Well all straight 6 have the pistons pairs like that, but the firing order is based on the cam pretty much because you can have even firing and balance with the same crank in two patterns from memory, basically the power and exhaust/ intake and compression pairs are swapped on the cam, crank remains...

These are for the plain GQ-4X and GQ-3X, not the newer GQ-4x4 and 5x5 models. So the newest program and drivers date to 2015, but they work fine on all my computers, even the win 11 laptop.

Just tried mine. I used the 6.38v win 7 x64 program and the modded 2.01 usb driver for win10 signed. All works perfect on my laptop.

Maybe it's missing a windows component like .net framework or something like that. MS do tend to drop older version altogether without warning and some programs, especially older ones just stop working. I literally was going to install the same USB prog on my win 11 laptop soon, I can give it a shot...

Didn't know a module like that existed, handy to know!

Odd, not sure what else it could be. Have you tried a windows roll back to a date prior to it not working?

Stupid question, did you try powering the laptop on and off completely? My laptop does this sort of thing all of the time, and I've worked out it's due to incomplete windows updates that need a full power cycle to finish and it's so much of an issue, stuff literally stops working with exactly the sa...

Not price difference these days between a single or double. I assume the reinforced single is plenty for adding boost to the Ecotec. Single would also save the need to the thicker oil cover. I also take it balance shaft can still be disengaged with the singe ? Yes you can, you just need to leave th...

Thanks for the alloy info, have always contemplated getting one, but it would almost be entirely for alloy cleaning since they are what I struggle with after my older brother pinched and used up my "mystery" acid which cleaned alloy so perfectly that nothing has matched it. I suspect it wa...

Whats the ultra sonic like for alloy parts?