It never hurts to be prepared! I would like to think that I am prepared for almost anything, but you never know what might happen! When hurricane katrina hit, everyone came to my house!

Those spoiler struts look good! Got to get a little bling in there somewhere. MMM...Chrome!

 

lol that sounds good- were the only ones on the street with a generator (nothing special). But i wired it so i can disconnect the mains and plug it into the garage.. In a power cut our house is untouched lol.. Never actually used it lol

You really think the struts look good?? I thought people would hate them...

 

im loving this entire build u are a very creative person and u put that into ur car ur a genius

 

I havent stopped in here in a while. Progress looks good although I am sorry to hear that it is binding while moving the wing.

 

Thanks mate! I dont think genius is the right word- probably "stupid" would be more accurate..

Its not too bad mate, id be more worried if id finished it and it bound up.. It was only tacked together, and it didnt help that it was going dark..

Going to have another go later on...

 

Okay good news..

My redesign seems a success... Not 100% finished just yet. but looking very good..

Alot neater and more subtle than the last set, let me know what you think..

 

Tah dah!


It still needs some adjustment to get it just right, heres some pics;







This is the view from the front, shows how much of a restriction the wing will cause when it is in airbrake mode;



I really never wanted to show my ugly mug on my build thread, but unfortunately there isnt any other way..

 

Very nice work there Chris. Just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by it's cover. lol Talking about the way someone looks, one of the smartest civil engineers I know at school looks like he's stoned all the time. He might be, but he's very knowledgeable and great at figuring problems out.

 

Thanks alot mate!

I cant wait now to get it running its software..

Its not obvious in the videos but i accidentally over stretched an actuator and snapped a pin again. Simple job to replace but itll wait until i take the actuator out- the friction is still allowing it to move..

 

Small update


Im off work ill at the moment (man-flu) so i havnt been able to do anything on the car.

But after chatting with my dad at the weekend, i have decided to correct a mistake. Its been bothering me how **** poor the dash came out, so ive redesigned it..



Its being laser cut from 3mm stainless steel this week. The warning symbols and fuel level are cut out of the stainless leaving a 0.5mm groove. An LED will be mounted on the other side and illuminate it when necessary. Im using an autogage 2300 as the tach and a VGA (not video) 7" LCD. The second VGA channel will drive the cars 7" stereo display. So will still have the dual screen idea going on...

 

Wing is bad ***, and that cluster cover, WOW! Man this is such an awesome build.

 

Thanks mate!!

 

Small update for tonight

Added some more detail to the cad drawing, to give it more of a feel...



As you can see, the screen is too big for the hole- a sacrifice which i think will make it look really nice (not having a big rectangle screen). I couldnt be bothered rendering the tachometer but its an Autogage 2300. The fuel gauge is driven from the dash computer, its a bar of 9 green LEDs. The indicator symbols appear to be the type which just shows that the "indicators are on", but im having an LED behind each arrow, so it will show which direction im indicating in.. Hopefully the LEDs themselves will be light tight, so the symbols will be almost indistinguishable. Another thing is, im hoping to leave it brushed stainless- unpainted..

 

You should do the fuel gauge similar to how I did mine where it fades to yellow and red.

 

i love this build

 

Do you mind sticking a pic up mate.. Only thing is the bar will be lit all the tme, so i dont want the lowest ones always being red/yellow- even with a full tank...

 

That's not a problem, I'm sure you can wire these up to run ALL green when full, up to a certain point, and change color as the fuel level drops. They are bi color LED's, green/yellow and green/red...



http://www.ebay.com/itm/200-5mm-Bi-P...item43a76ec3af



http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pc-5mm-Dua...item45fb9c8bfe

I didn't quite do mine in that fashion, I wouldn't know how to get the leds to change colors at different fuel levels, however, that would be BADASS now that I mention it...

Here are my fuel and temp gauges...

 

that looks awesome mate- thanks for the pics.

I just finished designing a controller which will run them all green showing remaining fuel. When the fuel gets low, the last led will go yellow. Finally when computer warns that the range is down to 50 miles, the lights will go red and represent how much of the 50 miles is left...

It should look pretty nice.. The controller will also dim the leds when the headlights are lit.

 

Thanks! But can you burn your brain to a hard drive so I can download it? :p Wish I knew how to do that stuff! haha!

 

Nothing in my brain worth knowing lol

I got bored so i did a final render of what it SHOULD look like- rev counter is only for show- it doesnt look exactly like that..

 

WOW!! best of luck with everything on the build!!

 

Thankyou sir- it feels like a need some luck lol

 

Very Cool. Out of curiosity, does the bracelets ever get in the way?

 

Really digging all the diy fab work man, best of luck on the rest of the build.

 

Thanks mate. Not yet, the first time they do theyd come off..

Thanks alot mate... Cant wait to get the respray done now!!