Dash Modification

[Crans]

Picked up my self a 1990 r32 gtst a week ago and have been having a play.

Modified the dash a bit. Moved the aircon controls to the bottom. In the 2din space above plan to install either a new head unit and foldout vga touchscreen or flush mount a vga touchscreen in the space and a new head unit where the ash tray is.

After that is done will be installing a simple PC and hooking it up to the ECU with some voltage sensors.

Will then be able to setup digital gauges and data logging.

Will be writing the software my self and will probably include a media playing in it.

Anyone wanting to do something similar?

Will have some software done soon if u wanna have a go aswell.

Will be great for road tuning due to the data logging

[MMM]

woah sounds like a lot of effort

[Shayde]

I'm going down the same path with in-car PC. I wouldn't mind having the source of the program to have a tinker with

[Crans]

Nah no effort at all.

Dash modification will be easy have done a few before. Moving the aircon control was easy will look better with the LCD up higher.

Have decided to go the built in LCD panel as it looks alot classier than the pop out screen.

I have been programming since I was 8 so the engine monitoring software will be pritty simple.

Engine sensors are easy to read thanks to a simple USB device that reads voltage levels. Will need to connect a map sensor to read boost in.

Simple as. Hopefully be installing the monitor this weekend. And will put the carput together aswell.

Then will have to wait for my USB device to arrive then the fun starts

[Kaido_RR]

nice work dude, i did something similar with my ebc

going to chop out the ash-tray and lighter soon, and add 2 gauges there

[Chi100188]

that looks hell sexy mike love it

Cheers

Chi

[gucio]

That looks awesome Michael, How hard would it be to do something simlar in a R32 dash?

Fil

[Crans]

Looks awsome. I always wanted to do the LCD in the dash like that

[G_Force]

  [Michael] said:

nice work dude, i did something similar with my ebc

going to chop out the ash-tray and lighter soon, and add 2 gauges there

^^Thats da bomb..... Anyone else got ideas how they hold the Power FC Commander unit? Im currently using a mobile phone holder, hooks onto the air cond vent on drivers right side but am not very happy with it. It doesn't hook onto the vent properly. Cars a 34 Gt-t btw.

[Marco-R34GTT]

What are the two units below the CD player/deck?

I'm guessing turbo timer and boost controller??

[Kaido_RR]

  Marco-R34GTT said:

What are the two units below the CD player/deck?

I'm guessing turbo timer and boost controller??

blitz power meter and blitz ebc

[masTers]

  G_Force said:

^^Thats da bomb..... Anyone else got ideas how they hold the Power FC Commander unit? Im currently using a mobile phone holder, hooks onto the air cond vent on drivers right side but am not very happy with it. It doesn't hook onto the vent properly. Cars a 34 Gt-t btw.

Velcro dude

[G_Force]

  masTers said:

Velcro dude

Yea thats ok if u got a flat dash, on the Gt-t, its curves & slopes everywhere, u'd be struggling to keep the Commander upright just with velcro. Anyone else got ideas on how to hold the Commander unit?

[ix9]

A quick bout of common sense will help you. How do they hang CB radio handsets on the dash? I wonder....

[Gazee]

you can use a rsm/ safc stand... the legs that stick on the dash can bend so you can bend them into position with double sided tape... then use velcro to stick the power fc controller on the stand with velcro

but that lcd screen looks unreal! very very nice work!

also with this pc in the car, i know theres a thread in NS about it

[SKYRYAN]

You dont need the power FC.

You want to take it out and give it to me.

Use the force Luke.

[bubba]

I have been toying with the idea of a car pc for a while now, how were you planning on powering it?

The way I see it is I wanted to use pc parts I have at home, I could use a standard 240V PSU and install an inverter/transformer to go from 12V DC to 240V AC. I don't like the idea of having 240V AC anywhere in my car.. The other option is a 12V DC PSU can be bought for a much heftier price..

I would also like to know what sort of LCD screen you end up going with..

Cheers,

Bubbs

[Crans]

WHat do you rekon the best way of fusing the dash and the screen?

A bit of plastic welding and putty or fibre glass?

[bubba]

The screen to the part of the dash where the dials sit? or the screen to the clear plastic cover over the dials? For my application I was just going to mount a screen to the left of the centre console and a neat arm dohicky that will fold down and out of the way..

[Crans]

My screen is going to go where my boost controller and cd player in my pic currently sit