The learning curve in electronics is non linear, great work! Ask me if you need help with electronics, there's a better way to read temperature with termistors but your way totally works. As a side note, I believe grid heaters have to turn off after like 3 to 5 minutes, when the coolant temperature rises, maybe hooking up a coolant temp sensor is the next step 🤔, thanks for featuring the bronco! So happy to see it here, thanks a lot!
Thanks for the clip and allowing me to use it! My hope with the grid heaters is that once the engine is up to temperature the intake will be warm enough they arent needed, especially since the turbo will heat the air up (although the intercooler will cool it down). I'll keep an eye on it and if the grid heaters stay on I may have to get a little fancier. 👍
here is a tip: next time you need to energize relays over 5v, you can use a relay shield from arduino, which will take the 5v signal from arduino to tell a relais to energise. If you feed 12v to that shield, it will then tell the "big 12V" relais to energize. It is a bit "relay or relay" but it works. There are quite a few relay shields, all with different type of voltage / amps. Also, with transistor, i hope you added a diode between leg 1 and 3 to avoid counter current when switching off your engine, this could blow your transistor off. (bazillions of video on YT about this) Great build, love the arduino onboard computer management system
I'm a master ASE certified auto technician, and I always seem to learn something new watching this build. And this video is no exception. Very nice, detailed explanation on how it all works and is coming together! As always, looking forward to the next one!
I'm from the Caribbean and have a nissan 250gt/g25 looking to turbo charge later this year and arduino is the platform ill go with. glad to see you backing up the reliability.
I like that attitude. I'm never afraid to learn something new (addicted to learning actually). The problem is the tools required for all of these skills takes up a lot of room and now I really want a big shop to work out of. I just noticed you hardly have any subscribers, 1.75k. About the same as me and my vids are fairly lame in comparison. With this level of quality I'm sure that is going to change. I'll subscribe right now.
Your videos keep the heart beating on my build. Currently I have a 6.9 idi with a crap turbo kit and a non overdrive 2wd auto. Currently I’m putting a dodge Dana 60 in the front with custom 4 link. First time on a project like that. Then I have to build my 4x4 c6 because it’s not much better than a core. I’ll be backing it with a gear vendors over drive that I got in pieces. And lastly I should be picking up a mostly completed decompressed 7.3idi motor which I’ll be making my own power stroke style turbo system on. It’s gonna be a long project. Somewhere in this I have to get it over to my buddies shop for paint. Mind you I’m doing all this in my drive way in my nice neighborhood, sorry neighbors.
Im building a Mazda rx8 with a lt1 but most of the electronics run off of the stock ECU so I'm going to try to run electrical stuff off one and all engine controls off the other is that a good idea?
That'll be quite the swap! I think running both computers is done commonly. The biggest obstacle even in that case is the dash, getting all the sensors from the engine to interface with gauges that never came with that engine. One thing to remember is you might lose your check engine light, which if you have emissions to pass you may need to look into. If I were you I'd start by finding factory service manuals for the engine AND the car and start looking through wiring diagrams, figuring out what needs to stay with the car and what needs to stay with the engine, and how you plan on doing the tachometer, temperature sensors, etc. Other options for making the dash work include doing what I did and going completely custom if you want to learn about electronics (code and schematics here www.buildautomedia.com/blogs/bam-blog/arduino-dash-test). However an OBD2 compatible aftermarket dash is likely cheapest and easiest, something like an edge insight, it just plugs into your existing OBD2 port and if the engine and body are both post 1996 they're both OBD2 compatible by law. The most expensive option is of course a complete replacement holley dash or similar.
The learning curve in electronics is non linear, great work! Ask me if you need help with electronics, there's a better way to read temperature with termistors but your way totally works. As a side note, I believe grid heaters have to turn off after like 3 to 5 minutes, when the coolant temperature rises, maybe hooking up a coolant temp sensor is the next step 🤔, thanks for featuring the bronco! So happy to see it here, thanks a lot!
