Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Summer catch up post

Even with all that's going on in the world it's been a busy summer for me and progress has been slow but I still managed to get some stuff done.

One of my projects was to make a 3 gauge center console using the JDM lower console. To accomplish this I bought a piece of 1/4" black plexiglass, put it on a cookie sheet with tin foil underneath at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. I then took the lower console piece and covered it in tin foil to prevent any melting, then took the plexi out of the oven and held it on the console piece to create the shape.  I then had to do some cutting and grinding to make it fit, but for V1 it's not too bad.

V2 is going to change the angle a bit and use some different positioning for the gauges. You can see that the main portion is a bit concave and so it's actually kinda hard to see the gauges if not looking directly at the plate. 










Next up was working on changing the board over to wideband and wiring in the gauge output wires.



Finally we made some progress on the exhaust.  My welder friend did his first pie cut piece and I think it turned out pretty well!  Next up is tacking up the rest of the exhaust and then it's on to the Dyno!!