I was willing to pay what was needed providing it was plug and play. I was also willing to donate to get an auto there. I can only speak for myself. Period

 

Stupid question maybe, but isn't the manual ECU pretty much the same ECU as the automatic version, only without the TCU control functions? Seems to me that if an automatic car was delivered to MS then they could explore how to make all the other ECU functions work, while testing any automatic TCU functions that come up along the way.

If they can make a test version ECU that starts and runs the car, that's most of the battle. If they want to drive the car and still don't have a working TCU emulator, then I'll send them a manual shift controller that connects to the automatic's solenoids so that the forward gears can be controlled. The existing shift lever controls Park, Neutral, Reverse, and when put into any forward gear, my 4-wire switch controller will handle that. I do this for dyno testing, so this isn't new. That's 99% simpler than any other way I see to get a MS design project underway than anything else mentioned here.

Comments ???

 

^ Seems legit, is everyone in agreement with Harold's plan?

Let me know soon so I can book my flight.

 

Sounds good to me... Book that return flight. Getting the engine to run on the MS3 should be top priority at this point. In the end the 99 guys can get a patch harness from Darren and maybe Harold could build up some more of his tranny controllers for the autos....

Andy

 

^ ^ ^

That was my point - but if we don't have enough people interested in buying, will MS still do this? It ain't cheap, but it beats rewiring your car and replacing the steering column to use a $2K+ 350Z PnP Haltech ECU.... at least it is to me.

Right now I'm busy building another nitrous package for the Shark that takes a new approach to direct-port. I'm gonna call it direct-plenum - with six nozzles. But, I'm not building stuff for others - way too much time involved. Be happy to share all the details for those who want to build stuff.

 

im in never left

 

I will have our friend Manuel swap my car to manual after this is done. :3

But seriously, I wasn't aware this thread existed. Lol!

Can MS use my car for the ALL of the programming? If so, I'll just bond with the bandwagon in my sig for a couple of days.

Let's get this rolling shall we?


Shameless plug:
Anyone have a Black 98-99 center console w/ manual shifter piece they want to donate \ sell to me? PM me to keep this OT.

 

my name's not Manuel.

 

Uh, he drives a TL? Lol, we need all the hands we can get

 

I think everyone is ok with the current pran of attack.....

ROOOOAAAAAADDDDDTTTTTRRRRRRRIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPP!!!!

Who wants to come with?

 

Bump????

 

April Fools?

 

Dunno about you guys, but I declare this noble project to be - OVER.

 

i guess so .
i guess ill run an emu

 

[E=Max streets;8768333]i guess so .
i guess ill run an emu[/QUOTE]

It was a nice hype while it lasted.

 

I wasn't aware that we were cancelling this project.

Aaron and I are planning to go to GA in a month. The reason a month from now is because I'm stuck in the middle of a major IT migration at both of my company sites.

 

 

????

If you guys quit then I quit??

I could use my plane ticket and weekend for other things....

Good thing I checked here before I booked it.

 

Everyone was just reacting to the thread being ignored for a few days.
If your down, I'm sure a few people with 2k spare are still in.

 

It's still extremely disappointing to hear what people's reactions have been like though, do people realize that...

1. Someone is donating their car
2. I'm taking a weekend off of doing work on other cars, aka losing out on money I can make.
3. I'm using an airline ticket I was saving for some sort of vacation since I paid for a trip I never got to go on.

In my honest opinion, if you have the money it's easy to donate it, but time on the other hand is one thing we're all limited on.
I am NOT saying donating hundreds of dollars to see this go through is a small feat, it is a LARGE contribution towards this, all I'm saying is taking the time to do all of this is the real struggle and if you guys are willing to jump ship THAT quickly then I'm not so sure if I even want to support a bunch of people who's opinion can easily be changed in less the amount of time it'd take to complete the task.

 

I'm still in.

 

hey man at least we got u to respond,so we dont now how long this project is going to take,i had a emu sitting thier for a while waiting patiently so i went and order the harness gotta run something in the mean time.yeah cant wait any longer need something while this thing comes together. so yeah im in.

 

Well watch your words next time.

Seriously, next time you guys flip I'm out of this project completely.

Waiting on flipcpt to buy his airfare so we can fly back together.

Most likely may 4th, cheeeaap tickets that day.

 

Good thing I kept my GReddy e-Manage Ultimate. Wiring it in is going to be be FUN!

 

Still trying to get a day off from work.

We're switching locations and short an employee, so I have to do two jobs and deal with the mess of our inventory being @ one place but computers at another.

As soon as the dust settles @ work I should be able to take a friday off then go on this trip!

 

cool,thanks 4 the update.

 

Annnd I have some bad news for the Megasquirt PNP fans, but AMAZING/EPIC/GAME CHANGING news for 4th gen owners.

I am backing out of my involvement for this project.

I am sure once I inform flipcapt45 he won't be as interested any more either, but he may be willing to donate the car, but I am no longer willing to donate my time, and airfare to this project.

Something else came up.

(If you stay tuned on these forums you'll know why/what the game changer is).

Sorry guys!!

 

Boy, am I ever glad I checked the forums today, I haven't been on here in months and was thinking of tuning my car soon...

Oh well, 3" aluminum exhaust and test pipe will be compensated by my MAF at least.

 

hopefully somebody else has an ecu.