Much respect man, it's coming along really well.
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That’s not how that works. 
I was all happy with my crimps but the wires plug into the connector. This had to be cut and re-done.
The entire A harness is complete and I’m starting on the B harness next. Made a quick video to show my progress so far.
Also for anyone considering a standalone for their bike I’ll have instructions written up to give you when I’m finished. It will help with Maxx ecu planning as well. If I had a Gen 1 with electrical issues I’d buy a Maxx and wire the bike from scratch.
Even if you buy a plug and play Boost by Smith harness, learning to tune is not magic. I paid EFI University for their courses and HP Academy has online as well. I’m happy to share what I’ve learned regardless of the brand ecu you buy.
I was all happy with my crimps but the wires plug into the connector. This had to be cut and re-done.The entire A harness is complete and I’m starting on the B harness next. Made a quick video to show my progress so far.
Also for anyone considering a standalone for their bike I’ll have instructions written up to give you when I’m finished. It will help with Maxx ecu planning as well. If I had a Gen 1 with electrical issues I’d buy a Maxx and wire the bike from scratch.
Even if you buy a plug and play Boost by Smith harness, learning to tune is not magic. I paid EFI University for their courses and HP Academy has online as well. I’m happy to share what I’ve learned regardless of the brand ecu you buy.
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any updates to share?
any updates to share?
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Hey Greg! Thanks for asking. I haven’t worked on it much lately. I’ll try to get more done soon. It snowed by me today btw.
I’m still glad to be learning and knowing this is all done with my touch. I’m sure my future work will look better.
For everyone else, notice I cut the wires the same length but after the loop they didn’t line up.
I cut them again to be even.
Now each pin will plug in to the connector easily.
I’m still glad to be learning and knowing this is all done with my touch. I’m sure my future work will look better.
For everyone else, notice I cut the wires the same length but after the loop they didn’t line up.
I cut them again to be even.
Now each pin will plug in to the connector easily.
Story of my life cutting wires even cirved first, go straight and back and no longer line up lol
Cool! Progress
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I was traveling for work and haven’t spent much time in the garage.
I wired up some inputs today. Found a connector that was pull through and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t push the pin in the connector. Oops, lesson learned. Even connectors have instructions if you look for them.
In spite of that I feel more comfortable than ever with this so that’s nice. Unfortunately Bandimere raceway is my local track and they are closing after this season. I bought this bike to ride there mostly. So that blows.
I wired up some inputs today. Found a connector that was pull through and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t push the pin in the connector. Oops, lesson learned. Even connectors have instructions if you look for them.
In spite of that I feel more comfortable than ever with this so that’s nice. Unfortunately Bandimere raceway is my local track and they are closing after this season. I bought this bike to ride there mostly. So that blows.
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Yes. There have been new homes built closer and closer over the last 10 years. Land here is crazy expensive and the noise is probably too much for those homeowners. I just hope someone steps up and builds a new facility.
That sucks man, if I owned some land somewhere with a racetrack on it, ppl could build up to my front gate but I’d never let ‘em take it. I hate those mf’ers that buy a house near a track, then complain about the noise. They can all jump off a cliff. You don’t see airports closing down when ppl buy houses near them.
It's really a piss off when this stuff happens.....
I get a laugh out of people who whine and moan about the smell of the farmers spreading manure......when these people built their houses did they not think of looking around and seeing the fields and fields around them?
It's all about the money instead of zoning it seems...
You may not see airports shut down but they are forced to take noise abatement measures, as are aircraft manufacturers. Sucks but it's reality.
People are stupid, they don't consider things like that when they move and then they whine about it.
I’d offer free entry in a 3mile radius, no racing Mon-wed, police/emt/fire/military/schools can utilize it for training/educational purposes, work that system hard lol keep tracks alive!!
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Thanks for asking Greg, it's going pretty good. Ran into my first issue today that I'm still trying to figure out.
When I try to calibrate the TPS, I get an error "ETC motor #1 signals may be disconnected"
The 'Throttle Valve Motor' is a two pin connector that the ecu controls with two outputs. Yellow wires in my case. This is the ETC motor.
They are standard as outputs for this connector. When I took the Fueltech course the wiring diagram they had for drive by wire was not vehicle specific and the same that Liguori gave me.
When I click test on Throttle motor 1a the motor tries to close the butterfly valves even though they are already closed. Testing Throttle motor 1b and the butterflies open normally. I updated FT Manager and the ecu so I'm not sure if this changed but previously you could set Yellow outputs to send 12v or ground but I believe because these are predefined to control this motor for any drive by wire, the polarity for this particular output can't be manually changed.
When I try to calibrate the TPS, I get an error "ETC motor #1 signals may be disconnected"
The 'Throttle Valve Motor' is a two pin connector that the ecu controls with two outputs. Yellow wires in my case. This is the ETC motor.
They are standard as outputs for this connector. When I took the Fueltech course the wiring diagram they had for drive by wire was not vehicle specific and the same that Liguori gave me.
When I click test on Throttle motor 1a the motor tries to close the butterfly valves even though they are already closed. Testing Throttle motor 1b and the butterflies open normally. I updated FT Manager and the ecu so I'm not sure if this changed but previously you could set Yellow outputs to send 12v or ground but I believe because these are predefined to control this motor for any drive by wire, the polarity for this particular output can't be manually changed.
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I called Fueltech tech support and they were awesome. Yesterday I spoke to someone who was good and gave me homework on what to check.
Today I called and got Manny who was one of the instructors in their training class! I explained what was happening and it took a bit but he figured it out. The pins in the connector were wrong. When I fixed that the TPS was calibrated.
Now I need to figure out why the starter relay won’t fire.
Today I called and got Manny who was one of the instructors in their training class! I explained what was happening and it took a bit but he figured it out. The pins in the connector were wrong. When I fixed that the TPS was calibrated.
Now I need to figure out why the starter relay won’t fire.
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Does anyone know how to wire the stock starter solenoid?
Here is what I have to work with. I put a ground activated output on pin 1 and switched 12v on pin 2. On the other two pins, the stock harness just has 2 fat red wires. Colors of the stock wiring is in the last screenshot. Bring two more wires with 12v doesn't really make sense to me but maybe someone can help me understand.
Here is what I have to work with. I put a ground activated output on pin 1 and switched 12v on pin 2. On the other two pins, the stock harness just has 2 fat red wires. Colors of the stock wiring is in the last screenshot. Bring two more wires with 12v doesn't really make sense to me but maybe someone can help me understand.
