OnlyAfro Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 hours ago, 350Butcher said: 1) Is it possible to turn these aids off without having the light up on the dash? Have a status light on the control to indicate if its active or not instead? Not having the dash lit up like a christmas tree on track would be nice - black electrical tape over the dash lights is the easiest solution 2) Why do you want abs enabled? Its intrusive on track and undesirable. The Z's system cuts in very early and is a slow operator, you can brake far harder and later with it off. Could you make a control that includes abs control too? - I'd say that having ABS on doesn't interfere much with drifting / "spirited driving" on the road, or indeed most amateurs on track. I think this mod is aimed more at people who want a little bit of fun, being able to accelerate properly and kick the back end out occasionally, without having to press the traction control button every time, while keeping the extra safety of having ABS on. Arguably, if you want all driver aids off, it might make more sense to just disconnect the ABS module / fuse, ideally with a switch, but that just needs a switch and 2 wires, so doesn't make much sense to integrate into a PCB circuit. It could be run in parallel with this module however (just 2 wires and a switch), allowing the user to progressively disable the assists: - OEM Button under dash for TCS off - cs2000's module for VDC and TCS off - Your own separate switch for all systems off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 Hey @350Butcher. Theirs no way around the fault lights on the dashboard I’m afraid. They’re automatically displayed as soon as your fail the system like I’m doing or use ANY of the other methods out there. The only way to disable them is to re-enable the system again. Plus I think they’re a good reminder that you’re in DEFCON5 attack mode lol ! @OnlyAfro is correct. 99% of people will still want ABS. This is aimed at the amateur who tracks their car and just wants the other nanny features disabling for this short time period. Personally if you need the ABS turning off too, I’d say you’re driving at a higher level and are likely to have a full track car build where all these systems are already disabled anyway. The whole point was to allow “normal” drivers a bit of extra freedom without the fear of locking brakes too. hope that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Butcher Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 20 hours ago, cs2000 said: Hey @350Butcher. Theirs no way around the fault lights on the dashboard I’m afraid. They’re automatically displayed as soon as your fail the system like I’m doing or use ANY of the other methods out there. The only way to disable them is to re-enable the system again. Plus I think they’re a good reminder that you’re in DEFCON5 attack mode lol ! @OnlyAfro is correct. 99% of people will still want ABS. This is aimed at the amateur who tracks their car and just wants the other nanny features disabling for this short time period. Personally if you need the ABS turning off too, I’d say you’re driving at a higher level and are likely to have a full track car build where all these systems are already disabled anyway. The whole point was to allow “normal” drivers a bit of extra freedom without the fear of locking brakes too. hope that helps. I thought that would be the case but thought I’d ask in case there was a way round it. To be honest on track I’m concentrating on other things than the lights but see them in the vids when I watch them back, plus on occasion I leave everything off on the road where I notice the lights being on a lot more. I only asked as I would say the VCD starts to interrupt at about the same level as the ABS starts to make itself known. If you drive underneath this level then it’s only the TC that really interrupts progress or enjoyment of a bit of oversteer and Nissan have already provided a switch to turn just that off. As always these things are personal and there’s clearly people who want it so I wish you well with your well invented solution to provide this for people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longsh07 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Question, could it be wired up in such a way that the OEM switch is used? Edited August 12, 2018 by longsh07 Cannot English today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Indeed it could. It would be something you’d have to do on your own, but your just have to pull the OEM switch out of the dash, figure out which 2 of the 3 wires are the switch contacts by using a multimeter (think theirs 3 wires) and then extend the wires from my module to the OEM switch, dead simple 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 (edited) @rickdon - Since you asked the question, and anyone else with a 370. Keyser and i have been chatting and he has kindly been taking apart his 370 to do some research for me. Turns out this hack works in exactly the same way in the 370 and as such my module can support both 350z and 370z with no difference in the module design, hardware or coding, just a different install guide which is amazing. Il update the original post with the info and Keyser will be getting a module to fit for me so we have photos and a full guide for the 370 install too. So, 370 guys, get in on this too! New list with car models on it 1. DOOM! (350z) 2. daisyduke (350z) 3. longsho7 (350z) 4. Edited August 13, 2018 by cs2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDON Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, cs2000 said: @rickdon - Since you asked the question, and anyone else with a 370. Keyser and i have been chatting and he has kindly been taking apart his 370 to do some research for me. Turns out this hack works in exactly the same way in the 370 and as such my module can support both 350z and 370z with no difference in the module design, hardware or coding, just a different install guide which is amazing. Il update the original post with the info and Keyser will be getting a module to fit for me so we have photos and a full guide for the 370 install too. So, 370 guys, get in on this too! New list with car models on it 1. DOOM! (350z) 2. daisyduke (350z) 3. longsho7 (350z) 4. Rickdon (370z) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDON Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 brilliant work guys! added my name to the list.