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wiring is different from GTST to GTR for the blinkers - luckily enough i have some of the wiring left from the wreck i bought

and, the parker light plugs from the GTST match the GTR globe holder plugs, so cut them out - solder and some braided sheathing they are installed and functional

spent some time this afternoon on the car, hooked up the PLX wideband sender and guage as a temp item to test it out and check the idle AFR's

hooked up the datalogit and started it up

other than not sitting in the pfc's normal idle cell of 2x2 it was sitting at 11:1 AFR, so i tweaked it enough to run 14.6- 15.5 range - Then it was still hunting badly at 65 deg water temps, so i initialised the unit and ran through the 30 min idle learning - its is better now but will still hunt after you blip the throttle then settles down and stops it after 10-15 seconds.

so atleast i wont be killing the new 100cell cat from running stupid rich on idle.

waiting for a 52mm guage holder to arrive in the mail so i can mount the display and then go for a drive.

also been looking around for a way to mount a female USB port onto the dash area beside the glovebox, so i dont need to have the SM-AFR and the Datalogit boxes exposed in the glove box.. still havent found any product that will allow me to panel mount a female USB port so if anyone has ideas i'd be happy to hear it.

jaycar.com.au

search for

CAT. NO. PA0927

CAT. NO. PS0786 (most likely also requires CAT. NO. PP0790 and some soldering if you just want to plug it into an existing USB port)

CAT. NO. PS0782 (most likely also requires CAT. NO. PP0790 and some soldering if you just want to plug it into an existing USB port)

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=PS0782

But I just hide anything in or behind the glove box and use a usb extension cable. Not as neat, but simple and reliable

jaycar.com.au

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CAT. NO. PA0927

CAT. NO. PS0786 (most likely also requires CAT. NO. PP0790 and some soldering if you just want to plug it into an existing USB port)

CAT. NO. PS0782 (most likely also requires CAT. NO. PP0790 and some soldering if you just want to plug it into an existing USB port)

thanks guys

i did search jaycar - and the one you linked Duncan was what i went looking for - should have taken the bloody number with me :P will call em and get em to search if they have them - those damn parts bins are always disorganised lol

i saw the first 2 you linked titan, neither would work - easpially since the female only has thread and the nut is on the male part.. wait ... what?? lol

also order in some mini USB chargers that sit flush with the cig lighters - i'll be hard wiring them and mounting them flush in the area the cig lighter used to be . never use the cig lighter and saves me from having adapters in sight, just plug the usb cables into the facia direct .. lets hope that works too haha

cheers

Yeah I'm putting 2 USB and 1 cig socket back in mine at the moment. I've used a surface mount twin socket and just put a 2x USB adapter in one of them. All mounted in a box at the centre console that was there to hold intercom electrics.

Use including Radcam camera, phone charge, tomtom charge and anything else that comes up.

so im a bit out of action atm, got a bunch of stitches on my shoulder blade so its making work a little tough atm.

so spent some time wiring today, couple of trips to jaycar were on the books since i can never get everything i need in one trip when i go there lol

so i started with this as per Duncan's link above and made a couple of spacers to set it more flush in the thin dash plastic.

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Then i cut a 20mm hole in the dash, and used a file to take out another 0.5mm right around it so it was a tight fit

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Installed the female USB plug into the lower dash panel and tightened it up

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I then made my own male to male USB cable that wasnt too long like most are, with like 1.8m being the shortest i saw off the shelf - using some cheap $1.50 p/m 6 core computer cable and the $1.25 or so USB ends

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i then needed a female plug for the end of the com to usb convertor that comes with the datalogit

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all soldered up and heat shrunk - the cable needed to be soldered to the motherboard fitting on the end of the panel mounted female unit - i could have just cut the plug off but this was easier than dealing with the really thing wire these use.

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now to fit the datalogit in this area i had to remove the top of the box to allow clearance to the "entry system" box thats mounted in that area of the dash

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the PLX SM-AFR unit was double sided taped to the inside of the dash next to the entry system box and the cables run neatly across to the steering column where the guage will be mounted.

units installed, tested and ready to go, easy enough to undo the glovebox once i decide to hook up the wideband to the datalogit and most likely to the NB 02 sensor input on the new engine to replace the dual inputs of the rb26 loom.

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pivot 52mm guage mount arrived in the mail today so can get the wideband guage mounted ready for some light load tuning.

USB power supplies didnt arrive so they'll need to wait til next week.

While coating things i've been multitasking on the next stage of finishing off the interior.

started with these things from ebay - 1A USB mini chargers

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stripped them apart, and removed the +ve springs from the ends of the circuit boards - trusty wiring tools there that makes this stuff so much easier

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Soldered +ve and -ve wires onto the circuit board for the new power feeds

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all finished

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Now to mount them - cut out the 20mm holes and used my dimple dies to make a nice surround for the charger heads

Glued in place with JB weld

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This is how it will sort of look once the JB Weld dries - obviously i'll have them level :P

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wait 24 hours then i'll start prepping for paint.

You've given me some ideas with these USB mounts Chris.

Going to set them up for my Data logger and ECU so don't have ugly cables everywhere.

no worries

thats exactly why i did it :D

more work to start with, but HEAPS less when you need to use them

could use the same principal for the hand controller on a PFC, PaulR33's website shows that its almost a regular ps2 port for the HC

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