUCKS. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME GOOD NEWS. I'M LIVING THROUGH YOU WHILE I WORK ON MINE. REALLY LIKE YOUR BUILD, KEEPS ME INSPIRED. =D> IF I WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN YOURS I WOULD HAVE SOLD MINE 2 YEARS AGO.

 

[388bu]

MAN THAT SUCKS. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME GOOD NEWS. I'M LIVING THROUGH YOU WHILE I WORK ON MINE. REALLY LIKE YOUR BUILD, KEEPS ME INSPIRED. =D> IF I WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN YOURS I WOULD HAVE SOLD MINE 2 YEARS AGO.

Thanks. Glad I could I help keep you motivated!

So I got the o2's working pretty decent while cruising so I now have it running in closed loop and it runs quite a bit better now. Got my idle a bit more under control...the only thing now is it will want to die occasionally when putting the clutch in coming to a stop. Just a blip of the throttle fixes that.

Found someone else to tune it also. Sounds like this guy really knows his sh*t! He wasnt surprised when I explained the symptoms and says he should be able to get it squared away. I drop the car off with him on the 26th and should have it back the 28th. dancin_banana.gif

Once thats done, this is next:

 

[dirtybird]

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING BOUT DAAAAWWWWGGG!!!!!!!!!! party_dance.gif MAN YOU KEEP RAISING THE BAR. =D>

 

[StreetBu]

Craig, only thing I can say is I'm jealous

 

[Doober]

I wanna do this... I will plan to do this 8) How much does that one go for? I tried figuring how much it would cost, but got a little turned around surfing the site... plus it's been a while since I went over there.

 

[388bu]

Its $950 or $1050 depending on which caliper you go with. This is the 13" C4/C5 setup. I need to call him and see if I can get drilled/slotted rotors though.

 

[79loserbluebu]

I'm curious seeing as your up in Crystal Lake... What ever happened to that 6.0 you replaced with the LS7...

 

[388bu]

I'm curious seeing as your up in Crystal Lake... What ever happened to that 6.0 you replaced with the LS7...

Its sitting in my garage. Let me know if you are interested in it.

 

[86olds]

any pics of finished product