karl.

Is it just me or does anybody else think these events are serious dear to take part in? Or could somebody explain to me why its so dear?

Dorf-R adjustable ECU? Havent seen another

So do you think roof interior light isn't working because of the earth? That's fine I will check that just to be sure. Do you know what the box is down in the drivers footwell where the leads seem to go from the door sensors? Is this the central locking unit? I found a earth down in there that was pretty rough but could only clean it up a bit. The clock also resets its time everytime I get into the car and the backlight in it is very very faint.

Has anybody got any diagrams or a loom to follow where the wires from these sensors go. As far as I can see the door one goes into what looks to be a control box in just below the drivers steering wheel area. Any tips or pictures would be greatly appreciated, Thanks

That is always a option to set the bar a bit higher its no more of a hassle to be honest, but the limit is going to be the sensors at the minute. The oil pressure and fuel pressure just goes up to 80psi but suppose too high isnt overly a bad thing either. Boost pressure only goes up to 36psi iirc but it should never be that high but it gives plenty of extra room for the bar to go up to at the end. Im not really sure how the whole thing is going to work at the minute but id say your idea of it flicking screen to the one that is out of threshold is a good idea and will be pretty simple to implement. I recon with this between the screen changing colour and a loud beeper I would like to think I would be able to realise there is a problem quicker than having a mass amount of gauges infront of my face and trying to monitor them all at once. And finally making money out of it would be great as everyone loves making money lol but I wont be forcing people to pay, I will maybe put my paypal link at the top or something, thanks for the idea. Each stage will be uploaded at most likely a video of it working so as people can recommend changes to make it better. I will be spending alot of time on it but I have alot coming up in November so i'm not sure if itl be finished any time this year. But then again its just waiting on sensors/boards thats holding me back the most at the minute. Thanks for your input

Aye I've got that starter kit so it should help get it setup outside the car then If it goes I will get it put onto a more permanent board. Had a quick look at it there earlier and its handy enough by the looks of it. I will keep this thread updated with whatever code I write so as people can either copy it or give me some pointers on it. Heres how the boost gauge is going to look while it is running, hopefully lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-laLAwmfQ-A

So I have started a new little project where i'm going to replace the standard dash clock with a small screen that will display information about the engine eg fuel pressure, boost pressure, water temp, oil temp, oil pressure etc but if it all works out i'm going to update it to maybe work as at wideband, boost controller and hopefully a wee motor to adjust the stiffness of the coilover. I started a new thread for it because I feel it will be helpful to other people who might want to copy it and like me dont want alot of gauges about the car. Arduino Engine Monitoring System

Sounds good, I will most likely be coming to you as Im not too good with the whole wiring side of things. Im completely new to this whole thing. I do a bit of coding but not in C++ so it will also be a challenge. But i'm looking forward to it, this plan is to fit it to replace the standard clock.k.

So the plan for the screen is a layout like this, This is the oil Screen, it will include the oil temp and pressure. It will also have a bar at the bottom which will change following the oil pressure which will be easier to read than the number changing. __________________________ | Oil temp 90C pressure 3.1 bar | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | |_________________________| The next will be water, this will display the temperature of the water aswell it will also include the bar at the bottom so as it acts as a guage. ___________________________ | Water temp 70C | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | |___________________________| The next will be boost, this will have the boost pressure in psi at the top and a bar at the bottom that goes up and down according to boost. Once the car is at full vacuum the bar at the bottom wont be there as the psi level increases the bar will fill towards the right. I feel this will be easier to read than trying to watch a number change. The bar will be fully filled across the screen at 20 psi which is just under 1.5bar. My car is only boosting 1bar at the minute so this will provide a bit of a warning. ____________________________ | Boost 5psi | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | |___________________________| They are a bit hard to imagine what they will look like but its the only way I can describe it at the minute. I think Im going to set the screen to be green to match in with the dash in a glanza but for some warning I plan to be able to change the screen colour to red if anything is outside a boundary eg boost pressure is over 1.3bar, water temp is over 99c etc. A buzzer will also sound to make sure I notice something is wrong but hopefully will never need to use this function but will be a good alert.

Have you anymore details on this?

Has anybody any solutions to a sandwich plate for the oil filter housing so as I can fit my oil pressure and temp sensors? I want to keep it as cheap as possible because this is starting to cost alot already.

So far I have bought two 80 psi pressure sensors, I hope to use these for fuel and oil pressure. I just hope that they work because they are £20 a sensor. I thought 80 psi was enough as oil and fuel pressure shouldn't really be going over 5.5 bar. I have also bought a 20-240 kpa Pressure sensor, this will give me a range from -11.8 to 21.3 psi when you factor in atmospheric pressure. For the arduino I bought a starter kit at £40 which included the screen, buttons, resistors etc but I have decided to go for the Mega 2560 to control the whole thing. I have also got the idea of been able to control the coilovers with this aswell so as stiffness is able to be adjusted from inside the car.

I am going to create a wee project where I will be able to monitor how the engine is running. I am going to be monitoring at the minute, boost pressure, fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil temp and water temp. This is all going to be displayed on a small screen with a button to be able to flick over to another screen to see a different pressure. Just thought I would update this here as it may be useful to some people who are looking to monitor all this information in one place without having piles of gauges all over the car. I have seen some DIY's about fitting a wide band so this will be on the cards if it all works. Bare in mind that I currently have completely no knowledge about these things at all and will be trying to put it together based on tutorials from the net. So expect some updates to this over the next few weeks as it has only been ordered today. So just to cap over what I've spent and have got: Oil And Water Temp Sensors x 2 + p&p = 15 Water Hose Adapter 28mm x 1 + p&p = 7 80Psi Pressure Sensor x2 + p&p = 40 20-250Kpa Pressure Sensor x1 + p&p = 20 Arduino Mega 2560 Style Board x1 + p&p = 14 Arduino Starter Kit x1 + p&p = 45 (Could of been a lot cheaper if I just bought a screen separate) Total : 141 I have to get a couple of wee adapters now that will allow me to fit the oil temp and pressure sensors. For the sake of it I might just buy a sandwich plate to save any hassle.

The roof light earth is on just the chassis so that rules that one out. Id be happy to strip the dash and whatever if somebody give me a idea where and what to look for but i dont really have a clue at the minute

Few questions here, 1. Currently the backlight in my clock doesnt work but you can still see the time some times when there is light on it, is that just a matter of replacing the clock? 2. The sensor for sensing the door is opened doesnt seem to work as the light on the dash doesnt come on, I took apart the sensor and fixed it but doesnt seem to make any difference. I dont know if im measuring it right but im getting roughly 0.3v on the red wire running towards this, any idea's? 3. The light on the roof doesnt seem to work either, from what I gather the two wires on the roof going to the light are a permanent live and the other is switched for when the door is opened. Maybe im wrong but, im not too good with electrics. Again from what I can gather the two wires have 0.3v going to them at all times. 4. Lastly the permanent live that goes to the radio wasnt working so I had to take one from the hazard lights. Fuses seem good, But have you any ideas whats going on? Thanks