Time to head back to the tuner!
I drew up (by hand) a spacer to allow an additional coolant temperature sensor in-line with the factory one. The boys at work spun it up using some scrap aluminum and it came up great. I cross drilled it at home after confirming orientation with a copper crush washer.
Unfortunately, I still cannot get VVT to work. I have confirmed oil comes from the oil pump, up to the solenoid and that the solenoid moves when using the test functions on the Link. Oil also appears to make it to the cam gear however the cam angle (as logged by the Link) doesn’t change. My final test is to connect the solenoid back to the factory ECU and log cam angle, this will rule out anything funky going on with the Link.
Tuning went well. The car made 120kW on 9ish psi, no VVT. The car drives great and I am slowly learning the clutch. It also sounds awesome and has a cute little dose, absolutely stoked with how everything went and am keen to take it back on track. VVT is a problem for another day,
My thermofans don’t work, this will need to be fixed now that it’s warming up. I suspect I have damaged the wiring somewhere and the voltage isn’t getting pulled low enough to trigger the fans. They’re still controlled by the factory ECU and factory ECU appears to be reading temperature fine (verified by ODB2 scanner). More troubleshooting required…
I am writing this from Japan where I have had some great experiences talking to fellow swift enthusiasts at track day(s) and notably, Monster Sport Sendai. The clerk at Monster Sport Sendai also had a sporty ZC32S with a TM Square tuned ECU! I look forward to returning home and getting the car on a track!