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPod Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Just a quick update guys. I’ve received an email saying the PCB’s have been dispatched today, hopefully receive them within a week. Il make up the ones I have for the 4 guys on my list and of course I need to get Keyser his so I can get the 370 guide written. @rickdon i assume you’re ok to wait for Keyser to write the instructions first so yours will be sent later, shouldn’t be too much later as we already have most of the photos etc, just not physically installed one into a 370 yet or got proper photos of the install steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDON Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 5 hours ago, cs2000 said: Just a quick update guys. I’ve received an email saying the PCB’s have been dispatched today, hopefully receive them within a week. Il make up the ones I have for the 4 guys on my list and of course I need to get Keyser his so I can get the 370 guide written. @rickdon i assume you’re ok to wait for Keyser to write the instructions first so yours will be sent later, shouldn’t be too much later as we already have most of the photos etc, just not physically installed one into a 370 yet or got proper photos of the install steps Yes i am happy to wait, in no rush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil739 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 would love one of these if you could add the function to disable to the brake lights so you can do burnouts as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Phil739 said: would love one of these if you could add the function to disable to the brake lights so you can do burnouts as well It’s possible, but not going to be looking at this for a while yet. from my research, the American guy KP Technologies, did offer something to disable the feature so you could retain brake lights but do burnouts, but he was getting horribly inconsistent results when he sent 5 modules to customers, I don’t want the same issue so not sure if it’s something I would Persue, we will see. For example is 100% doesn’t work if you have an auto. the issue is that you can’t just turn “off” the brake signal by cutting a wire or wiring in a switch. If the car is moving and the ECU doesn’t see a “brake” signal for a while, it will throw a MIL on the dashboard. You have to put something inbetween which sees your brake input, sends the signal to the ECU as normal for a split second, then removes the signal again so you can do a burnout, not simple to do, but like I said, possible. Edited August 21, 2018 by cs2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hey guys, I'm just back from a amazing, but extremely wet weekend in Spa for the F1 and have come home to some nice PCB's from China! I have so far built up 2 boards, but I'm waiting for the buttons to come through the post, and some heat shrink. As soon as these two little bits arrive, at least the first 2 boards will be ready to go! I have updated the first page with a photo of the actual filled board design, now in a lovely white solder mask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 Buttons have now arrived for most of the boards, still waiting on the heat shrink! i have tested both of the modules currently built and all work perfectly, also edited the instruction guide with new, better photos of the actual production PCB and wire colours. so annoying to be held up because of some bloody heat shrink! But it’s needed! Really hope it turns up this week! i did need a few more components to build the rest of the boards (missing some resistors) but they should be with me by Wednesday when I’m back home from my quick business trip (mon and tues) As usual, il keep you updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyduke Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hey all, don’t worry I haven’t gone anywhere! all the components I need to build all of the boards have arrived. I’m therefore hoping to build and test all of these over the weekend. as before, the missing component is some large heatshrink (still) and I really need this before I can send these out. Il update you again when I have some more news 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Finally, these are done!! Looks like the boat from China took a long detour.... I have 5 modules ready to go which means everyone on the current list is accounted for. PM's have now been sent to everyone on the list but its likely nobody will see it since nobody is getting email notifications. As a little something extra (but pointless really!) Il be putting a PCB into the package too. Its a non functional early prototype of the design. I have about 40 of them in various development stages and god knows what to do with them so thought it might be cool to put one in each package 1. DOOM! (350z) - PM Sent 2. daisyduke (350z) - Posted 3. longsho7 (350z) - Posted 4. Rickdon (370z) - PM Sent - Waiting for 370 Guide 5. Keyser (370z) - Posted Also have another 4 modules almost ready, just waiting for the buttons to come into stock, other than that, they're ready Edited September 17, 2018 by cs2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hey all, just posted everyone that's paid modules today, should be with you all tomorrow Also my buttons have come into stock so now I have another 4 modules all ready to go. Seeing as this is probably quite a small interest item, these will be the last 4, so if you want one, get them quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Everyone should have these by now, no questions or anything? Hoping they actually have arrived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350_Jer Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I'd like one please if there is one still available Meant to reply to this thread ages ago but forgot all about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) On 25/09/2018 at 22:00, 350_Jer said: I'd like one please if there is one still available Meant to reply to this thread ages ago but forgot all about it! Hey mate, yep these are still available, currently for 4 in Stock. Il send you a pm with all the details. Edit: added to the list as paid 1. DOOM! (350z) - Posted 2. daisyduke (350z) - Posted 3. longsho7 (350z) - Posted 4. Rickdon (370z) - PM Sent - Waiting for 370 Guide 5. Keyser (370z) - Posted 6. 350_jer (350z) - Posted Edited September 26, 2018 by cs2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longsh07 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 25/09/2018 at 21:05, cs2000 said: Everyone should have these by now, no questions or anything? Hoping they actually have arrived! I had mine, really impressed with your handy work! Just need to find some time to fit it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57jam89 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 So will this work on a skyline 350gt? Also will this work on a mazda 3? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 17 hours ago, 57jam89 said: So will this work on a skyline 350gt? Also will this work on a mazda 3? Yep, the procedure on a 350GT in terms of screws and how things are fixed may (will) be different, but it uses the same sensor, same ECU etc etc so it will connect exactly the same. As Mazda 3 on the other hand 100% wont respond the same way if you could even install it on there! Drop me a PM if youre interested in one I currently have 4 left and likely wont be building any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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