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Where the connection is going to be. You can barely see the wires coming out of the air box but they cross where I can get both hands on them.

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Today I was working on getting the air box ready for the adreno
board installation. Just some small details.



Josh told last night that he had it live and it was working. He also talked about some of the sensors.
WOW, this is so COOL.

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The adreno board installation will go here.



The voltage regulator and the relay can be moved if they need more room.

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Working on the circuits with a new relay that will power up the Gurney flap when the brakes are applied. I really hope this works just because it would be so cool to see it happen.
I've got power to the Arduino board from the relay that is the signal to the board. Now I need to finish the wires to the servo. Everything will need to be wired to the Arduino board. We have a bunch of sensors and each one is different, some by function others by location.
Wind speed will be cool also. I will be able to see Barometric Pressure, Temperature and Humidity in several places on the car at once.
All of this works...



The voltage regulator is there to protect the delicate electronics from the spikes and the 2 relay's turn on the ESC'S and put the Gurney flap up when the brakes are applied.

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Nice that I had my circuits running tonight because Josh came over to connect the Arduino board up.
I got to see it light up. But the board didn't like the clean 12 volts. So Josh is making up a low voltage power point to feed it what it wants.
Really it's just a bunch of spaghetti right now but this hole thing is just an exercise in electronics.
But I'm jazzed because I got to see the screen and the board light up.
Josh started this test tonight because he has a question about powering up the ESC's signal. Right now I have all 4 ESC's tied together and he was afraid that we might have to run them as individuals. My bus bar has the room to do that.
Josh went home to make up the power point.
I was going to take a picture but like I said it would only be of spaghetti.
This is so Kool...

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Picture



So I bought this light to add some light to the inside of the box. I had bought 2 of them before and they were white. I had intended to put it on the Bimini top on my poontoon but never got around to it. I had used the other two, one for a license plate light and the other on a Bimini for cockpit lighting. I also thought that it might light up the oil coolers a little and that might look neat. So after the installation I got this one lit is when I found out that it is red. Damn. It's going on the car this way at least until I decide to change it.

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Another



It's hard to get anything done inside of the box because of the light level. But I'm not sure that I can live with this.
We have lots of work left todo inside here and it may get changed before the box goes back in.
I hope someone is laughing out there.

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I don't think that this is going to work.



Can't see the screws on the bus bar. It's 2am, I'll talk it over with Josh later. He has to wire in the Arduino board and make sure everything works.

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Some of the things I want to know that the Arduino board is going to be able to tell me are.
Do the intake scoops make a difference in air pressure and temperature in the plenums?
Does the fan box make a difference in air pressure under the rear of the car at speed?
How much air flow is in the plenums?
The temperature of any place on the car?
How fast is the car going (wind speed)?
The air pressure on the top and bottom of the air foils?
Any questions that can be answered out there in my viewer land?

The installation is going to take a little time as Josh does most of his work on the car after he puts his girls to bed. He comes over here often in the wee hours sometimes just to escape.

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Somehow I missed all this. It says 10.16 CM Rouge. So today I'll see if I can't find one that talks about White.



What's french for white, blanc. I'll find out later. Have to have real light in there.

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This is so much better. I hung 2 LED strip lights from the ceiling of the box and it is so much more light. My problem with the red was glare, and really made it hard to focus on the screw heads.



Now I can see the head of the screw from outside of the box.

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Look closely and you can see the head of the screw through the fan housing.



I lied, it's a very bad picture and I can't see shit. Sorry, but changing the lights made a huge difference in what you can see inside the box.

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Today Josh and I had a meeting about what he needed for the wires from the bus bar to the Arduino board for the signal wires to the ESC'S and the Gurney flap. So I ran them this evening.



Now I believe that I can mount the box and run the wires up to the rear wing bracket. I need to run the wires though the plastic clips and use the heat gun to form the wires in place.

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Everything is labeled, the motors are numbered and show directions. I either have 1 correct and 3 wrong or vice a versa. The ESC's and the wiring on the bus bar.



One of the ESC's seems to have a weak signal. (#4). I have a spare.

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I've done a little more detailing to the electrical wiring inside the air box and I'm in the middle of installing an off and on switch for the lighting in the box. Also I decided to use the red light as a 3rd brake light but I don't think it is bright enough so I'm adding 2 more. The switch and lights should be here later this week.



During the many times that I have placed the air box into it's location once the voltage regulator was in the way of the taillight bracket. So it got moved over.
At this time I am trying to put the switch for the interior lights inside the box, next to the taillight bracket. Hopefully I will be able to get my finger on the switch and turn it on and off. The red wires in the for ground will go to the switch.

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Today I spent about 4 hours on the electronics inside the box. It gave me a cleaner and more organized finished appearance. Believe me it's much easier to fallow now. During the chore of getting this done I redid the wiring for the 3rd brake light relay, now it works. Oh and I installed a switch on the inside lighting.

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The box with the 3rd brake light on.



Just to see how this shows...
The coolers will look bitchin bathed in that glow.

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I've not had much time for the car lately but I can sometimes slip in a moment or two just because a lot of the project is in the living room.
The Gurney Flap with linkage in the full up position.



Damn, I just like it.

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Well I finally got the Gurney Flap pivot lever finished and installed and and the pivot hinges screwed down. I'm really happy with the the pivot lever as the other one was weak and ugly and causing problems. This one has a pop rivet for a pivot point.



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Exercising the Gurney Flap. I don't know about you but I really like this. This is the position the Flap well be in when the brake lights are on.



Neat, I have Jim Hall of Chaperral to thank for that and exhausting the air from the oil cooler out the rear of the car. I believe that he used an air brake before he actually used a wing for down force. I'm thinking '64. His worked off of the hydraulics from the brakes. We're just running a wire from the brake light as it's only about a foot from the Arduino board.