Figured I might as well make a dedicated thread to all of the jobs I'll be doing now that I have a welder.Was very excited to do this job seeing as it is my first welding task that I've been paid for. Overall I'm impressed at how well everything went and the customer was also very happy...

Finally picked up a welder so I could so some custom welding myself instead of having to tow and rely on other shops to complete some stuff. It's a 220v/110amp Chicago Electric MIG and is currently gasless, just need to pick up a bottle of 75/25 so I can start work.Welds on the right...

As a few of you may have noticed, GatewayDSM was recently hacked and out of commission for a few weeks now. After some deliberation we've decided to reimage everything and bring it back from the dead. I'm here encouraging you midwest guys/girls to sign up and bring your knowledge together...

I've attached two seperate logs, one that I did two weeks ago and the car had barely any knock, the second is one I just did. I pulled 3% fuel from 5k up on the second and also pulled another degree of timing from 5k up but I'm knocking even more! What the hell, help!

Ok, my biggest concern right now is just getting the car to turn over....which it won't because I've found a little problem.1. On the manual starter harness (with an automatic starter) there are two plugs, on that connects to the wiring harness and one that connects to the transmission...

Hey everyone, not new at all to DSMs but very new to the automatic aspect of them. I'm currently swapping my rebuilt stage III shepherd manual transmission out for an auto and would like some input and possibly help.First off, how much fluid do I need to fully fill the stall and...

These+This=Not bad for a 5 minute chop if you ask meMore or less, do you think this would be a good looking setup on the car? They will be 17x8" with a nice set of tires to go with it!

....I think this pretty much SUMS it up ROFLROFLROFLShaft play?Going, going, GONE!Still withstood 42.5lbs/min though :thumb:

I need help badly with my galant vr4. All was well until I did a quick WOT run for some tuning and the car did well until I let off.Started idling and cruising really horribly as if it had a vacuum leak. Found a small one at the EGR blockoff that I fixed but the problem still remained. It...

....was soo close!Quick breakdown of mods to the VR4: Big 16g, ported and polished Ported/Polished EvoIII Manifold Full intercooler setup and piping 750cc injectors DSMLink Rewired 190 93octane gas 157,xxx mile stock motor 21psiI made an outstanding 290whp and 300ftlbs of...

I ran into the situation where my TPS on the stock throttle body won't exactly "fit" like stock. The manifold sticks out about 1/4" - 1/2" in comparison to the stocker and causes issues when putting the ISC on. I have it rigged right now to work but I'm curious as to see if there is some sort...

Well I noticed the problem yesterday that my fronto2 values weren't cycling at all and were stuck at .9x so I replaced it with a new sensor. I started the car up again and it cycled just fine but I had to stop working because it got late. Earlier tonight I went to wire in my 3 bar map sensor...

Posted this up on DSMLink but it seems that nobody has taken a look at it yet for any help. This is basically just a base run, at 14.5lbs in third gear. I'll update my profile here in a second to give you exacty what I have, but this is the jist.FP3065 Built motor on 9.0:1 compression...

This is for my GVR4.Car is Link tuned, ran 11.x WOT all day long with no knock after I replaced a CEL knock sensor. The car saw 18* max timing on 22lbs with a big 16g and 0 boost leaks (Tested up to 25lbs) That was all fine until about three days ago. I went to go for a quick WOT or two...

This is my setup on the VR4Big 16g, port/polish Ported evo III manifold Full 3" exhaust Blow thru setup w/ JRC 8" core RC 550cc injectors Rewired 190lph fuel pump Stage III DSMChip (550cc compensation, 1g mas w/ no lower, yadda yadda) Apex'I S-AFCIINow my question is what would...

Hey Chicago guys, a few of us St. Louis guys are planning on coming up towards your area after MOD '07 in Bloomington and wanted to know where you guys hang out and whatnot. Let us know, maybe swap some numbers and hang out a little. We plan on hitting up China-Town for some Joy Lee's chinese...

Well, I've got a grand total of 63 miles on my brand new motor, and it's started to knock hardcore. Here are a few pictures to help explain my situation. :cry:Rods 1-3 had side-side play while rod 4 was solid with none.

:thumb:Very happy with the results. I need to update all of my information so you can see what kind of mods I'm running.This was on a built 2.0, FP3065, 25 psi, 93 octane, and a bunch of other stuff.....

Can you clear your PM box out for a moment?TIA

Ok, I'm slowly going insane with this whole security setup. How do I get it to stop going off sparatically? I shut the car off, lock the doors and bam, the headlights are blinking and I don't know how to stop them.If any of you could, send me a quick picture of the fuse box panel on the...

...while still being streetable. I've come to the conclusion that I want to rebuild the motor on my laser because it is making an annoying ticking noise. Comes to find out one of the oil rings on piston #1 was off the ringland (don't ask me how). Either way, I'm deciding to shoot for high...

Ok, in another thread I explained how I got a new 1st gen talon, blah blah. Well when I bought the car I went into it knowing there was a grinding noise coming from the front driver's side wheel. My first thought was a loose axle, but I was wrong. Could a bad wheel bearing cause this...

With my current setup, would I be able to run without the transfer case on? I know I'd need a welded center diff or some VCE, but with a 4 spyder is it any similar at all?I'm really bored and just wondering because it'd be pretty fun to know what it is like for some of the FWD turbo guys...

Ok, so the car blew a headgasket and warped the head a couple weeks ago and I replaced everything that was visible, or could possibly be old. New headgasket, arps, new head (valve job and milled), starter, battery, timing belt, basically everything that wasn't new already. Car started up...

