Bloody hell, thanks mate- i think thats the best compliment ive ever had!

Ok a bit bored today so i decided to clean the garage... cant do anything on the rear wing until the electronics come...

Until then i decided to add another bracket to the top of the engine, its a guide for the EGT probe.. Nothing fancy..

Also started some work on the drive by wire actuator.. Removed the return spring from the original throttle body, need to make a shim to replace it as it stopped the nut from ratcheting it all too tight..

 

Right!


Fixed the h bridge units, sorted a few problems and installed the guide rods... apart from the installation of the covers and the actual control cables, when i can afford them- its done!

I took a video, please excuse the quality.. i had to be careful as the control wires have 36v on them and it would short the h bridges if i connected 2 at the same time... im not very good at one handed camera work lol...

You can see the speed of the motors and almost hear the torque lol... The noise in the background is the cooling fans of the control unit- these are only on whilst the motors are on plus 20 seconds after the motors stop to take care of heat soak..

 

this needs a bump for sure, this thing is going to be wicked

 

Besides the outsourcing on the motor I would say that's RHMT material right there

 

Thanks chaps, what is RHMT??

 

^that

 

RealHomeMadeTurbo.com

 

^ I agree. Great build. Great ideas.

 

Thanks chaps, i shall check that out!!

 

My moto is to always keep things as simple as possible, so you don't have problems.

You don't... At all, Awesome build/hobby but i'm sure you will be constantly tweaking things. I'm sure this is your aim though. Keep the random additions coming!

 

Gud luck wit it

 

This is just incredible! And that wing alone... WOW... I'm in to see the rest of this build!

 

Thanks chaps, its comments like these that have helped me to keep going with it!!



I used to think the same thing mate, but then i realised, why not! Its part of the enjoyment, fiddling with it and working out bugs..

 

Absolutely amazing. Every custom mod I've ever wanted to do is in this build. I can't wait to see you finish this.

 

Lol thanks mate!! (i cant wait to see me finish this lol)

 

Certainly, the bugs are going to keep you busy for a long time, but it'll be worth it in the end.

 

To be honest, im not sure.. As far as getting it working- im rather confident.. I have quite alot of gear in my garage / workshop that lets me properly bench test the systems.. Plus i have learnt lessons from previous projects- especially regarding microprocessors and noise so i have incorportated that into my current projects..

Hopefully, itll only be improvements at my own lesuire as opposed to getting it working in the first place..

 

looks good, I like how you do your own thing!

 

Thanks mate.. Its not that I want to be different, I just have my own way of doing stuff haha... Whether its the right way or not..

 

Anti Lag DONE!


Spent an hour or so putting this together- much tidier than the last one.. Should be alot more reliable!!

 

What is that there?

 

Thats the anti lag control board mate..

It automates the drive by wire throttle, provides a rev limiter for the idle anti lag and performs a "rotational idle"..

Its also a shift light lol..

 

that's some good ****! I wish I had the electronics knowledge you have, I would be doing some of the things I want to do to my car :p

 

Thanks mate..

It is the kinda thing you pick up over time, but anyone could do it...

That circuit is by no means perfect... In heinseight looking at it, i have a sheet of A4 full of glitches. Things i did wrong .etc

Theyre all correctable, i dont need to remake it- but theyre errors non the less.. Put it this way though- id have a red face now if i had a PCB made!! lol

 

The funny thing is that I somewhat understand what most of the things on here are for, but I don't fully understand how it works. That's probably because I'm a Civil Engineer student and not an Electrical/Computer Engineer.

I see the resistors, voltage rectifier, and capacitors. I'm not sure why the LED is there, other than to let you know when the board has power, or what the transistors do and why the e-prom bridges are being used.