SimonB

PMSL! Now that is funny...

Nice one chaps, call me sad but I'm an engineer and therefore love data and graphs of stuff...

Yep, I'm with Ian on this one. As far as I'm concerned, the Supra is for driving, not polishing every minute of the day. That doesn't mean I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to parts, maintenance and mods.

That in itself isn't unusual, you're supposed to inspect/change it after 60K or 6 years. But the rest is very dodgy, look elsewhere I would say for sure.

Ah, OK fair enough. I'd still like to see the graphs though!

Glad it's going well CJ, I guess you're going to be up for a race on the way to the Nurburgring next time then? I too would be interested in the dyno graphs though, to see how the torque curve looks, and how it differs from the sequential system etc. Although dyno figures are often crap, surely that relates to the calculated flywheel figures, not the basic figures at the wheel or hub?

The handbrake gaitor and handle is one big rubber thing which you will probably have to cut off. You're gonna need a new handle too. Dunno about the auto gaitor, but the manual one is held on by a plastic ring underneath which is stuck to the rest of the surround by what looks like melting. I couldn't get mine off without snapping the bits that hold it on, so it will need glueing back. I should send the whole panel if you can and let the boys sort it.

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When you first register it you can put pretty much whatever you want on the V5, they don't really check, and they certainly wouldn't check the model code on the VIN plate, so that's no guarantee of anything. If it's been converted you have no real way of knowing if it has the proper manual LSD diff or anything. Plus you'll have real problems with insurance. I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole personally.

If you have a Profec you don't need the pressure sensor, the Emanage plugs into the Profec and uses its pressure sensor via a "Profec pressure sensor harness" cable. If you don't have the Profec then you probably do need the pressure sensor, otherwise you will only be able to adjust your maps based on the standard MAP sensor, which is only accurate up to a certain boost level. Using the standard MAP might be OK for you though, depends on what you're trying to achieve.

Wear on the insides of the front tyres is perfectly normal - it's the price you pay for increased front grip.

Nope, the fastest RX-7 is 5.1 to 60 IIRC, as opposed to 4.9 for the Supe of course. I used to have a video clip from Best Motoring of a battle round Tsukuba circuit between a standard Supra, RX-7, and various others. The Supra won, the RX was some way behind IIRC. Can't find the clip now. Remember the RX and the GTO came out before the Supra, and Toyota felt they had to respond by making sure the Supra was faster. Like I said, I do love the look of them, but they're not technically superior.

Depends what you want to do with it, you don't need the ignition harness unless you want to tinker with the timing, but it's cheap enough so I'd probably get it at the same time. Installing is so much easier with a Fields harness, but it's not essential. You'll need the pressure sensor harness too, and the Support Tool & cable (or some equivalent... ).

One of the clock's connectors is a permanent 12V, otherwise it wouldn't remember the time. That's the one you've used instead of the ignition switched one. IIRC the pre-facelift clock (i.e. digital one) has +12v permanent, +12V ign, ground and +12 illumination wires. Looking at the wiring diagram on mkiv.com, I think the permanent 12V is red, illumination +12V is green-orange, ground is black-white and ign 12V is blue-red. Dunno what connections your gauge needs. The facelift clock has +12V permanent, ground, +12V illumination and illumination ground. This is because the facelift clock dims with the other instrument lights. The +12V illumination stays at +12V whenever the lights are on, and the illumination ground varies between 0V for full brightness and +12V for dimmed right down. This is backwards from the way you might expect!

Well, it's less powerful, far less reliable, much harder to tune and not as fast from point to point, so what makes it technically better? It's got an interesting engine, and it does look better I think, but engine rebuilds every 60K? I think not...

Mine came with plastic covered crimp connectors, they looked pretty standard jobs to me. You know, the sort you put a wire in each end and crimp.

The DOT rating of brake fluid relates to the boiling point, so DOT4 has a higher boiling point than DOT3, so will handle more heat being generated by the brakes before it starts to boil and your brakes fade badly. DOT5 (silicon based) should be avoided at all costs, as it is not compatible with the others and is generally shite. DOT5.1 has the same high boiling point as DOT5, but IS compatible with the others, so if you were changing your fluid that's what you should go for. If you're topping up, DOT5.1 would be OK, and so would DOT3 or DOT4 if that's what was in there previously.

