Ask ALEX PFEIFFER Something!

[AlexPfeiffer]

Got a couple new sponsors,

www.aitracing.com, they saw the body kit and said they had something better. Unfortunatly they are out of front bumpers but will have one in a couple weeks. In the mean time the old bumper will be getting painted.

www.knwautobody.com/ will be doing the body work. Great guys and they are used to dealing with aftermarket cars. At least half the cars in there today where getting kits fitted and molded. If your looking for someone in the 909, hit these guys up.

I'm leaving for hawaii tomarro (family stuff) which kinda works out I guess. The chassis is over at knwautobody and they will need it for some time. Then the BC stroker showed up at speed o motive this morning. They will need some time to get that together too. Which leaves me a week with nothing to do but hang out with old friends and the family. I'm glad to take a break from this car which has taken up all my time. Just when I get back, its full tilt till the end. I'm still in need of some parts which I hope to have ordered and on its way to the shop by the time I get back.

[akuma S14]

Nice man! Enjoy the time off, get some rest and a fresh mind then get back to it!

[chrisfb]

Yea AIT makes real good stuff, and my other car is at k and w too!

[Gran Dorifto]

cars comming along nicely...i cant wait

[courantcom]

Sometimes being sponsored by certain people leads to being automatically sponsored by other companies as well... Emergency Hookers supports K&W Autobody as well as AIT Racing, so dropping those two names with the correct references can lead to a very good "coupon". =)

[Justin Banner]

Sometimes being sponsored by certain people leads to being automatically sponsored by other companies as well... Emergency Hookers supports K&W Autobody as well as AIT Racing, so dropping those two names with the correct references can lead to a very good "coupon". =)

What about having a unique vehicle? <wink, wink>

[silviaguy]

Seeing the progress of this car make me want to build my own SC300.

Alex drop me a line when you get back, or call me.

[AlexPfeiffer]

Well today was april 1st and I dont know if it was a joke or not, but talked to Ray over at Kaaz to go pick up the diff and he said he did something special to it. So my impression was he shimmed the diff some special way to make it better then normal or something. Well when I got down to Kaaz, this is what I found.




Also Speed O Motive called, said the valve guides where no good and we needed replacements, which kinda sucks cause we are supposed to be shooting the DVD with drifting.com tomarro. Well they found some on short notice unfortunatly cause now I have to wake up in a few hours to start on that.

Kenny over at K&W autobody calls me and said "I need parts", well I've been talking to Seibon for a while and they never came to a hard decision but they finally gave in a bit and helped us out. Ring the bell, we have a new sponsor, not full but at least I got the parts needed to keep this thing going.



Thank god someone in the USA makes doors for this car. Not cheep by any means but at least its there.





Then also got the TSII hood and the oem trunk








I'm running out of time fast. Start building the motor in a few hours.

[gtstickers]

Yo Alex...it's Jay from GraphTech / gtstickers.com how you been. Nice build man. Never heard of powdercoating a car...dope, I might do the same on my s14 build. I can sponsor you on stickers or a wrap. Hit me up.

[AlexPfeiffer]

Suprised no one said anything about the pink diff.

Got like 3 hours of sleep then off to the motor shop. Speed O Motive, Remeber the name when you want something done right. Brian Crower got sent the parts directly and they went over all the parts, bored the block, ballanced the crank(must say it was just about perfect from the box), weighed and matched the rods and pistons, checked the line bore with the new arp hardware, pulled the head apart, found that the valve guides were bad and we needed to do the filming for the DVD with drifting.com today so they over nighted some in, painted the block and had it all set up for us this morning at 8am. You will beable to purchase the DVD of the engine build soon on drifting.com. Here are some quick pics, Alex from drifting.com and Bill Shoemaker, great head builder.








Well, bad news, I'm still missing some important parts to get the motor together in time (main bearings) and some odds and ends. So instead of splitting my attention between things, I just have time to worry about getting the chassis together for long beach. The count down begins today and think I've found some new sponsors, Mackin Industries for some cool Rays Wheels and Cooper for some tires.


7 Days till Long Beach

[CelicaDRIFTER]

good luck on getting it done in time.

would be awesome to see u rock that SC!

[AlexPfeiffer]

I still want that rasta valve cover.

Good News, Got probably the best ecu on the market. This thing can do just about anything, I'll let the stats speak for itself.


V88 Model ECU



The ViPEC V88 is our most advanced ECU. This ECU has many features which allow it to be setup to suit various types of engine configurations. It has very flexible options over how the inputs and outputs are controlled, and allows the user to design their own functions to control all sorts of devices. Precise control of injectors and ignition angle are guaranteed at very low or high RPM or manifold pressures. A very high level of protection from interference and tolerance of trigger input errors has been built into this ECU, ensuring a smooth running engine even under the most demanding conditions.

