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Box
#31
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 30, 2019 - 8:08 AM) *
>Plus we need to consider that despite the fact that they outsource to China, they are still a Japanese company with Japanese quality standards.... I don't mind being the guinea pig for this group, knowing the customers that have run these in past years and been happy with them.

That doesn't mean anything, Japanese electronics made in China or elsewhere don't hold a candle to Japanese electronics made in Japan. Of course you also have the price discrepancy so they should withhold higher quality for the higher priced equipment, but a company that's making everything in China may not have that but that's up to them. Like I said hopefully they turn out well.

This post has been edited by Box: Apr 30, 2019 - 2:56 PM
Bitter
#32
A lot of it comes down to QC, there's plenty of things made in China with strict QC that are great products. These tires could be one, Chris will find out and let us know. In the mean time I'll be bringing some marinara dipping sauce for his Zestino tires.
Box
#33
Indeed, hopefully this is an instance of the outsourcing company specifying a high quality product. It'd be nice to have more inexpensive tires, note not cheap, out there.

Mmmm zesty Zestinos.
Box
#34
Like the difference in quality between Federals that're Taiwanese made by a Taiwanese company are night and day over the Ohtsu which are a subsidiary of Japanese company Falken and are made in Indonesia or China. Yet the FP8000 are supposed to be an exact copy of an older Falken design.
bloodMoney
#35
No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: May 8, 2019 - 11:11 AM
Bitter
#36
Starved Rock is minimum 1/2 tank for me, it was only 1/4 tank when I went in other cars.
richee3
#37
That’s similar fuel economy to what we’re getting.
bloodMoney
#38
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 8, 2019 - 1:23 PM) *
>That’s similar fuel economy to what we’re getting.


Really? Damn... I thought I was tweaking, that's why I kept asking you about how long it took to come up.
Box
#39
The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif
enderswift
#40
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 12:07 PM) *
>No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....


Im glad I have that effect; and I dont think either of us will ever change lol



This post has been edited by enderswift: May 8, 2019 - 11:13 PM
Bitter
#41
Chris, those LED's are not so suited for small spaces if you're running them at full brightness. Especially with the 'canbus' resistors getting hot on those things. I'd suggest something more like...the Diode Dynamics HP3. It comes in colors, Amber or Green would look nice for a classic Toyota look and feel. They're well diffused to help prevent hot spots.

http://images.diodedynamics.com/mazda/miat...gauge_green.jpg

This post has been edited by Bitter: May 8, 2019 - 11:24 PM
Box
#42
Isn't the green an overlay on the gauges? So I'd say green, plus the green is kinda cool these days as now it's all blinding LCD displays. I personally like amber though, really easy on the eyes.
narly_charley
#43
The green lights in Toyota's is definitely classic.
bloodMoney
#44
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QUOTE (Box @ May 8, 2019 - 3:42 PM) *
>The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif


Big talk from someone who doesn't even own one... tongue.gif

Plus, I think I'm just used to getting 400 mi/tank with the LS.

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QUOTE (enderswift @ May 8, 2019 - 10:48 PM) *
>Im glad I have that effect; and I dont think either of us will ever change lol


This worries me for when we get on track together…. lol

I like the white gauges. I’m planning on getting the Endworks cluster bezel, and some crisp white gauges will look great behind it. Maybe if these burn out, I'll try the diode dynamics. The photo does look pretty uniform.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: May 9, 2019 - 7:30 AM
Box
#45
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 9, 2019 - 7:29 AM) *
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QUOTE (Box @ May 8, 2019 - 3:42 PM) *
>The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif


Big talk from someone who doesn't even own one... tongue.gif

Plus, I think I'm just used to getting 400 mi/tank with the LS.

I used to own a ST and now I own something not economy minded at all, so I think my comment is valid. tongue.gif Hey find me an Iris Pearl GT-Four and I'll sell a kidney to make it happen.

For whatever it's worth the ST185 was rated at 19/24 originally, so as long as you're near that I'd think it's all kosher.
richee3
#46
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 2:24 PM) *
>Really? Damn... I thought I was tweaking, that's why I kept asking you about how long it took to come up.

Yup, we’re getting about 250 miles to a tank. Less if Brigette drives it more.

For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.
CDUB
#47
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 12:07 PM) *
>No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....



Any chance you remember how many/type of bulbs are in the GT4 Cluster. The lighting guide just says :
"Guage Cluster - 194 (Larger Bulbs) and 74 (Smaller Bulbs)"

Im not sure how accurate that info actually is.

navseal345
#48
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.
bloodMoney
#49
CDUB: I replaced 3 194 bulbs in the dash.


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QUOTE (navseal345 @ May 9, 2019 - 9:49 PM) *
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.


QFT. I need more boost and water injection.
cheela
#50
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QUOTE (navseal345 @ May 9, 2019 - 9:49 PM) *
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.


^those are hypotheses and inklings only. we must set up an experimental lab session to be sure.
enderswift
#51
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QUOTE (cheela @ May 10, 2019 - 8:19 AM) *
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QUOTE (navseal345 @ May 9, 2019 - 9:49 PM) *
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.


^those are hypotheses and inklings only. we must set up an experimental lab session to be sure.


Agreed
Box
#52
This sounds like a job for, The Mythbusters! tongue.gif
punkxrckprincess
#54
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QUOTE (enderswift @ May 10, 2019 - 11:35 AM) *
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QUOTE (cheela @ May 10, 2019 - 8:19 AM) *
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QUOTE (navseal345 @ May 9, 2019 - 9:49 PM) *
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.


^those are hypotheses and inklings only. we must set up an experimental lab session to be sure.


Agreed


*coughlabordayweekendcough*
bloodMoney
#55
A bunch of you know already, but I need to post it here for posterity....

It's not GT4 specific, but we can check another box off the list....

Before:


After:


Just need to run 220 to it, and we'll be in business!
bloodMoney
#57
Insulation is next.

I'm using a propane chimney for heat at the moment, but there are provisions in the floor to heat the concrete.
narly_charley
#58
Those Rigid shop vacs are nice, aren't they? I have the same one. Not sure if you know, but their vacs have lifetime warranties. All you gotta do is bring it to a HD. You don't even need to register it like their power tools.
navseal345
#59
LoOk aT mE i gOT a HoISt In mY GArAgE.
bloodMoney
#60
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QUOTE (navseal345 @ May 31, 2019 - 11:24 AM) *
>LoOk aT mE i gOT a HoISt In mY GArAgE.


laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif

I could've kept it quiet, like the GT4, but then you all would've gotten angry at me again when you found out....

Joe:

I love that shop vac! I need to pick up a few more accessories for it, so that I can really start using it more than I do.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: May 31, 2019 - 11:34 AM
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