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| 914 Ranch |
 Oct 12 2022, 12:57 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings  Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States  |
The Arduino board is here. Josh is trying to hook it up. I'm trying to stay out the way.
 I don't expect everything to be perfect, but this is definitely progress |
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Oct 12 2022, 02:05 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
I have seen the two barometric sensors, the air flow meter and saw all 4 motors run. I have a huge task in from of me in putting all of them away somewhere. It just feels so nice to have it all here and working.
 Some of this mess goes under the dash and some in and on the air box. We can't check out the Flap at this time but as soon as I get everything tied down we will be able to do that. This is so KOOL... |
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Oct 15 2022, 01:08 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Making Spaghetti. Hope I can figure all of this stuff out. When Josh said he could put an Arduino board on I had no idea what he was talking about much less how to spell Arduino. Now I'm handling the installation. This might turn out to be very embarrassing, showing me how foolish my fantasies are. But then again no one will ever be able to wipe the smile off face if this stuff works.
Going Digital....  The 2 toggle switches in the back ground are laying next to the screen and all of that goes on the dash. Thinking about mounting some magnets to the sensors and thin sheet metal where I want to get a reading from. The plenums are on the table now. |
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Oct 15 2022, 04:08 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Getting everything straightened out, now I know where everything goes.
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Oct 16 2022, 03:52 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
So I'm trying to attach the Arduino board and power pack (the Arduino board didn't like our clean 12v supplied power). So there is a separate board too supply power to the Arduino board. I'm using a M2 x 8mm screws on the Arduino board but they are too big for the power board. I think I can make up something to clamp the board down using the M2 hardware so it should be fine. I have a correction for Josh as I want to flip that board over so the electronics are facing and the wires are pointing up.
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Oct 16 2022, 04:07 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Today I am installing the Arduino Boards. Got a problem with the small one and will probably have it worked out by this afternoon.
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Oct 16 2022, 10:00 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
So much better, and the m1 hardware is on the way.
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Oct 16 2022, 10:04 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
ABC,,
 I.jusy wanted to see what this looks like... Complete and udder failure |
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Oct 18 2022, 12:44 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
I mounted the screen and the 2 circuit boards today. Now Josh gets to clean up behind me. I pulled 2 wires lose but he had a bunch of stuff that needs shortening and straighten out. Soon I will be able to test the motors for detection. I still need to make up the extensions for the sensors and place some sheet steel at the spots I want to read the sensors.
 I mounted the screen to a large piece of scrap and mounted 1 of the sensors to a very small piece because they take really small screws. M1 I'm, finding that I can mount it to something that I like to work with, like 18 gauge aluminum. Just like everything else, I have no idea what I'm going to do with the screen. But it's probably going to need a shade of some sort. |
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Oct 21 2022, 06:02 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
This little panel is going on the dash. It contains the screen, throttle control for the fans and the controller for the Gurney Flap. We almost be Digital. Today I ran the wires for the Gurney Flap. I used a heat gun for the heat shrink and guided it through the hold down clips, so it looks clean.
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Oct 22 2022, 04:29 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Picture of the hardware that I have to use. The micro controller board uses the smaller hardware (M1) and the LCD screen uses that larger stuff (M2). The m1 is so tough to work with cause you couldn't tell if the threads were engaged.
 I know that I have a lot to do here but being at this point makes me feel like end of this is near. I am currently mounting the LCD screen to the dash. |
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Oct 23 2022, 01:01 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Picture of the hardware that I have to use. The micro controller board uses the smaller hardware (M1) and the LCD screen uses that larger stuff (M2). The m1 is so tough to work with cause you couldn't tell if the threads were engaged.
I know that I have a lot to do here but being at this point makes me feel like end of this is near. I am currently mounting the LCD screen to the dash. |
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Nov 5 2022, 06:07 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
So I was trying to power up the fan box and let the smoke out of the Adurino board. Fuck, now I caused a huge delay in progress but sense Josh has been learning more about the boards I get an upgrade in the computer programming that comes with much smaller boards.
 I installed a piece of sheet metal on the floor of the box so I could use for a mounting point for the sensors. They each have a magnet. I want to know the air velocity and biometric pressure inside the box. Only my first curiosity, as I want to compare this to the pressure of the engine bay and under the back of the car at speed. |
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Nov 7 2022, 08:42 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Installed the rubber grommets in the air box this morning.
 Now I need to clean up the box again and it's getting really close, really having a good time with this. I've been having a problem with some of the wires because I can't see what I am trying to crimp. So I bought a light with a magnifying glass in it. Hoping that I can get the job done. |
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Nov 7 2022, 01:45 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
The picture I promised you. The smoke came from the top left middle, it looks a little singed
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Nov 12 2022, 06:09 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
I was trying to get some thing done and was dealing with bad weather. So I made my first mistake, I put up a table on the living room. When that project was done I took down the table and got my living room back. In a few days I wanted to do another project and it was a little bigger, so I set up 2 tables. My living room has become my shop. A/C and heat, I love it. The other day I was watching something on Starbase and I got a good view of the rocket garden. Starhopper and the later models. I looked back at the tables and I had placed a plenum on top of the air box. The plenum looked like it was built by the water tank crew. I have decided to make new plenums. The quality of my work is much better than it was when I made up the plenums.
 The new plenums will be as nice as the air box. I'm approaching 75 and those plenums have more wrinkles than I do. |
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Nov 29 2022, 02:45 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
The plenums are under construction, the driver side base is fitted and on the car now I have to make a bend in the passenger side before I can fit it. The other day I tried to bend some aluminum angle and got good results and I think it will all be assembled with pop rivets.
 The 3/4" plywood I am using as a guide while I use the shrinker and stratcher on the aluminum angly. |
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| 914 Ranch |
Dec 2 2022, 12:08 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
The new plenums are coming along nicely. I can see from this picture that I have made a lot more room for the engine fan, to me it looks like it's gained a hole bunch of breathing room. We'll see when I get the plenums completed, currently we're awaiting some aluminum angle. I have everything else on hand so they should finish very quickly.
 I had decided to make new patterns for the new plenums, aside from looking like they were assembled by the crew that built Starhopper. I thought they could be a little smaller, so I made up patterns from the old plenums and laid out the rain hat over holes for the carbs and made the new plenums just a little larger than the rain hat. We'll see how it looks when I finish it. |
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Dec 3 2022, 05:28 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
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I need to make more of an effort for you people. I'm probably getting too much nap time. At this time the duct work is ready but the fan box is waiting for some electronics. Both the duct and the box are looking really good. Been thinking about the exhaust system and I leaning towards megaphones and Super traps. I think that this would be quick and easy and not cost a bunch of money. I'll put the air box and the duct work back in the car. There is a bunch of stuff that I need to do under the car. So she'll be back up on the stands soon. Pictures tomorrow. |
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Dec 6 2022, 04:40 PM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
The new bases for the plenums are in place, not installed. They look so much clearer it will be really nice to have them looking as clean as the air box.
 Man that's going to make one badass engine bay picture... I like the proportions of the plenums much better now. |
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