Minerva's Merkur, Mica.

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Rainbow83
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Re: Minerva's Merkur, Mica.

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I don't know enough to be confident that it's not a big deal, but from what I've read, narrowband AFR measurements aren't too meaningful, since it can't tell you *how* rich or lean it is. Might just be a little rich, which might be ok if it's still within operating specs, I don't know, or it could be very rich, which could mean something's up.

Also, why do you want to go to an electric throttle body?

And how do you plan to retrofit projectors?
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Re: Minerva's Merkur, Mica.

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Rainbow83 wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 9:53 pm I don't know enough to be confident that it's not a big deal, but from what I've read, narrowband AFR measurements aren't too meaningful, since it can't tell you *how* rich or lean it is. Might just be a little rich, which might be ok if it's still within operating specs, I don't know, or it could be very rich, which could mean something's up.

Also, why do you want to go to an electric throttle body?

And how do you plan to retrofit projectors?
Narrow band is just the o2s voltage being displayed. So it should be bouncing around at idle and cruise like it used to back in the day.

It's more or less always pegged full to the green which means voltage is higher aka more fuel detected...so there's definitely something going on. Gonna replace or service the injectors and smoke the intake and piping and go from there. Also adjust the tps as well.

I'm going electric throttle because it's easier to tune with and you can also implement cruise control and no lift shift and a few other things. It's quite handy and my ms2 will be able to control it all!

Retrofit I'll be vacuum forming some new headlight lenses so they're not fluted anymore and I'd be installing a projector housing where the 9004 bulb used to live. I've got the discontinue GTS clear headlight covers as well to add some flair to the car and to protect the new lenses. I'll be adding some ceramic clear tint to the GTS covers so they'll be rock/shatter proof!
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Re: Minerva's Merkur, Mica.

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Also it'll act as the IAC for cold and hot starts as well. There's a lot of benefits to it. My favorite is the fact I can get cruise control in this car to make it more modern.

I want to keep the car looking essentially stock but drive like something more modern with all the creature features one could want. I'm even wanting to make the rear side windows powered using Windstar motors as I've seen some others do here as well.

The hydraulic clutch conversion and getting the brakes dialed in will likely be the biggest compliment that won't take a ton of time as tuning the car would...as I'd be learning that all on my own lol which is feasible as I've got nothing but time lol.
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