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James has added some future proofing in the form of cables for paddle shift actuators should be decide that's a direction we want to go.
Looking good.Quote:
Originally Posted by House
I was looking at paddle shift stuff myself this week. I’m on a Life ECU, which you can run as a GCU. The kit Life do is supposed to be excellent.
?3200 + VAT, which probably isn’t too bad. I’ve not got as far as looking beyond that (Geartronics etc), as ?3.20 + VAT would be too much right now.
Yeah I'll be honest, I can't see me ever going for paddles, I love the lever!!
But the geartronics unit comes in at ?3,200.
That's a pneumatic system which would need a compressor in the car, and then all the other mounting issues, paddles, actuators, it's a lot of work.
Looking good mate!! I hate wiring that?s why I got someone else to do it aswell [emoji1787]
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Joe, it's the future!!! Expensive but getting someone who knows what they're doing is the way forward!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeWak98
This is what you get in the Life Racing kit;Quote:
Originally Posted by House
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Yeah nice bit of kit
Engine loom complete
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Onto the home straight now, although there's still a fair lump to do, bulkhead to ECU, wire the ADU and PMU. It's all contained inside the car and James is confident of completion for collection 20/8.
Which gives me the weekend to fit the new windows, re-fit the brake ducts and some other bits and bobs before Brands on the 23rd.
I've also got to learn how all the data logging works and is exported to file so I can overlay it on some videos!! Aswell as what the hell all the keypad buttons do.
[emoji122] bravo. Proper stuff [emoji41]
Overlaying data onto videos didnt even cross my mind. That loom looks mint you had me thinking about a bulkhead fitting until i seen the price. Wow
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Yeah as is usual with me, this all started from me wanting to overlay throttle position and brake pressure onto the videos we post, got carried away and spent a shed load!!Quote:
Originally Posted by total_vauxhall
The other cool thing is that it will data log all the sensors, so if we get a blip or a loss of power or something we can look at the data and see what may have caused it.
As for the bulkhead fittings, we were planning to do it without them but James wasn't happy he could make it work as we wanted without them. I believe it's close to 4 figures for the bulkhead connectors alone!!
I often ask myself why???
Data overlay adds so much more context to a video. We've been doing it with Vbox/GPS trackers and Gopros for a while now cos you totally lose feeling of speed etc!
Yea il have to have a play with it. Because i can log g forces, acceleration, cornering forces and all sorts but has never crossed my mind to put it over vids
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RaceRender is good for overlaying stuff, I think it's good to have as, like Iain says, you loose the feeling of speed watching a video but to see how fast you're actually going, also helps make comparisons for lap time. Good tool to have.
Things progressing down the unit, it's becoming a workshop. Got some of my tools down there today aswell
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Does go full height but I need to add more fixings to the base plates.
Also made a start on the outdoor space
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Clearing weeds and throwing some type 1 down to make it usable all year round.
I've got the perm power planned, just need to authorise UKPN to do the work.
As for the Nova, it nearly done with the wiring from bulkhead connector to ECU and PMU in process, then it'll be testing and programming and Snetterton on 7th September.
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Spot the little crank sensor plug bracket!! Love that!!
New reservoir to pedal box hose runs, much better than before
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These were redone too, you can see where the old fittings were leaking and have lifted the paint. I'll get some mixed up to rectify that
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Hoses not cable tied yet
Neat work as ever mate [emoji108]
Finally after 2.5 years of the car being finished the bolt in windows went in today!!
Reasonably happy with that
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Planning on collecting the car Friday assuming James gets everything done and dusted
Ooo me likey those windows!
They certainly look good and functional as well.
What's the weight saving?
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How water repellent will they be without any seal or silicone?
I dont have the door seals in mine i just wax oiled fuck out of the inside of the doors and let the water run through them and come out of the slots in the bottom
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Lots of questions!! Haha
Weight saving - it's been on plexi windows since it was built, the only thing I've ditched is the rear window rubbers but I'd bet that the window sliders I've added now cancel that out!!!
Water resistance - the car is like a bloody sieve as it is so not too fussed about the windows!!
Waxoyl - I still need to get the car up on the new ramp and fill it with some water protection now I can.
I really do love this build [emoji41]
Well, it's in and turns on!! All the keypad functions are setup, last part of the ECU Loom to engineer and then it'll be time to send it!!!
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Are those brake pressure sensors? Take it you've mounted them up there due to lack of space with the cover plate on?
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Yes mate, brake pressure sensors, up high on fly hoses as there was zero chance of getting them in under the pedal box cover. Bleeding them was straight forward. They drive the brake lights via the PMU and will log pressure for videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by boffer8
All wired and working
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All ready to go for Snet Monday, apart from needing a new battery, new starter motor!!
This makes me happy. Wish I had time to come down to Snet on Monday, its only 20-30mins from here.
Know the feeling. I bloody drive past Snett to get to work as well. [emoji1787][emoji1787]
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That thing is going to be a rocket pal at that hp n/a
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Been playing with this dash prior to Snet Monday
All pages are scrollable with the page button on the steering wheel but as it stands I've got
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"Warm up" page for initial engine start and monitoring while it's all warming up.
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So on the "warm up" page only, the water,oil and gear temps all display red until certain values are reached, it will also auto select the next page once it's reached a pre-defined oil temp
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Similar to "warm up" page but "track" page has brake bias and camera recording icon.
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Lap timing page with active delta, not for use on trackdays......honest.
I'm working on a road legal page but haven't quite got that right yet.
That is so cool!
That looks so cool.
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You know you can take screenshots on computers right?
You know you could make your engine not smoke like a old diesel right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Looking forward to your vids from today House. Crack on lol
Ah mate, my bad, didn't turn the camera on all day!!!Quote:
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Was so busy dick arsing around with stuff and the camera isn't fully setup yet. Bloody annoying too as I had some mega powered over steer moments in the wet!!
I'm at Brands 7/10/21 and it's on the list of jobs before then.
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Back in the workshop and given the once over nothing major to report, got a list of items to work through
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Rang quaife enquiring about a different gear set as mine is geared to 148 @8500 and I wanted to see if I could get that down to 130-135 but sadly they only offer one final drive and one other gear set that would go to 117@8500
So i either need an engine that revs to 9500k (hmmmmmmm) or I've got to stick with what I have.