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1988 Convertible for sunny day drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 247866" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>Coles notes update:</p><p></p><p>1. Seats sent out for restoration. "Slide your azz" into the seat bolster wear/tear repaired, cracks and welts filled, redyed and marine grade coating applied (better for a convertible than standard coating). Looks much better. Not brand new looking, but looks like original seat leather that's been lightly used and well cared for.</p><p></p><p>2. Found some NOS Recaro 3 chamber lumbar bladders, hopefully replace the crumbled GM bladders that you can't get anymore.</p><p></p><p>3. Abandoned the LT1 intake project, gearing up to work on "Big Tube" TPI project. Will likely mean EGR has to go.</p><p></p><p>4. LT1 throttle body. Arizona Speed & Marine, bored out to 52mm.</p><p></p><p>5. Infinity reference series sound system. Still working on it, mostly speaker enclosures and mounts.</p><p></p><p>6. Removed AIR pump and plumbing. Turned off flags for it in BIN files so ECM doesn't try to direct air to exhaust of overboard dump.</p><p></p><p>7. No headers, but going to port match the round header ports to the D ports on the heads. Other exhaust tweeks, but no replacements.</p><p></p><p>8. Installing a Blowerworks MAF system:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://blowerworks.net/images/exactmaf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Replaces the GM expensive and delicate "hot wire" one with a 2005+ Ford Blade style MAF. Cheaper to replace (25 bucks), easy to find, very robust (drop it and no damage, try that with a GM Hot wire one) and higher flow rate. Also future proofs the car from early GM MAF being discontinued or needing to use "cheap" reproductions that set all kinds of fault codes. Does away with Burn off relays. Integrated IAT in Ford MAF if desired for logging, tuning or eliminating "heat soaking" the current MAT sensor in the plenum. Currently just installing a 3" tube, but easily scaled to bigger if more air needed. Bigger than 3" is not really required until getting into forced induction.</p><p></p><p>9. Custom BIN file to remove the cap on injector size and to read the MAF higher that 256 Grams/Sec (GM limited to 256 in the ecm hard code). New BIN goes to 512 g/sec. Can deal with turbo or supercharging as a "blow through" MAF if wanted.</p><p></p><p>10. Various flags and tables adjusted though Moates APU1 and tunerpro RT.</p><p></p><p>11. Crane Roller rockers. tip and fulcum. Stock 1.5 ratio. lift and duration will be adjusted when choosing new cam for the modifications.</p><p></p><p>12. Underhood polishing continues.</p><p></p><p>13. Currently 3D printing various small plastic parts that you can't get anymore or are stupid expensive to buy.</p><p></p><p>14. Drive it and enjoy the summer sun....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 247866, member: 5304"] Coles notes update: 1. Seats sent out for restoration. "Slide your azz" into the seat bolster wear/tear repaired, cracks and welts filled, redyed and marine grade coating applied (better for a convertible than standard coating). Looks much better. Not brand new looking, but looks like original seat leather that's been lightly used and well cared for. 2. Found some NOS Recaro 3 chamber lumbar bladders, hopefully replace the crumbled GM bladders that you can't get anymore. 3. Abandoned the LT1 intake project, gearing up to work on "Big Tube" TPI project. Will likely mean EGR has to go. 4. LT1 throttle body. Arizona Speed & Marine, bored out to 52mm. 5. Infinity reference series sound system. Still working on it, mostly speaker enclosures and mounts. 6. Removed AIR pump and plumbing. Turned off flags for it in BIN files so ECM doesn't try to direct air to exhaust of overboard dump. 7. No headers, but going to port match the round header ports to the D ports on the heads. Other exhaust tweeks, but no replacements. 8. Installing a Blowerworks MAF system: [IMG]http://blowerworks.net/images/exactmaf.jpg[/IMG] Replaces the GM expensive and delicate "hot wire" one with a 2005+ Ford Blade style MAF. Cheaper to replace (25 bucks), easy to find, very robust (drop it and no damage, try that with a GM Hot wire one) and higher flow rate. Also future proofs the car from early GM MAF being discontinued or needing to use "cheap" reproductions that set all kinds of fault codes. Does away with Burn off relays. Integrated IAT in Ford MAF if desired for logging, tuning or eliminating "heat soaking" the current MAT sensor in the plenum. Currently just installing a 3" tube, but easily scaled to bigger if more air needed. Bigger than 3" is not really required until getting into forced induction. 9. Custom BIN file to remove the cap on injector size and to read the MAF higher that 256 Grams/Sec (GM limited to 256 in the ecm hard code). New BIN goes to 512 g/sec. Can deal with turbo or supercharging as a "blow through" MAF if wanted. 10. Various flags and tables adjusted though Moates APU1 and tunerpro RT. 11. Crane Roller rockers. tip and fulcum. Stock 1.5 ratio. lift and duration will be adjusted when choosing new cam for the modifications. 12. Underhood polishing continues. 13. Currently 3D printing various small plastic parts that you can't get anymore or are stupid expensive to buy. 14. Drive it and enjoy the summer sun.... [/QUOTE]
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