Pete, I can take a look at the code for you. I wouldn't jump on the battery yet. Check the voltage when the car is off and when it's running. It should be 12 volts off and around 14 at idle. If it's under say 11.5 when off then the battery is likely not holding a charge. If it's idling and the voltage isn't at least 13 then the alternator might be going out. Almost any automotive place will check the battery free for you. Autozone, Pep Boys Advance etc.
You'd be surprised about boost leaks. You can almost never see them visually unless a pipe has become disconnected. I did a leak test this weekend at 40 psi which seemed fine, then blew a pipe off this morning on my way to work getting on the go pedal at 30 PSI. Scared the hell out of me laying on my back on the side of rt 30 reattaching my LICP with cars wizzing by at 70+ MPH.

 

talk about a lot i want to respond too. oh and I am about to throw this F'ing pager out the window....christ almighty!

pete, marc just reminded me about the relearning parameters when you do a hard reset.... is the idle just searching. you know that it has to relearn the idle rpm and everything. it may start and warm up fine but once you get it warm and stop at a light it starts reving like crazy. is that it? even with a new battery it will have to do that all over again.

marc, i have an appointment at RT on Thursday at 330. I've read up on all the different idiosyncrasies of aligning a car and feel a little more confident it can get sorted out. which leads me to my next response...

chu, i don't know if this works with your schedule but if you want to make your appointment for thursday afternoon, i'll be there to hang out.

i'll be getting my bernese mountain dog on saturday. cant wait.

oh and i'm out for the cruise on the 14th.

edit: i must have misunderstood pete's issue. the fuel trim thing makes more sense to me now.

 

hey marc its nice to hear your bored at thunderbolt lol. I need to gain the courage to go back after the turn 5 wall at my car doing a 360 lol. I will be back there someday.

 

Guy's I replaced the battery at lunch and its still f-ed up. I've never had any issues with the car having to re-learn anything after the computer has been reset. I'm thinking its the idle air control valve or what ever that thing is called. I'm gonna have to wait for it to throw the code again so I can have it read. If and when it does that Josh I'll let you know if I don't just to go autozone or something. It never ends with this damn thing anymore...

 

I'm going to try to schedule it for around 4:00 - 4:30ish. I usually leave Lancaster around 2pm, and should make it there in more than enough time.

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I can only do Friday Dan. Sorry.

 

cool, I'm off work @ 5 so I'll meet you down there.

Carson, do you know why you went off? I'm trying to remember which one was 5, is that the one before the left hander???

 

hey guys, i bought a helmet off a friend but its a few years old, its in great condition but i was reading that they go bad or some crap after a certain time, will i still be able to use this thing for autoX ?? i dunno exactly how old it is, but like i said, its in great condition as it was just a passenger helmet

 

pete, i can also pull the code if josh isn't around. you have my number in one of those PM's i sent you.

 

shaw, look on the inside of the helmet for the snell rating. anything snell 95 or better is fine for autox.

 

You could usually locate the manufacturer labels and be able to tell when the helmet was made. Also look for the Snell rating, you can use that to at least identify what year the helmet came out. They say that the material inside the helmet goes bad after a few years, but for autox I think you'll be fine...as long as you're not using a 10yr old helmet.

On that note, anyone looking for a new helmet should wait until next year as Snell 2010 standards are coming out.

 

there is a new EVO signed up in BSP, last name Newby is that one of us?

 

^^ That's Adam, aka BrandNew. He was suppose to be at the last one, but didn't make it.

 

Thanks Dan... I'll keep you in mind.

 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, FML I THINK THIS IS A SNELL M90 RATING :\ guess im gonna have to hang onto peteys helmet for this 1

 

If the battery is disconnected it can take a solid 10 miles or so of driving to get the idle back inline. It gets worse once cams and fuel system mods are done. If you've driven more then that I would suspect something else is wrong.