Variable camshaft control for up to four camshaft. Control of camshaft position is very precise and time taken to advance from full *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* *Censored* to full advance is less the 1 second. Support for VVT and VANOS systems.

Closed loop control of idle speed and boost pressure makes for a "factory" idle speed stability, and precise control of boost pressure. Boost control can be setup to provide a different boost in each gear.

Knock control with support for two sensors. Knock control is user definable with flexible settings to allow precise knock control.

E-Throttle (Electronic Throttle Control).

Peak and hold injector drivers are 10 amp. Both the peak Amps and hold Amps can be set separately in the software for optimum injector control. See setup screen.

Feature Comparison for V44, V88 and plug-in ECU

HARDWARE:


Main Connector 2 x 34 Pin waterproof.

USB data link connector plus CAN

Case, silver extruded aluminium, 169 x 172 x 42 mm (overall).

40 MHz Specialised Automotive Microprocessor.

Ignition control to 0.1 degree, fuel to 0.01 ms -

32 Bit Calculation -
10 Bit ADC Resolution
Max 20000 RPM

ECU to PC data link operates at up to 115k baud for fast cal down load & Log file upload (19sec typ for 112k bytes). 112k logging memory.

Internal Diagnostic light & optional remote light.

High efficiency power supply & output drivers for reduced power consumption and reduced self-heating.

Eight ignition outputs. Secquential to 8 cylinders and wasted spark up to 16 cylnders.

Software selectable mappable dwell or O/P pulse duration modes possible.

Eight coil dwell, software selectable.

Eight high current injector outputs.

Spare injector and ignition outputs can be used for output control.

10 Auxiliary Outputs
11 Digital Inputs
4 Temperature Inputs
11 Analog Inputs
3 Load Inputs (MAP, TPS, MAF)
2 Trigger Inputs (Reluctor, Optical or Hall Sensors)
2 Knock Inputs
Support for Reluctor and Hall effect crank and cam sensers.

Camshaft & crankshaft sensor inputs individually software configurable for hall effect & reluctor sensor types. Response speed is also software configurable for improved noise immunity.

Eleven general purpose digital Inputs with logic level sensitivity & pullup to +5volts. Useable for speed measurement. Switch I/Ps. Four are useable for Camshaft position measurement.

Knock control with support for two sensors.

Variable Camshaft control for up to four camshafts. VANOS and other VVT and VVT-i supported.

NTC or PTC air temp sensors, software selectable.

External 2.5 bar or 7 bar map sensor, software selectable.


Stepper motor idle control, two and three wire idle control.

Support for most idle valve type including 2 wire, 3 wire & stepper possible. Stepper pins can be used for spare outputs if not used for idle control.

Support for air flow meters.

Internal barometric pressure sensor.

Tacho & Diagnostic outputs.

E-Throttle (DBW, Fly by wire) option. No external controller required. The throttle control is built into the V88.


SOFTWARE:

Launch Control (two step rev limiter based on vehicle speed).
Flatshift (change gears without clutch at WOT using standard gearbox).
Antilag (keep turbocharger on boost during gear changes) with turbo cooldown function.
Selectable ignition tables.
Up to 440 Zone Fuel Table with configurable load and RPM centres. MGP, MAP and load options.
5D Fuel Mapping.
Many correction tables for precision fuel & ignition adaption.
Digital Trigger Decoding.
Reluctor, Optical or Hall Sensors.
Programmable filtering and arming thresholds.
Configurable trigger patterns or preset triggering options, such as, Multi tooth, missing tooth, Subaru, Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Ford and GM and Motronic.
Support for two, three or four rotor engines with ignition split.
Dedicated idle control with additional settings for better adaption to changing operating condition and a more stable idle.
Open loop boost control, switch boost pressures, different boost in each gear.
A/C compressor control.
Closed loop narrow band.
Closed loop wideband at WOT.
Tacho and speedo sweep function.
Cooling fan control.
General purpose control modules for O/P control. (use for variable fuel pump, power steering, inlet manifold air valves, extra temperature control devices etc) some of these are capable of PID feedback control.
Mapping via manifold pressure, throttle position, manifold and throttle or manifold.
Fly by wire throttle control will full control over the settings and operation.

Hit up Bob at Drift Office for this ecu.

[CelicaDRIFTER]

rasta 2jz valve covers? haha

[Justin Banner]

R e t a r d was censored?

[AlexPfeiffer]

Guess this build has officially become retarded.

Rays Wheels came threw. Got down there today and they had a stack waiting for me. They are used (off last years apex car) no complaints from me as you cant get anything better then inches of deep polished lips. They're the GT-F line and are 18x9 and 18x10 +1 offset. We are thinking about having the centers powdercoated to match. We will see how they look once the car is out of paint. That brings up another topic, Tribal red candy Flames? Paint sponsor is coming up with ideas.







Yeah, I have 8 of them which is a big help when you need to switch out tires fast. Thank You Rays!!!

6 Days till Long Beach