i love what you did with the arches, did you by the over fenders or make them? they give the car a much better look. do you work for a motorsport company?

 

Thanks mate. I bought the over fenders, need to modify them to ft the car perfectly.. Then cut away some of the original arch so the tyre will clear..

Nah i dont work for motorsport, wish i did- this is just for fun. i have started making electronics for people...

 

That's really awesome. I'm not going to steal your design but I have a few questions since I'm already working on something similar for my Spec E30 car.

How did you get such a nice square for the LCD screen? I've been trying to figure out a way to cut a similar hole for a 20x4 LCD in sheet metal but so far I think the best way I've come up with is chiseling out a hole. It looks like you might have used a different material.

As for the cool labeling that you did- how exactly did you do that? I'm probably going to end up using my label maker and sheet metal to achieve something similar but I'm curious as to how you got such a nice effect.

Where do you buy your toggle switches from? I've been struggling to find a place that doesn't charge $4-6 for a stupid toggle switch that I'm sure costs $0.10 to make.

 

Also, a few more questions- these are electronics based.

Those shifter LEDs. Where did you find such a nice case for them? I'm going to be using an Arduino UNO to illuminate LEDs but so far all my work has been on breadboards. It'd be nice to have an enclosure that I can actually use in my car.

How does the anti lag work? How did you get it to interface with Hondata?

 

The panel is actually a painted sheet of clear acrylic that has been laser etched by a mate. The laser can also be used to cut- hence the straight edges.. It was all CAD modelled..

The switches are from an electronics wholesaler ovr here called rapid electronics.. They also supply the project boxes..

I built the anti lag to piggyback the ECU

 

I found some project boxes from a supplier over here and already ordered some. Thanks. Are the LEDs just wired into a breadboard inside the box?

As for the anti-lag- You're just intercepting and modifying signals to the ECU, right? How did you wire it so that the signal is unaffected during normal operation while still allowing you to change the signal during anti-lag? I'm going to be doing something similar with an Arduino Uno and I'm not sure how fast it'll be so I want to pass the signal through unaffected during normal operation and then intercept it during full throttle starts.

I guess I forgot to add that your build is awesome. I'm doing a lot of similar things but nowhere near as complex or refined. I can't wait to see the end result.

 

i may have to buy some electronics off you, or anything else you sell for the ej2
im thinking about getting into the motorsport side but not sure which way to go about it, i might pop to glyndwr university and see if they have any courses there to help.

 

Chris I just noticed the camera above your cooling fan control board. Where is that video feed going? Never mind, I see it's actually your laptop's camera.

 

You are by far the most innovative person to grace this forum! Hats off to you man, big time. The stuff you do and design is simply mind blowing! Truely an artist! The time and effort you put in to this thing is freakin amazing, and it will pay off. Definately the most unique and innovative stuff I have ever seen. You should definately be an engineer or working for major shops/companies

 

Thanks alot for that, im pretty sure there are others on this forum too.. I have really enjoyed reading plenty of builds on here!

I would love to work in motorsport, especially development. Williams F1 offered me a job following an interview but for various reasons i had to turn it down..

Mr Domino: ill drop you a PM later on.. I dont really want to broadcast how ive done certain things..

 

WHAT! YOU TURNED IT DOWN!? But like you said, I'm sure you had your reasons. But man that would have been awesome for you. I think you would be a great asset to any team/company.

 

I would love to do it mate.. Unfortunately its hard to sa on a CV lol

 

Understandable. Whenever you get a chance drop me a line. I'll let you in on what I'm working on too since I'm keeping it under wraps until I get it working or at least to a stage where it isn't just some notes on pieces of paper.

 

im going to have to start attempting to make mine ?unique?

thing is im hopeless with electics could i give one of you two a shout if i need help with somethin?

 

Post on here so everyone can see. I'm sure we or someone else will be able to help.

 

Great build! Esp the electrical stuff! :D

 

No worries mate, as said, if you post it on here if I cant help there are plenty of people on here who can help..

Thanks alot mate!

 

Cheers, i'm going to start doing stuff within the next few weeks.

Hows the build going?
I know weather has been pretty crap here, had to do my cousins alternator and i could not feel my hands, freezing.

 

Good stuff mate- youll have to start yourself a build thread!

The build is going slowly at the moment.. Scrimping everything to pay for the respray but as you know things are tight at the moment..

It was -2C in the garage the other day when i was working on a loom for someone. I ended up dog sick until yesterday.. Going to have to be more careful in future lol

I know what you mean, cold metal is very unforgiving..

 

Keep up the nice work

 

Thanks alot mate!

 

Started doing the drive bv wire computer, this does the power supplv for the servo, the power steering speed control.

The screen is to adjust the various throttle position settings, idle and anti lag speeds..

 

Why don't you build the next supercar instead? lol

 

Lol id love to but building a 95 civic is proving to be pricey lol

I would have loved to work on the bugatti 16.4 development- a beautiful machine...

 

all seems to be going well mate