Thanks for the clip and allowing me to use it!
My hope with the grid heaters is that once the engine is up to temperature the intake will be warm enough they arent needed, especially since the turbo will heat the air up (although the intercooler will cool it down). I'll keep an eye on it and if the grid heaters stay on I may have to get a little fancier. 👍
here is a tip: next time you need to energize relays over 5v, you can use a relay shield from arduino, which will take the 5v signal from arduino to tell a relais to energise. If you feed 12v to that shield, it will then tell the "big 12V" relais to energize.
It is a bit "relay or relay" but it works. There are quite a few relay shields, all with different type of voltage / amps.
Also, with transistor, i hope you added a diode between leg 1 and 3 to avoid counter current when switching off your engine, this could blow your transistor off. (bazillions of video on YT about this)
Great build, love the arduino onboard computer management system
Nice to see another video from you! Thank you.
I'm a master ASE certified auto technician, and I always seem to learn something new watching this build. And this video is no exception. Very nice, detailed explanation on how it all works and is coming together! As always, looking forward to the next one!
I'm from the Caribbean and have a nissan 250gt/g25 looking to turbo charge later this year and arduino is the platform ill go with. glad to see you backing up the reliability.
Very cool. The turbo miata I'm helping my little brother build actually uses a speeduino ECU with tuner studio, it seems to work well!
Love what you do man
Awesome job! I’ve only messed with an Arduino once but I liked it
I like that attitude. I'm never afraid to learn something new (addicted to learning actually). The problem is the tools required for all of these skills takes up a lot of room and now I really want a big shop to work out of. I just noticed you hardly have any subscribers, 1.75k. About the same as me and my vids are fairly lame in comparison. With this level of quality I'm sure that is going to change. I'll subscribe right now.
Your videos keep the heart beating on my build. Currently I have a 6.9 idi with a crap turbo kit and a non overdrive 2wd auto. Currently I’m putting a dodge Dana 60 in the front with custom 4 link. First time on a project like that. Then I have to build my 4x4 c6 because it’s not much better than a core. I’ll be backing it with a gear vendors over drive that I got in pieces. And lastly I should be picking up a mostly completed decompressed 7.3idi motor which I’ll be making my own power stroke style turbo system on. It’s gonna be a long project. Somewhere in this I have to get it over to my buddies shop for paint. Mind you I’m doing all this in my drive way in my nice neighborhood, sorry neighbors.
Im glad my videos help, sounds like a great build!! 👍
People like us are mad scientists
Awesome video man thanks!
Good work man, you are one smart cookie
Bro, alternator not working before car start, so the is not load on alternator, only on battery, when u using candle 🕯️
Im building a Mazda rx8 with a lt1 but most of the electronics run off of the stock ECU so I'm going to try to run electrical stuff off one and all engine controls off the other is that a good idea?
That'll be quite the swap! I think running both computers is done commonly. The biggest obstacle even in that case is the dash, getting all the sensors from the engine to interface with gauges that never came with that engine. One thing to remember is you might lose your check engine light, which if you have emissions to pass you may need to look into. If I were you I'd start by finding factory service manuals for the engine AND the car and start looking through wiring diagrams, figuring out what needs to stay with the car and what needs to stay with the engine, and how you plan on doing the tachometer, temperature sensors, etc.
Other options for making the dash work include doing what I did and going completely custom if you want to learn about electronics (code and schematics here www.buildautomedia.com/blogs/bam-blog/arduino-dash-test). However an OBD2 compatible aftermarket dash is likely cheapest and easiest, something like an edge insight, it just plugs into your existing OBD2 port and if the engine and body are both post 1996 they're both OBD2 compatible by law. The most expensive option is of course a complete replacement holley dash or similar.
Huh????? Ok.. I got some of it.
Welcome to the world of electronics. It gets easier the more you learn.