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Re: Serious Concerns Over Parts Availability
From a performance perspective: The advantages of Coil Near Plug (CNP) over a single coil system as used on the GEN-II LT1/4 can be marked. The advantages over a multicoil system such as is used on the 90-95 DOHC LT5 are much less, the plug wires are a lot shorter.
Much of anything fun comes down to money. Sometimes it takes more than average to overcome the will of some to hold onto "rare" components. I'd love to see how many SLP T-Rams are actually installed on cars compared to the number that are hid away somewhere for bragging rights alone. I was disgusted to see Ferrari V-12 cam blanks for some disgustingly low price. The guy had hundreds of them. Different story for our LT5s, though the custom ones that are available are pure engine porn.
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Re: Serious Concerns Over Parts Availability
no doubt the factory ignition works great until it doesn't the DIS is going for stooopid money just like thermostat housings and other odds and ends
I've set myself out to wear out as many of these parts as possible rather than worry about getting them. I haven't had any serious worries and always able to work around the issue at hand I'd worry more about not using the car life is too short not to
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The big picture here is this: Despite their perceived and or real reliability, as a whole, the population is only accruing miles. As that mileage increases, statistical probability dictates that parts of the system will fail. I do both statistical process control and statistical reliability engineering for the engines our company produces. Every mechanical system fails given enough time and/or cycles. We've already seen failure modes in these engines and as the mileage goes up, the probability of failure does as well. It also goes up for many parts as a function of age alone and not necessarily use (capacitors, seals, o-rings, etc.) There are a lot of cars that are just now breaking out of the low mileage barrier as more and more are turned from collectors into drivers. In the next 5-10 years we will see more failures than ever. That is just a mathematical fact. The only thing that would prevent that is if every single owner stopped driving them tomorrow and never drove them again. |
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I'd like to see more development done on the Megasquirt. the hardware and software for that solution looks solid, and I'd love to run the coil on plug to eliminate the DIS as the megasquirt will drive the coils just fine.
I realize that was easier to do with the "plug and play" wiring approach, I just don't want to go that direction. the ecotec Saturn sky coils seem to be a potential fit and I remember a gent posting about boat coils being adapted. It's not that the DIS doesn't work, it's that COP works well and allows the DIS to be used by those that need it to help offset the cost of the upgrade. Just the MSPro is around 1200 which is fairly cheap considering the functionality it provides. Much faster processing, and better overall engine management and fail safe capabilities. I don't care about the mileage or security system, what else do I lose with the lack of ccm interfaces? seems like if you splice into the factory wiring rather than eliminate the factory ecm it could potentiall work better. Like to hear more thoughts on this. That's the approach the c5 guys do that with the dominator and haltec computers, seems like it might also be feasible on the ZR-1. good thread, graham and Gerry thanks for the "plan A" approach which looks like it's coming to fruition and is clearly simple and works~! for the hot rodders, the megasquirt solution doesn't sound cost prohibitive in comparison to the DIS replacement.
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Speaking of hard to find parts.....anyone know a cheap source for the spare tire? Mine are old and beginning to dry rot and can't hold pressure for very long. I found the tire online but it costs a small fortune and then I need to have it mounted....
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Spare tire on EBay:
Not a bad price and condition! But it doesn't have ZR-1 and the date written on it in yellow tire crayon from the factory... WWNCRSD? |
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