Goodbye CIS-III, the Haltech IG5 is in!

[Marc Swanson]

> Well, I'm just waiting for the LinkPlus to be built/delivered.  My application/order has been placed on
> "backorder" until further notice.  Time will tell if it is vaporware.


interesting.  Keep us updated..... This will tell us a lot about how
these guys deal with customers.


> I don't know if I scared or pissed them off back when I was insisting on having it produced to use a
> combination of stock crank/cam sensors so that the ignition/injection would be indexed by the crank and
> not the cam, but they have basically put me on hold.  The latest of the conversations was that I would run
> it with the stock sensors, but with only the stock rpm sensor and the hall sensor for indexing.
>
> Initially, I wanted a circuit included (or incorporated by me) that would use the flywheel indexing pin, but
> be supressed when the hall sensor is not also in phase indicating compression stroke.

well, worse case would seem to be a wasted spark if you didn't build the
curcuit right?


> As for the 4kstq getting together, no progress except that I bought a decent toolbox (joy!) and am getting
> organized (shoulda done that before the 5kcstq clutch swap), and just tonite got the garage swamp cooler
> working after replacing almost every(rusted)thing.  On the swamp, only the low speed works on the new
> motor, so tomorrow I need to either adjust the pulley to a smaller diameter, or swap back in a 1/2hp from
> the 3/4hp one.  Just in time for it to be ineffective in the monsoon season here hot AZ.

Never really had the itch to put AC in the garage as it never got hot
enough in NH to justify it.  I did end up putting insulation in for the
winter though as there is nothing worse than working on a car when it is
freezing cold out.

> Anyway, before I ramble on too much, I have nothing to report on the 4kstq project, except for
> infrastructure improvements.  (Like finally finding the charger for my cordless drill!)

my favorite is collecting the few dollars in change every time I pull
the carpet up ;-)


Later

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Marc Swanson, Software Engineer
Sonitrol Communications Corp.
Hartford, CT

Email: mswanson at sonitrol.net
Phone: (860) 616-7036
 Cell: (603) 512-1267
  Fax: (860) 616-7589
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