Complete! Another several hours (8 total) and the thing is built. It dawned on me however that I never once actually detailed the installation of one single circuit,...so I'll deal w/ that formality now:
There are 4 basic small pieces that you'll deal with throughout the build:
This "starship enterprise" looking thingy is a capacitor. Most of the time it doesn't matter which way it goes,...when it does, the instructions will tell you, (and it wont look like this thing either)
Resistors are dumb circuits,..they just don't care which way they go (as long as you put them where they belong)
Diodes, like the one pictured do have a specific orientation, as indicated by the black band on one end,...they just have to match the silkscreen on the circuit board when you install,.......well,.....like this:
Bend it to fit.
The instructions tell you where to look,......this thing goes in D21.....notice the line on one end of the appropriate slot:
Soldered. The one thing I don't like about the solder is that it leaves a bunch of flux after the solder process,....but I'll deal w/ that later.
Flip the board, and cut off the legs w/ some little snips. Easy?......yeah right.
Then there are transistors, A.K.A litt son of a bitc hes. The leads are sooo close together,...and there are alot of them, this is the one part that will challenge you as to whether or not you are up to the task. They go in one way only, and you are constantly doubting yourself as to whether or not you applied too much solder ( therein soldering two conductors together, and effectively making your 350.00 computer a future pile of crap)
But, I took my best shot at it, and soldiered on,....until I got to the board you see below:
You can see that there is still alot of empty slots ( for other engine/ignition configurations) and I will go back over each step to make sure that I have not missed a step.
All that's left is to mock the thing up, hook up the tester and see if everything works,....I'll spare you guys that step for now,.....(I still have soo much reading to do)
One good thing I learned though,..... I think most believe that this is a system requiring a thorough knowledge of tuning to be able to get your engine running and performing as you need it to, and that's true to a certain extent. As opposed to the mega expensive systems like Holleys' Avenger that self tunes. Turns out,......that all you gotta do with this system is to buy the 69.00 tuning software as opposed to the free download that you get off line,....and you get a realtime analyzer that'll make tuning adjustments for you just like the systems costing 4-6 times as much.......Go figure.