That's Rob and Charlene right? You got a mention in the Billing write up in Japanese Performance mag. It's her car

He he, just realised I out-Googled the Googlemeister himself there...

You can download the latest software from the Yahoo E-manage group (the general one). Here it is, you will need to join and then there is loads of stuff in the Files section, including a utility to convert the logged data from the Support Tool to an Excel spreadsheet, the latest firmware and Support Tool and various other useful stuff. There's also a Supra specific group here. If you bought your Emanage from Mohd he should have included a CD with the latest software on.

The Yahoo Emanage groups are here:- Supra specific E-Manage group General EManage group If you look in the Links section of the general group (you'll have to sign up first), there are two guys that make clone cables. Gilligan_Rocks does a clone of the standard cable (i.e. serial one), and further down there is a USB one. The direct link is here. It looks highly dodgy, but loads of people on the group have ordered them and I figured it was only $55US. Anyway, the cable arrived within a week, so that's pretty good. I haven't actually tried it yet though... The direct link to the Gilligan_Rocks one is here. You can find the latest firmware etc in the files section of the Yahoo group.

Ok, to expand on what Terry said, yes you can use it as a fuel cut controller. You really want the Fields harness. This has a pair of plugs joined by lots of individual wires. It goes between the ECU and the wiring loom that plugs into the ECU. The idea is you can solder all the wires you need onto the Fields harness on a bench inside without having to dangle upside down in the footwell. You can have several cofigurations:- 1. Emanage and Support Tool - you use a laptop. 2. Emanage and E01 - the E01 is a display that lets you change all the stuff you can with a laptop, albeit on a small screen. It will also log 3 hours worth of data and draw graphs etc of it, and you can plug in a few extra inputs (like a wideband) and log those too. 3. Emanage and Profec E01 - The Profec E01 is like the E01 but is also a boost controller (and a very good one too). If you go for 1 or 2, you will probably also want the pressure sensor, which allows accurate reading of boost beyond the limits of the standard MAP sensor and allows you to change your maps based on that rather than just the MAP sensor. If you go for 3 then you get the pressure sensor with the Profec, you just need a cable to connect it up. That makes option 3 better value than 2, as its only a bit more expensive that 2 with the extra sensor. If you go for 2 or 3 you might also want to buy the Support Tool and cable - that will let you use a laptop to configure and log stuff, and allow you to update the firmware on the Emanage. You can also buy a clone cable and obtain the Support Tool by other means - this will allow you to use a laptop that only has USB ports because one of the clone cables is a USB style one.

I think it's a problem that affects a small number of Profecs or Emanages or both. In any case, bunging the latest firmware on from a laptop sorted it and I guess is probably a good idea anyway. Incidently, I borrowed a support tool cable because I didn't buy the Support Tool (I was intending to use the Profec for all that). However, I've now got a clone cable that a chap in malaysia makes that attaches to the laptop via a USB port (the standard one being serial), in case I need to change the firmware again or anything. You can get copies of the Support Tool online. It was $40, the guys details are on the Yahoo Emanage group. Could be useful for people with laptops that don't have serial ports, and people that want to DL the latest firmware without having to buy the Support Tool. *disclaimer* Using a copy of the Support Tool is of course illegal, blah blah blah.

Here's my Silverstone one from the other thread:- http://www.simonshouse.plus.com/silverstonebd.jpg

Aha, that will be a dodgy ground somewhere. I had this with mine, had me very baffled for a bit as the ignition wouldn't turn off! Finally realised I'd forgotten to connect up the RLTC ground, doh! I had problems with mine when I downloaded the new firmware from the Profec (the first thing it asks when you connect it all up). It screwed up the Emanage, I just got the light flashing red-orange-green constantly. I fixed it by downloading the latest frimware from a laptop. I think the firmware version on the newer Emanages is probably OK anyway so you might want to avoid using the Profec to update it unless you have the cable to connect it to a laptop.