progress on the banshee...

[ericjon262]

I briefly conversed with them Via email, they said they could regrind it, IIRC, they said $175, but it's been a few weeks.

[Shaun41178(2)]

They give any ideas on what specs they could grind to?

[ericjon262]

we didn't get that far into it.

[ericjon262]

the rest of the special bolts showed up, but so did a hurricane, so no progress for a minute... I'm also trying to look into genuine improvements to the front suspension.

[ericjon262]

I threw some of the special bolts in the lifters, they're still a little tight, might take a little more finesse to get them perfect. I have a bunch to do this week, without considering hurricane cleanup, so I probably won't get around to a test fit. Assuming test fit goes according to plan, I'll carefully disassemble each lifter and thoroughly clean them, maybe a dunk in a clean ultrasonic sink is in order?



note for me

https://www.rywire.com/product-p/comms-cable.htm

[The Dark Side of Will]

Aaahhh, the key enabler emerges.

[ericjon262]

I made a new cam position sensor, this allows me to have a 180 reluctor for the cam position, which should allow me to run the LS1 crank pattern with my MS3, it's a Jeep 4.0 inline 6 cam position sensor, machined for a press fit into a 60V6 oil pump drive, with a cut down distributor shaft.



it's a tight squeeze to get it past the intake and all the way installed, and I may have to modify it slightly for it to actually fit, and be removable in car.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Snazzy. What year Jeep applications?

[ericjon262]

Snazzy. What year Jeep applications?

2000-2004 Jeep 4.0 inline 6's.

[zok15]

Nice work on the lifters, hope they work out for you. I disassembled my new lifters and ran them throuhh the ultrasonic cleaner and a ton of crap came out, definitely worth while.

Why not just machine flats on the lifters and run the oem guides or machine new ones? Seems like the lifters were easy to machine.

Also, watch the new Binky yet? Wild.

[ericjon262]

Nice work on the lifters, hope they work out for you. I disassembled my new lifters and ran them throuhh the ultrasonic cleaner and a ton of crap came out, definitely worth while.

Why not just machine flats on the lifters and run the oem guides or machine new ones? Seems like the lifters were easy to machine.

Also, watch the new Binky yet? Wild.

Glad to see you back! I was worried you were gone! The new Binky was wild! total mind blower! Kinda makes me want to look into Arduinos a little more, and learn a little about programming to make an IO box/body control module!

As far as the lifters go, if I were to do that, I would start with lifter that already incorporate flats on the sides, as it would be easier to indicate them in. The lifters were fairly easy to machine.

[zok15]

Ah yes, I hadn't really considered that it would be hard to make sure the roller and the machined flat sides were completely parallel. Was there a suitable option with flat sides available for modification?

I have done some cool things with Arduinos at work, including making the little microprocessor in the center self reliant to build some small form factor circuit boards that ran some servos activated by various hall effect sensors. They are quite useful. They are honestly really easy to write code for too. I used them for data collection of 6 accelerometers embedded in an epoxy head we cast and attached to a crash test dummy neck for my year long senior project in college, the data collection rates are great. Tons of applications.

Unfortunately I was MIA for a while, classic bought-a-house-with-a-barn-and-acquired-way-too-many-projects-simultaneously kinda situation. I have really wanted to work on the Fiero, but the GF had been bugging me about going on motorcycle rides (she has a GSXR 600) so had to prioritize the R6 (shoulda bought a running bike), I need the WRX for a winter beater this winter, so had to prioritize that (should have gotten a clean shell and swapped it), and the last 3 years in a row I thought I was going to be able to use the bus to go snowboarding that winter, and it always got delayed, so really needed to prioritize that (shouldn't have bought a fully rusted out bus). Fiero is really my only project purely for pleasure and that has sadly dropped it to the bottom of the list. I updated my build thread with some pics of the various projects getting finished. Just finished a 20 hour stint of caulking all the seams on the bus. I have started tinkering on the Fiero again, got the garage all reconfigured to work on it, and within the next month I should have some major milestones met on the bus and be able to start spending some serious time on the Fiero.

[ericjon262]

Ah yes, I hadn't really considered that it would be hard to make sure the roller and the machined flat sides were completely parallel. Was there a suitable option with flat sides available for modification?

not really, the 60V6 lifter is really short, it's overall height is probably the shortest HR lifter on the market, I highly doubt there's anything that's close to the same height. making the sides parallel wouldn't be too hard, but it would require a collet block, and patience doing it 12 time would probably suck, and then there's the harder part, making sure the flats are machined parallel to the roller, I think do do this "right", you would need to remove the roller, then make a doweled fixture that holds the lifter body, with the dowel going through the axle hole on the body. if I do anything like this again, I'll probably just go with solid rollers, but that's another can of worms .

I have done some cool things with Arduinos at work, including making the little microprocessor in the center self reliant to build some small form factor circuit boards that ran some servos activated by various hall effect sensors. They are quite useful. They are honestly really easy to write code for too. I used them for data collection of 6 accelerometers embedded in an epoxy head we cast and attached to a crash test dummy neck for my year long senior project in college, the data collection rates are great. Tons of applications.

I've been looking into a few applications for an Arduino the biggest is actually directly related to the binky episode, and that would be an IO module that converts CAN or GMLAN signals to analog signals to run a stock instrument cluster. I have a bunch of stuff on my plate right now though, so it's not going to happen for a while.

Unfortunately I was MIA for a while, classic bought-a-house-with-a-barn-and-acquired-way-too-many-projects-simultaneously kinda situation. I have really wanted to work on the Fiero, but the GF had been bugging me about going on motorcycle rides (she has a GSXR 600) so had to prioritize the R6 (shoulda bought a running bike), I need the WRX for a winter beater this winter, so had to prioritize that (should have gotten a clean shell and swapped it), and the last 3 years in a row I thought I was going to be able to use the bus to go snowboarding that winter, and it always got delayed, so really needed to prioritize that (shouldn't have bought a fully rusted out bus). Fiero is really my only project purely for pleasure and that has sadly dropped it to the bottom of the list. I updated my build thread with some pics of the various projects getting finished. Just finished a 20 hour stint of caulking all the seams on the bus. I have started tinkering on the Fiero again, got the garage all reconfigured to work on it, and within the next month I should have some major milestones met on the bus and be able to start spending some serious time on the Fiero.

Man, I know the feeling...