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We had a rather disappointing turnout at this month's meet. Part of that was my fault due to lack of an email sent out (been working too much), but I think a lot of it had to do with it being so far away from GR.

Jason and I were talking, and he suggested that we just do another meet at Craig's Cruisers. It's a good central meeting point for a lot of us and they have plenty of parking, go-carts and a pizza buffet (what more could you want?).

Rather than try to come up with some creative new place every month, I figure we should narrow it down to a few locations around GR. Millennium Park also seemed to be a good meeting place, so maybe we'll go there again. All we really need is a place to park and hang out...who really cares about the scenery? What do you guys think about this idea?

Anyway...the meet is on Sunday, July 15 at 1 pm at Craig's Cruisers in Wyoming, just off of US 131 on Clyde Park Ave.

Map:
http://www.google.com/maps?q=5730+Clyde ... p&ct=title

We had a great time last time, so let's shoot for a big turnout again!

I don't know about everyone else but it just seems like June has been/continues to be the busiest month (weekend wise) I've ever had in my entire life. Every weekend day is double or triple booked for me, which sucks because there's a lot of cool stuff going on (like Gilmore and the photoshoot).

Ok, back to the topic of the CC meet... It sounds like a cool idea to me, what's everyone else's take?

I agree that June is turning into one really busy month, seems that way every year though. I like sunday meets, Its the only day of the week I dont have class or work. Family stuff might still come up but its usually free. I'll plan on being there. One of these days I might acctually bring my car ...maybe.

btw, I had a double take on that pic. I knew it looked familiar ...I took it.

I thought a couple Sunday meets would be good for some folks. Although other people prefer Saturdays, so we have to have a balance.

I wondered if you'd notice.

FYI... The event has now been posted to the main WMZC page. I'll put it on tt.net as well.

The work on my 280z continues to drag on, but I hope to be ready by then at least.
Either way I will be there!

Are we gonna have another awesome turnout? Who's planning on being there?

I will have a Consult I diagnotic tool with me if anyone would like to hook it up to their car and play around with it, check for codes, and whatnot. I believe it works on all pre-OBDII vehicles in the Nissan family...

I will be there with my pre OBD I Z.

Unless you bought a car I don't know about, both of our Zs are OBD I.

We just don't have diagnostic plugs from the Z31, obviously.

I will be there! Hope to see everyone there!



Nissan actually didn't add consult diagnostic until the 1990 model year for most of their USDM vehicles. What I'm sure he meant to say was any 1990-1995 Nissan, or any Z32 I actually did a small research paper on legacy OBD systems a while back.

OBD2, which was pushed forward by CARB and later SAE was 'recommended' in 1988 but only finally made mandatory in 1996, it is what defined the previous 'loose" OBD definitions as OBD1 (or OBD0). OBD1 in my opinion is a misnomer of sorts because you would be lead to believe it implies some kind of standrad for ECU/PCM diagnostics. It only really meant the unit HAS onboard diagnostics which were implemented before OBD2.

That being said, previous to 1990 most Nissan ECCS units have onboard diagnostic mode selectors and flash a sequence of LED's on the unit itself to display the code. It's actually easier because you don't need a scan tool, but it's less advanced because you can't display any engine metrics. For most earlier models, Nistune's USB consult takes care of that by offering a full display of all engine metrics, cell and interpolative tracing on all maps, logging, DTC's, sensor/solenoid commanded positions, etc. It's actually slightly better than regular Nissan consult. The only thing is, you have to buy and install the board for the supported ECCS. If you wanted a consult connector in your S30/Z31 (for those of you running Z31 ECCS/maf) The Infiniti M30 ECCS can be adapted to the harness and is very similar to the 88-89 (3rd type) Z31 ECCS units. It also has true sequential injection with 6 onboard drivers instead of two...

I'm coming tomorrow with the Z. I just have to wash it after church and it should be all set.

good to see everyone, thanks for the hooking up of the consult.
If you didnt come you missed a nicely built 91 tt that came over from the east side of the state. On the way home my car thought it would be fun to let the temp start creeping up again, so I turned the heater on and it goes right back down- -did my time of the day hold up at all?

Yeah, how did everyone do with the karts? Anyone manage to beat Pat's time? Sorry we couldn't stay to participate.

I managed a 25.09, but Jason stomped me with I think a 24.03.
What was the time to beat?

i had a 23.90