Man, the parts are coming in faster than I can get things done. I had all these plans for this weekend and my son's AC went out in his car. So that destroyed my Saturday.
I then spent most of Sunday on the O2 system and electronics. First, the mini-din 6 cable I made didn't work with the SPD. At first I thought it was a grounding issue. However, while the mini-din 6 plugs into the min-din 8, the pins don't quite make contact. So, I had to track down a mini-din 8 connector and wire to solder up a new and correct cable.
Once I did that, I saw how low the AFR was at idle and discovered that the ECU didn't like my O2 mod. Basically, I disabled one upstream O2 sensor and split the signal to the ecu so I could use an existing bung for my wideband sensor. I then installed a resistor to simulate the heater circuit and prevent any CELs.
I could have fixed it, but I decided in the end, that wasn't they way I wanted to go, so I bit the bullet and pulled the passenger side down pipe to weld in a sensor bung. That was when I realized that I didn't have the bung I thought I had in my parts drawer!
So that is where I have stopped for now while waiting for a sensor bung to come in the mail.
That said, I did get in the following list of parts for my build:
- SRT-6 - Stock injectors
- Upgraded - Shift Solenoids
- Eibach Springs
- H&R sway bars - front and rear
- Every part imaginable to hook up the SC from the front mounted HE and Ford lightning pump to t-clamps
However, the next step is still to get my data logging straight so that I can get some good logs of around town driving as well as some WOT runs. I'm tapping the onboard MAP sensor as well as clamping it and the MAF. I need to find the right scale to use for the MAP sensor to calibrate my data logger to match that of the MAP sensor in the AEM. This will help me tune later because I can then tune off of one set of logs from the SPD. Versus having to compare two sets of logs, one from the SPD and one from the AEM.
Once I get that straight, I'm probably going to perform the tranny mod next, prior to bolting on the SC so I can see what it does while NA. I want to test WOT shifting at the stock power levels to see how much better it grabs to decide which route I need to go on the tranny in the future.
BTW - here are a couple of pics of my wiring job on the AEM and LC-1.
Note how there is one added wiring bundle into the ECU box and how it looks perfectly stock once put back together!
