Phen's 2004 Mazdaspeed MX-5 GT Thread

[PrinceValorum]

How am I not subscribed to this?

 

[THE Phen]

Not to sidetrack but what is wrong with the Civic?

What would you be able to tell by looking inside the Hydra?

Brake lines going all the way to the rear decided to spring a leak. I HATE brake lines. Especially those that go the length of the car. It's one repair that I will gladly pay to have done. Problem is, I won't get off my wallet to do it. Procrastinated... and now it's almost winter.

 

[WillD]

Ugh. Yeah I wouldn't want to mess with that either.

 

[princess peach]

oh, and I think Jon meant troubleshoot the Hydra, not the whole car

 

[THE Phen]

Ok, so the front half of the car then.

While it's not a bad idea... that's something I would rather let someone who knows the system well take a look at it. It may not seem ****** to me, but they could look at it and say "Oh yeah, this input circuit is hosed."

 

[THE Phen]

Well... Time for an update. The car is stored at Jasen's house. Not far away, but at least its not tempting me yo drive it. After the holidays, I'm going to pull the ECU and send it to FM to be tested.

 

[Perro del Sol]

Well... Time for an update. The car is stored at Jasen's house. Not far away, but at least its not tempting me yo drive it. After the holidays, I'm going to pull the ECU and send it to FM to be tested.

Wise choice my son!

 

[PrinceValorum]

That's a solid plan, my man.

 

[Reitrof]

Keep us informed on what they find.

 

[Lewis7789]

Get off the couch and pull that ECU, turkey.

 

[WillD]

+1

 

[chiefmg]

Dude, you better get this thing sorted out before I get my MP62 installed. I'm leaving this coming week for 3-4 months so I'm looking at sometime in June for having mine in. Clock is ticking...

 

[THE Phen]

Get off the couch and pull that ECU, turkey.

Gotta get the daily driver sorted out before I even consider screwing with the toy. Speaking of... back outside again I go...

Dude, you better get this thing sorted out before I get my MP62 installed. I'm leaving this coming week for 3-4 months so I'm looking at sometime in June for having mine in. Clock is ticking...

Yeah, I know... I've been weighing the options if it is the ECU. So far, the best one is return to complete stock. I don't have $2k laying around for another Hydra.

 

[WillD]

If it does turn out to be the ECU is there anything that FM can to do fix the unit itself?

 

[THE Phen]

Unsure. There is an upgrade to it, but I'm not sure if it replaces all of the internals, or just part of them. Upgrade is $500 for one option, and $750 for the other option.

 

[Reitrof]

How much to back to stock??

 

[princess peach]

shouldn't be much, he has most of the parts

 

[subspeed6]

Really... ECU, MAF, Injectors, and maybe the O2 sensor but it isn't required. Then you just dial down the boost to stock or keep it up a little bit.

 

[Reitrof]

If he has the stuff then go back to stock.

 

[THE Phen]

Yeah... I have just about everything that I need to do it. Need to get out in the garage and locate it all. I have parts from 4 different cars in one big pile. Need to get a set of shelves to organize it all again.