As good as it is bad

eBay ....
Sometimes i just bid on an item because it hasn't had many bids and i can't see it go for such a miserly sum. What happens then is nobody else feels the same way and i end up with it. In this instance I'm still not sure if it was a good buy or not. I bought a Vance & Hines Pro Stock type sidewinder exhaust, it's a bigger bore version of the sidewinder than the current one. The motivation for buying it was the pipe that's on the bike now has a small hole in the collector, and a couple of patches, so is a little worse for wear (but perfectly usable) the hole would let air in and potentially cause false readings on the Lambda sensor.
This one then has no holes and no patches but it has a few dents and grazes and is missing the header clamps or spigots that attach it to the cylinder head. The hope is that some will become available and I'll be able to use it. If not it'll get put to one side and used on the next drag bike i build.

I started taking the engine out a few days ago, i just left it draining the oil and unbolted everything holding it in. At weekend I'll pull it apart as i have a hunch that The Auto box could be ready this weekend too!

After a fair bit of messing with my laptop which decided to freak out just when i needed it, I've had it connected up to the Innovate box and configured its outputs to be compatible with the Nitrous controller. The Schnitz box will accept a 0-5v signal the same as most data logging equipment does, so i just set it to give a 0v signal at 10A/F working up to a 5v signal at 20A/F.
Where Air/Fuel ratio is concerned 14 is about right with 10 being very rich and 20 being very lean. I'm not sure what ratio to set the Schnitz box to deactivate the nitrous, I'll have to ask around for advice on that one.
It was however very easy to program and will hopefully prove invaluable.