Can't wait to drive her to work tomorrow for Corolla day! I'm proud of my diving boards.

A gift card to somewhere like wilwood you probably shouldn't see what all you can fit in under $100. That should be considered $100 off something bigger and better

A bent spindle was my issue that caused uneven camber. I took a chance on some junkyard strut casings a few years back when you could still find them and now the camber is even between L and R says the laser machine.

Russ, the front end of that thing looks great.. I love "clean" USDM front ends.... Is that an Rx-7 I see peeking out behind the truck? Ha, I figured one day mine would be unique since I'm the only one I see with a US front end anymore :-) Yep! It's an 84 with the S4 ignition system swappe...

It's a rare opportunity I get to drive mine to work anymore. Went home on my lunch break and drove it back today!

Most shops (Autozone, Advance, Pep Boys, Napa, etc..) around here can test the EDIS brain if you suspect it's bad. Call up before you drive over and see if they can test your EDIS brain real quick to rule that out. Double check with a meter that you have 12V, GND, continuity between the brain and th...

Now that I think about it, you can't output test mode spark with EDIS since MS isn't directly controling the coil, the signal has to go through the EDIS brain. If your EDIS isn't sparking at all then it's something wrong with the EDIS, the module, the wiring, the coil, power or grounding of any of t...

Gotcha, EDIS will be a little different to set the timing. With no signal from the ECU EDIS should run at a locked 10 degrees so first check that. That angle is set by where the trigger wheel is mounted on the crank pulley vs. where the crank position sensor is mounted. You'd set the timing offset f...

I would next unplug your injectors and igniter. Crank the engine over to verify you have good RPMs, like 200-300ish RPMs during cranking. Only look at RPMs in the tuning software right now. Key off and plug your injectors and igniter back in. Key back on and feel the igniter with your hand, if it's ...

Once you let go of the key in the 'start' position after cranking the engine it snaps back to the 'on' position, so it still needs to get powered there too or it won't be powered up to read the tach signal and output the injection and ignition signals.

If you have power only in the start position and not in the key-on position something still isn't right and you shouldn't be trying to start the engine yet. Before the ECU will output any signals to try and run the engine it must receive the RPM signal it is setup in the tuning software to expect. A...

Double check what you have with a meter before wiring it up to the ECU, but yes sending B+ or B1+ to MS DB37 pin # 28 should give the ECU the switched power in on and crank that it needs.

The 12V needs to come from a source that's hot in both key-->on and key-->crank positions. If you still have the factory ECU plug this would be terminals B+ or B1+. http://www.diyautotune.com/russ/ecu_terminals.gif But it would also need to be hooked up in the appropriate place at the other end of t...

I ran Ford supercharger oil in a SC12 for over 5 years and beat that engine up bad. SC was still in great shape the day I sold it. Absolutely play it safe and get the Toyota oil if you're unsure but I had a good experience with the Ford oil.

No problem! Is it a stock 20V in an 84 SR5 chassis? I've always wanted to check out a 20V but I haven't had a good chance yet.

Hope this helps. Here's the AE86 side: http://www.diyautotune.com/russ/ae86tps.gif Here's how to find which terminal is what on a TPS (AE111 side) with a multimeter: http://www.megamanual.com/v22manual/mwire.htm#tps Come down to the paragraph starting "To hook up your throttle position sensor.....

Used to have an SC12 on a largeport 7-rib 9.4:1 from a FX16: http://www.diyautotune.com/russ/franken-gze.jpg http://www.diyautotune.com/russ/intercooler.jpg Pulled and sold all the SC stuff like a year ago, now it's ITBs and LS1 coils on the same engine: http://www.diyautotune.com/russ/itb-with-ls.j...

my advice scrap the mega crap and setup with a reliable ecu......that header might be overkill for a stock 20v also... Gaijin why the hard feelings against MS? What un-reliability have you experienced that was hardware related and not installation quality related? I'm actually in the process of ins...

Plus most people's experience with MS was with MS1 five years ago. Just because MS1 was first and is least expensive does not mean it is the easiest to use or best choice, in my opinion it's exactly the opposite. MS2 and MS3 are completely different and much more user friendly. Plus if you want it t...

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I've only worked with MegaSquirt but there is a feature to correct the issue you're having. MS calls it "hardware latency", or it accounts for the time for the signals to pass through the conditioning circuits. It's likely not a mechanical retarding of the timing but the ECU not accounting...

I run a MegaSquirt 2 based wire-in system in my car. It's a 7-rib largeport from a FX16, sequential fuel and ignition reading RPM from a GZE cam angle sensor. If you are trying to find a plug-in system can you email me a picture of your ECU connector? websales@diyautotune.com We probably won't have ...

There are a few Toyota guys up in North GA but I'm not sure about down South. I know a guy who has a few Corollas but he's about 45 minutes North of Atlanta. Let me give him a call and see if he's maybe looking to sell one.

A basemap can be nice but it's not required to start an engine with the MegaSquirt systems. After you flashed firmware to the ECU during the assembly there was a default tune file loaded so it's not an ECU full of zero values. You will still need to go through the setup screens and tell the ECU the ...

I ran a SC12 setup like you're trying to do for over 5 years. Stock 9.4:1 seven-rib largeport from a FWD FX16. The stock N/A ECU will not "just work". You will need bigger injectors to give the engine enough fuel to match the extra air getting forced in by the SC. You might could find an i...