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She'll go on one date in the car... and never ride in it again. But if you get her a horse all sins will be forgiven.

Croc left out the most lmportant bit of advice.... Come down to nj for the annual sevens July track day and social event. It is the only opportunity to see an unbeatable array of cars in one place to compare styles, sizes, etc I would put a shorter build time on the project. But once done it'll need somewhere to live. 5)If your wife is half as saintly as mine she'll understand. Otherwise a seven is less expensive and more convenient than a divorce, safer than a mistress... :hurray: I'm in CT if you'd like to look a a Birkin and talk build process PM me P.

Congratulations!! Which part of MA are you in?

Update (for the next person with this issue): Switching from reluctor to hall effect sensor had no effect on the issue. more digging and consultation with boffins revealed ford changed from a one tab to 6 tab camshaft in 2008. Subsequently the working theory is that putting the 1 tab camshaft back into the engine will hopefully resolve this situation. -Fingers crossed for this week.

thanks. I've already spoken with them earlier in the week. My tuner things the change between reluctor/hall effect sensors is the likely culprit. Apparently ford changed from a reluctor to hall effect in the 2007 vs 2008 duratec engines. Right now my quandary is identifying which terminals in the sensor/pigtail wires are ground/signal/+ switched so i can connect it to my ECU loom...

Any ideas what it might end up looking like? I keep thinking a lotus SUV would be the size of an average sedan and include cup holders.

I Hope someone can offer some sage advice.. Setup: birkin with a stock 2.0L duragec engine (2007) with a haltech sport 1000. I replaced this engine with another stock duratec engine (2008 focus). As far as i know/can tell the only difference is the replacement engine loom had a hall effect cam position sensor whereas my first engine had a reluctor camshaft sensor (both the same size). Everything else is the same. Since the wiring loom for my haltech ecu is setup for the reluctor type sensor (and i've been lead to believe they should be functionally interchangeable) i have been trying to use the reluctor-type sensor for this application. The Rub: when i start the engine it runs roughly and the "home/miss counter" when connected to a computer for diagnostics is a constantly rising number as the home signal is not being read correctly. - should i change out my pigtail to use the hall-effect sensor to solve this problem? I have already tried increasing the sensor filter level to no avail and was hoping to avoid changing the wiring connector to use the hall effect sensor Does anyone have other ideas? pull my hair out? re-wire the whole car? get a flinstone mobile with suavee? cheers P.

I mounted mine to the right inside of the windshield (birkin/heated) over my sticker: minimal vision obstruction and no problems going through tolls. Have had problems in the past holding it by hand, when upside down it doesn't read. have you done any trial passes through the toll just holding it in prospective placements to see if it reads?

well, either one-or all three of us-are stupid... He's still having trouble getting the new radiators from the factory.... (story of my current life)

I'm feeling rather left out so here goes: Assuming the radiator & nose cone I've been waiting on all year come in time :toetap05: I was planning to attend. However I'm becoming progressively more skeptical every day that i'll have my car back on the road and sorted in time to try my hand at a track day. Worst case i'm a definite maybe spectator

I see clams in on the floor. Was someone looking for a pair recently?

As one of the younger, and hopefully not dumber, readers: I expect we all perform an individualized risk/reward calculus and proceed accordingly. To be safe you could live in a sealed room drinking vegetable smoothies and easily outlive the rest of us. However, if it's quality and not just quantity that counts each of us must choose where in the safe - danger spectrum to live.

Speaking of cameras and angles director Dundee.. I'm still eagerly awaiting last year's movie :toetap05: I sincerely hope it will be released before Shane

I thought it was relatively painless to transport car parts (ie: remove engine/drivetrain), finish building south of the border and then go through the usual gyrations to get the car legally on the road in your state... If not realistic I feel your pain.

There is a Mazda 2L duratec engine assembly manual floating around the Internet. I believe it has your current and future answers

To clarify - my experience was for a large crate, not car. When I moved my car previously I was not confident in the uship car transport quotes and went elsewhere.

Also used uship to coordinate transport of a chassis cross country and was very satisfied with them

You can count me in too, with a token Birkin (once i get my parts out of the grasp of this storm). If there are more unforeseen delays I will try to come and snap a few pictures of Croc in compromising positions. p.

Mickey

Oglaf and now this: I'm really beginning to worry

What's a door? - can you be more specific? What car, etc... most of our cars are a conglomeration of pieces from various sources. Parts may come from (overseas) specialty sources like caterham, custom fabricators, or simply your local parts store.

(second that) very useful for balancing ITBs as well as good to keep on hand "just in case". I've used the synchrometer and manometer to balance my ITBs and found the former much easier to use.

FWIW I Bought my car (unassembled) from Dick and found him to be a congenial fellow. I had trouble with one or two miss-matched parts which TMW was quick to exchange once convinced of the situation. Beyond that the car was a reliable joy to drive and only required an ECU re-tune by my local boffin. The new Birkin America contact has also be friendly and I can update the forum once my upgrade parts have arrived. So far there have been morgan-esqe delays on the factory side, but things look promising this week.

I'm guesstimating ~500#, 120"L x 50"w x 30"h

Does anyone have experience shipping a seven sized crate (or other similar object) cross-country? What worked for you, and importantly are there pitfalls or carriers to avoid? thanks