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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 02:17:24 JST SuperDicq

   It's so over

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 02:17:38 JST SuperDicq

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     That's rodknock isn't it?

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:26:49 JST SuperDicq

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     I don't often talk about this but I have the "feel a stronger emotional connection to objects than people" type of autism.
     
     This is genuinely upsetting really upsetting to me and it feels like a close family member that is passing away. I have not been able to focus on work at all today, I don't know if there's a name for this phenomenon, but I really am the kind of person who is emotionally dependent on their fucking Mazda Miata.
     
     This car was here when my first relationship started and it was still there by the time my second serious relationship ended. It was there when I started my first internship and it there when I graduated from university, when I started my first job and it was still there when I quit that job.
     
     I've driven this car on every trip, even to the UK and to Switzerland. It has done laps around Zandvoort, TT Assen, the Nurburgring and many other circuits in Europe and it has been to a countless number of car meets.
     
     Throughout my entire 20s this car was always there for me. When I bought this car it was literally the cheapest running and driving MX5 I could find in my country. It came with a very shady registration papers and literally no known service history whatsoever.
     
     But it was a diamond in the rough, I fixed up some bad jobs done by previous owner(s) and it became the greatest car I could ever ask for.
     
     Up until now this car has also never ever let me down or left me stranded. It has never once had any downtime outside of scheduled maintenance, all while happily revving to redline whenever I wanted to. After all these years I still can't properly put into words how much I enjoy driving this little idiot shitbox every single day.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:31:25 JST SuperDicq

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     When a car has engine damage like this most people just give up on it.
     
     I literally can't.
     
     I have just pulled the trigger bought a new motor. I just can't let it go.
     
     I'm cancelling my upcoming festival vacation to do the engine swap.

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:33:23 JST kaia

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     it's okay to have these feelings. they are valid and real. and accepting them will be the healthiest.
     
     since you are really really attached, maybe don't sell it. maybe put a donor engine in it?
     
     or if you don't have the money right now, put it in storage somewhere so 20 or 30 years from now you can restore it.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:34:23 JST SuperDicq

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     And yes, I'm sorry, this means I do not have the money to buy new hardware to save cdrom.tokyo. This will have to happen at a later date.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:39:12 JST SuperDicq

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     @kaia@brotka.st Yes, I just bought a new engine.

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:39:47 JST kaia

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     @SuperDicq glad you did!!!
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 23:01:11 JST SuperDicq

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     Now the real question is, will this engine still be able to take me to work for the coming 2 weeks until I get everything ready?
     
     🙏

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:06:48 JST SuperDicq

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     @forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk Unfortunately if this happened at a better time I would've really tried to make the best out of it and used this opportunity to take some months of downtime and build a really nice 1.8 VVT block with a custom tune.
     
     However, it happened at a bad time (like these things always do) and all I can afford to do and have time for right now is swap in a junkyard 1.6 block.

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     ForcedInductionRetard (forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:06:49 JST ForcedInductionRetard

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     @SuperDicq Best of luck. Think of it as an opportunity to finally do all of those little "while you're in there" jobs.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:00:28 JST SuperDicq

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     @forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk You're right, I'm not fully sure it is rodknock for sure. Even if its the camshaft that would still mean I would have to pull the engine and rebuild the head. Engine needs to be pulled regardless

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     ForcedInductionRetard (forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:00:29 JST ForcedInductionRetard

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     @SuperDicq Exact same tempo in this video for what it's worth. Cam issue seems likely just from the sound and it is relatively accessible. I'd consider turning over the engine by hand and maybe even taking off the valve cover in hopes of finding spots that bind or click.

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     ForcedInductionRetard (forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:00:31 JST ForcedInductionRetard

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     @SuperDicq That's crummy, although low stress junkyard engines have been known to last. If all else fails, getting a beater to tide you over should be an option.

     It sounds too fast to be rod knock on a single cylinder, but too deep and loud to be the valvetrain. Intuitively it seems like a head issue. The long screwdriver trick may help you to isolate the sound, and a compression test could paint a clearer picture.

     It's not over until there's a fist sized hole in the side of the block. That said, if you're committed to swapping, that's also understandable.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:03:48 JST SuperDicq

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     @forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk What I think I'm gonna do is swap in the junkyard engine to get this car back on the road as fast possible and then rebuild the old engine to keep as a spare.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:05:31 JST SuperDicq

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     @forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk It honestly is the perfect plan. The only way I can work on the engine while still keeping it on the road

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:16:32 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq Does the engine use a software-running ECU? Maybe it's a chance to write free ECU software (only a delay of an extra year 1 before you swap back out the junkyard one).
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:24:57 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com Yeah, not gonna do that. At least the ECU in my car is ROM so it can be treated as circuitry from a software freedom perspective.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:27:38 JST SuperDicq

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     @forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk Oh yeah when it cones to wiring and ECU miatas are really simple and I know which engines are compatible with mine without modifications.

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     ForcedInductionRetard (forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:27:40 JST ForcedInductionRetard

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     @SuperDicq Sounds like a plan. Hopefully the junkyard engine is running and the wiring/ECU is compatible.
     
     It is possible to split the engine inside the bay, however it really might not be worth it in your case.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:45:47 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq From the software freedom perspective there is no software, so there is no software to take a perspective of - there are only physical circuits.
     
     It's a shame the hardware is proprietary, but it aight software.
     
     ROM in chip form is quite rare now, although PROM is still popular - note that in some cases EEPROM is actually in use.
     
     
     For software in things like standard microwaves, ovens and ECU's, where technically it could be updated, but in practice it never does and the manufacturer never offers updates and where such device doesn't do things like connect to the internet, the software in that case is practically equivalent to a circuit and the only question is if the circuit is malicious - but of course I do welcome free software for microwaves to make GNU/Microwave.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:53:26 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com Of course free software would be preferable but as I said and you explained in more detail. It is not updateable without some serious hacking and the manufacturer doesn't offer updates either. It is indeed practically equivalent to a circuit.
     
     It also is not malicious whatsoever, all it does is read sensor data to control fuel intake, switch on the radiator fan when things get too hot, and uuh that's almost about it really.
     
     Of course I could always replace it with something like a Speeduino which runs free firmware. The only issue with Speeduino is that the software used to program the ECU from a PC, called Tuner Studio is nonfree.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:55:33 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com If I had the time and budget to tinker with things like this I would definitely try to write a free software frontend for Speeduino so the user can map tuning maps and read logs without using Tuner Studio.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:58:27 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com It should be trivial enough to do for someone with enough spare time.
     
     All you have to do is reverse engineer the instructions Tuner Studio transmits over USB. Tuner Studio can be easily decompiled because it is Java.