The Official EF Discussion Thread
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Is there a catch with the free mags?
I'm really frustrated with my car right now. I bought a Z6 harness and sent that along with my OBD0 harness to Ryan so he could me the conversion, plug-n-play harness. Since I completed the swap, there was the near-fire incident, which ended up being a problem with one of the plug/sensor connections, and I'm still having problems with the temp gauge not working. I thought I traced it back to a loose connection on the little metal plug that attaches to the sensor. I went in there last night to fix it, but the more heat shrink/loom/electrical tape I removed, the more cracks I found in the wire. I was under the impression that part of the process of building the conversion harness was to examine the whole thing for problems like this. I know Rywire has to work with what they are sent, but obvious broken/cracked wires should not be loomed up and returned to the customer. I'm pretty paranoid that there could be another near-fire or actual fire.
I'm really frustrated with my car right now. I bought a Z6 harness and sent that along with my OBD0 harness to Ryan so he could me the conversion, plug-n-play harness. Since I completed the swap, there was the near-fire incident, which ended up being a problem with one of the plug/sensor connections, and I'm still having problems with the temp gauge not working. I thought I traced it back to a loose connection on the little metal plug that attaches to the sensor. I went in there last night to fix it, but the more heat shrink/loom/electrical tape I removed, the more cracks I found in the wire. I was under the impression that part of the process of building the conversion harness was to examine the whole thing for problems like this. I know Rywire has to work with what they are sent, but obvious broken/cracked wires should not be loomed up and returned to the customer. I'm pretty paranoid that there could be another near-fire or actual fire.
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http://www.rywire.com/catalog/obd0-m...b5a29a38a73c81
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I think he was referring to the fact that there is no DPFI option.
I completely understand why they don't want to use brittle, old harnesses anymore. It just royally sucks that I've got $300+ already in the harness and I'm going to have to spend at least that much again to have a safe wiring situation.
I completely understand why they don't want to use brittle, old harnesses anymore. It just royally sucks that I've got $300+ already in the harness and I'm going to have to spend at least that much again to have a safe wiring situation.
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Not sure if sirius....
His original reasoning for not taking donor harnesses, from what I recall, was that "the quality of these old harnesses were getting worse and more often than not needed to be completely redone anyway". I don't see how moving away from that statement and strictly back to MPFI harness that are 20+ years old solves that problem in any way.
His original reasoning for not taking donor harnesses, from what I recall, was that "the quality of these old harnesses were getting worse and more often than not needed to be completely redone anyway". I don't see how moving away from that statement and strictly back to MPFI harness that are 20+ years old solves that problem in any way.
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Well, you don't send your MPFI harness to them anymore. The kit he sells is an add on to whatever you already have so if there is a problem with your harness, it's your problem.
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Matt- You know him personally...I vote for explaining your situation. I bet he'll cut you a deal on a new harness. That's just a bet though and not a personal guarantee
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Meh, I don't really know him. I let him and Chase crash at my house one time in their cross country trip and that's about the extent of it. I'll send him an email, though.
Here's a pic of how the EG6 box is mounted. I drilled a hole through the sheet metal and put a nut on the bottom side.
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Have you guys seen this?
http://www.abchobbyusa.com/gridhondacr-xsir2ndgen.aspx
http://www.abchobbyusa.com/gridhondacr-xsir2ndgen.aspx
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Even the Crome chipped ECU I got I'm unsure of... its kinda one of those *fingers crossed* things. Is anyone even using Crome anymore?
I myself should have either waited or put more thought into it before ordering. Live and Learn.
Hope you get it all worked out. Ryan seems to be a good guy and an even better business man so I'm sure he will do the right thing!
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Basically, Ryan told me these types of problems are why he builds them new now and I'm welcome to order a new one from his site. So I either drop another $300+ or try to fix it myself and hope nothing catches on fire.
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BUT, I'm hoping to go COP soon.
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Even now.. I have a sub-harness I made after for gauges which I wish was incorporated originally.