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  1. Nathan

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    #150 Nathan, Aug 7, 2015
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    #167 cct1, Aug 26, 2015
    The "while it's there" list can be a VERY dangerous thing...
     
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    #216 AAONMS, Sep 12, 2015
    Lucas, father of the 3-position switch: Off, dim, and flicker.
     
  4. Nathan

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    #258 Nathan, Sep 17, 2015
    Its not that loud. Golly gosh jeepers.

    It is loud enough that I don't hear passengers screams. The perfect level of loudness.
     
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    #278 Minidave, Sep 29, 2015
    They trailered it down to you? That's above and beyond......well done, DT. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #11 MCS02, May 11, 2015
    I say T-shirts are in order, and Chad could video the rebuild and post them here. That way we can all be part of the fun!


    Thats ok Chad you don't have to think me for the idea.:D
     
  7. cct1

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    #22 cct1, May 21, 2015
    As Nate's heart gets better, Gnat's heart gets worse, a cruel, cruel irony. Gnat is turning into the Dorian Gray MINI.

    There is a T-shirt in this somewhere....
     
  8. Nathan

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    #33 Nathan, May 26, 2015
    The correct term is Jew-ish. The pause is important. A hand gesture is usually added when spoken, the accent on the "ish"

    Car has Jesus Head #2. Installed in 2007 by Danny at MINICorsa.

    Here is that head about to be installed, with timestamp. The ports had to be blacked out at the time as the design is proprietary.

    [​IMG]
     
  9. DryMartini

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    #41 DryMartini, May 27, 2015
    Yep, that head is definitely No. 2 now.
     
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    #43 Crashton, May 27, 2015
    That cylinder took a #2 all right....
     
  11. Nathan

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    #75 Nathan, Jun 2, 2015
    Welp, spoke to Jan today and Dave.0 hit the head on the nail...

    Jan requested that the head, injectors and pig tails be sent to him to be checked over. We'll see if the head can be repaired properly.
     
  12. Metalman

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    #94 Metalman, Jun 19, 2015
    Well... Aparently John Denver knew about legalizing weed there some time ago, when he recorded "Rocky Mountain High"....
     
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    #190 Metalman, Sep 2, 2015
    All I can say is "Don't burn your bridges"....

    I'm pretty sure no one in Columbus would want to do that kind of major heart surgery on your MINI.....

    It's got too many custom STUFFs in it...

    It might be the kind of thing that goes with the territory, when you are living on the bleeding edge of modified MINIs being used as a daily driver...

    Take a deep breath and "forgetaboutit", it'll get done when it's done...
     
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    #209 TheModFather, Sep 11, 2015
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    #213 cristo, Sep 11, 2015
    You just need some of this:

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    #263 Crashton, Sep 18, 2015
    The trophy should have been a pair of hearing aides. :wink:
     
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    #281 Goldsmithy, Sep 29, 2015
    To Chad, Nick, and the rest of the DT crew...you guys are a class act...
     
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    #6 Gil-galad, May 11, 2015
    Are we getting Gnat rebuild commemorative t-shirts this time around? :cornut:
     
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    #58 Eric@Helix, May 28, 2015
    When R53s run lean, it's cylinder #4 exhaust valves that melt, not #2. If the motor was running lean (all cylinders), or Nathan was getting no signal from the O2 sensor, he would have seen it on his gauge, which would have been a major red flag (the gauge provides the signal to the VIPEC). You could easily ohm out the wire to see if it is conducting, but based upon the symptoms, It looks to me that the injector is the more likely culprit.
     
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    #59 WolfGTI, May 28, 2015
    Correct - I know that from first hand experience when my meth system failed on me during a tuning run. There is an adjustment in the Vipec where you can change an additional fuel trim for each cylinder to compensate for the differences in flow due to manifold design.

     
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