Not to bad since last time, first run clocked off a 15.107 @ 90mph. That was with a measly 10lbs of boost!Second run was a little better, gave it a rather rough tune on 15lbs of boost, 14.52 @ 95mph. Getting there. Studied the log a bit, gave it a finer tune and went 14.32 @ 97mph...

Well, it's rather damn humid here and I just got to thinking. How would I tune for humidity? My thoughts are, the less humidity, the less fuel I needed. Vice versa. I'm trying to tune for 20lbs on the SAFc and no matter where I stick it (-18% all the up to -8%) I get crazy knock :notgood...

I'm sure it isn't all that great if I can push the rod in and out with my hand freely. Does this mean I have to bleed the system? It really sucks because I just installed my new transmission, act2600 6 puck clutch kit (with the revised pressure plate) and I can only get into gear when the car...

I recently purchased a barely used (3 miles) set of AGX adjustable struts for all four corners, and it seems the front struts don't have the adjustable knob. There is the threaded hole for the brake line bracket, and on the opposite side there is a threaded stud that is about an inch or so...

Not quite here yet, but I found a really good deal here on tuners. Kyb AGX struts all around with eibach pro-kit lowering springs. Will hopefully give my car a little stiffer stance and look a bit more aggressive. Only paying $450 shipped for a basically brand new setup, watcha think...

This goes along with my thread in the ecu managment.I found out last night that the lower right hand stud on my exhaust manifold was missing a nut, causing it to leak a bit. Would this cause my o2 sensor to have false readings?What I'm asking is, I had my car tuned all the way down to...

WTF RPM Knk Timing o2 3000 42 -3 0.86 3031 42 -4 0.88 3063 41 -4 0.88 3125 41 -4 0.88 3156 41 -4 0.88 3188 41 -4 0.88 3250 41 -4 0.88 3250 43 -4 0.88 3313 43 -4 0.88 3375 43 -4 0.88 3406 43 -4 0.88 3469 42 -4 0.88 3500 43 -4 0.88 3563 43 -4 0.88 3594 43 -4 0.88 3656 14 1 0.9 3719 28 -2...

Ok, I have both of them downloaded onto my laptop, and I'm trying to run the program. I have everything connected properly, or so I think, but nothing is working. I have the datalogging cable running into the DB9 on the back of my laptop, could that be where I'm wrong? I have the settings run...

It seems like a weird problem. Whenever I'm at WOT in 4th and 5th the car doesn't want to GO, and just seems to hesitate a bit. My guess is that it's pulling timing pretty bad uptop and will have a datalogger on it, hopefully, tomorrow. Any other suggestions though?Chris:laser:

Ok, I've just recently installed my Walbro 190lph fuel pump, and RC 550cc injectors and want to know what I should set up as a baseline for my SAFCII? Everything that is installed onto my car is in my vehicle profile and basically I don't want a super tune, but just something to work with...

A few pictures of my car that I'd like to share! :shhh:

Alright, installed the AFC earlier today, everything is running smoothly, 0.02 or less signs of knock, throttle response is all good, EVERYTHING is good.Now I want to get into the actual tuning of it, but I read RRE's site, good stuff but I don't understand a damn thing.If someone...

I'm quite happy, a local dsm shop put this piping setup together for me, can't complain!

I'm trying to get ahold of him and see if his SAFC is sold or not. I'm really interested in purchasing it, so the faster I get ahold of him the better!So if anyone could get ahold of him and tell him, that'd be great!Chris:thumb:

I'm doing a project for school that will envolve Gatewaydsms as well as any other dsm that wants to be envolved.Now, this is what I need from you guys! If you could send me good photos, just drive-by videos, anything DSM related, it will be put into the film. I'll mainly be using...

If you could clean up my engine bay, how would you go about doing so? I already think it's pretty clean, but give me some of your opinions, I'm open to hear them!Chris :laser:

Ok, here is my problem. I noticed a puddle (rather large) of oil underneath the oil pan so I decided to re-torque the bolts to the recommended level. Later that night I notice even more oil sitting underneath the pan.My question is, where the bolts actually go into the pan, are they...

My guess is the ISC motor is the culprit here. Starting the car up it idles pretty high for a second then drops to normal (750-800) I put it in any gear (manual) and move it any distance, once I shift into neutral, the rpms hit from 1000-1500 and so forth. Does it a couple times, my guess is...

Well, a few of you know that a melted a nice little hole in my #1 piston and pretty much everything went downhill from there ROFL . I've just taken a few pictures so far, nothing really extraordinary though :DHopefully you enjoy!

Ok, this is my dilemma! I've got the instructions and such in front of my and I've put EVERYTHING in where it is supposed to go. My only concern is that the spacer (spring) seems a little too big, I guess, for the spot it's supposed to go? Is this correct, or what am I doing wrong...

I'm considering getting 550 cc Injectors as we speak. My problem though is what would I have to get for some sort of fuel regulator if any? All of my current mods are listed in my profile, so that isn't a problem. :confused:Chris:laser:

Yeah, supposedly they pop off without you knowing and konk you on the forehead. :sosad:Atleast it didn't hurt! :DChris:laser:

I just recently had my local DSM shop install a 3" o2 housing back exhaust with the stock o2 housing. I was holding a solid 14 psi on the stock 14b before the exhaust upgrade but now it's spiking way over 20 psi. Well, in fact, it's topping out my boost gauge (30-0-20 Autometer Phantom) I'm...

Alright, I own a 1992 Plymouth Laser Rs AWD. Here are a couple problems I've encountered....1. I've got quite a tremendous oil leak coming from somewhere above my oil pan (maybe) and it seems to be draining quite a lot. The front/rear main seals are 100% new and in tip top condition...

I just got a brand new Audiovox Prestige Platinum (APS-200) alarm system for my 92 Laser. I was wondering if anyone knew or had an idea on how to install one of these things? :cry: