Stu

Looking good!

That's actually not bad! Best thing to do with a 2e is try to improve how it breathes, clean up the inlet ports and match the inlet manifold to it, make a new flowed exhaust manifold etc. They're understated engines and in my opinion people are too quick to change to a 4e/5e

Yes boss

Haha, well photos of wiring and small stuff is boring so had to update with something Will get some up of the 4ag soon

More progress made on the Angry Smurf - will be welding this all up soonish Will update on my car at some stage

Thanks - here's hoping

Have also been working on the Angry Smurf again - the turbo finally turned up after a 4-5 month wait so started on the new turbo manifold. Made up a quick downpipe Then made a start on the manifold Have made the merge collector but no photos of that yet

Ages since last update - I've been crazy busy lately but have had a bit of progress. Welded a plate onto the inlet plenum, drilled the holes and fitted the throttle body. Then tacked on some injector bosses and tested the rail for fitment Then made some tabs between the runners to bolt the rail back to. Ignore the bolts, I spun some long bolts down to the right size and drilled/tapped the tabs. Another shot Here it is before welding Then welded it all up Also had a few Link ECU's to buy for mates/customers so bought one for me too Since then I've re-wired all the charge circuit and fuse box wiring and wrapped it in techflex, have made a start on mounting the ecu and have planned out the new loom. I've also bought all the new fluids for the first 3 oil changes, gearbox oil and racing brake fluid. Will need to finish the antilag/idle up solenoid mounting on the underside of the inlet and then setup the vacuum tee's before assembling the inlet for good. Few fuel lines to make, new brake lines for the front and then small stuff to finish.

You could work it out by taking the head out and doing a count up?

Best to try and use a tuner who has experience with your ECU (even if its not in a starlet).

Yes they fit

Yes it is a single wire direct from the o2 sensor to the ecu. To test just use a multimeter and check connectivity between the plug end and the o2 pin on the ecu. Some e series engine looms (but not all) have a shielding cable surrounding the signal wire which must be connected to earth at the ecu end. This helps protect the signal from interference from the coil/ignitor. If you remove a short section of the loom wrapping back from the ecu end you will see exposed shield around the signal wire which connects onto the signal earth wiring, which in turn runs to the head. To test at the plug end of the wiring you could scrap a small section of the insulating offf and check for connectivity between the shielding and the head which will tell you the shielding is ok.

The knock sensor has a single shielded cable. To test the wiring check continuity between the plug (remove from sensor) and the KNK pin on your ecu. Also check at the plug end you may see a small amount of the shielding visible, if not trim back carefully and check that this has continuity to earth.

Haha yeah - Kris and I have been winding each other up for years

Thats fine as I had first drive of your mum

Picture less update I'm afraid...(well of my car anyway) Have pretty well finished the inlet manifold now short of welding on the injector bosses and making a fuel rail mount. Have modified the intercooler pipe to suit and will be re-fitting the antilag solinoid at some stage soon. With the intercooler pipe changing I've cut off the BOV and will re mount this onto the shorter pipe. Currently sorting a couple of other cars to fund a few new parts - have got a mates fairly serious forged 5efte EP82 that I'm building a new manifold and drop pipe to suit a big Turbonetics T4 along with fitting his big brakes. Just waiting for the turbo to arrive. Have already setup the coil on plug ignition.

Its best to get the whole guide (which has the pin out near the beginning) as its got some good tips for setup etc. I've wired so many of them now I know most of the pins and wire colours by heart

It was only 1mb and was to the email address we had communicated on so I know it works - do you have a spam filter? I replied to the email again yesterday too. Don't worry - I wont bother

I emailed it to you on the 17th?

My EP71 photo got cut?

The key factor is the tune. I've been involved with a number of high output stock internals that by all rights should have let go but havent. Don't rev them too hard and intelligent setup of the timing is criticle.

Yeah the Turbo S ones are not bad - quite like the smaller Si one thou. I've got both here, yet to decide

Shall I leave it for now and if it goes through give you the full file?

Thanks - not as good as I used to be, could lay down long lenths of perfect welds back when I was doing it every day.