1976 280Z Restoration Project

[racer47201]

On 11/17/2020 at 9:10 AM, wheee! said:

Some more video of the engine revving along with exhaust notes. 
 

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Mark, on your car did you did you delete your afm or air box on it?  I will be using a Megasquirt 3 eventually. I noticed no afm. Are you using the megasquirt system? I'm still a month away from building my '82 F54 with a '77 n47 head. what headaches will I be se

 

[wheee!]

Everything was deleted and I run a map sensor in the Haltech ecu. Complete system upgrade.

[racer47201]

16 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Everything was deleted and I run a map sensor in the Haltech ecu. Complete system upgrade.

Thanks, Mark. Maybe I should check with Madkaw since he is only 40 miles away. I believe he is running a Megasquirt 3.

[dutchzcarguy]

10 hours ago, wheee! said:

I swapped all the bulbs to leds and added electronic flasher units but now the flashing has stopped

Take out a flasher unit and test it on the bench with a known good lamp/set of led's? (Are they made in china ?  (throw 'm in the bin..)) 

[wheee!]

Take out a flasher unit and test it on the bench with a known good lamp/set of led's? (Are they made in china ?  (throw 'm in the bin..)) 

They are good quality leds, and the problem was I still had one set of incandescent bulbs in when I tested before. The LED compatible flashers were faulty. I ordered new ones and this should solve the problem. I put the incandescent bulbs back in and everything works so obviously the flashers are not LED compatible, even though they advertised they were.. grrrrr. Live and learn.

[wheee!]

Some shots of the Led lights, flashers working (but with rear incandescent bulbs).

[wheee!]

Here we have a shot of the rear video camera turning on when I shift into reverse! Cool!

[dutchzcarguy]

19 hours ago, wheee! said:

shots of the Led lights

If you want the rear are also leds, you could put some in there and leave one ordinairy lamp in the circuit just for load.. or use a resistor.

That resistor should be..

normal bulb 23w/13,6 = 1,7 x2 = 3,4Amps  

R= U/I = 13,6/ 3,4 = 4 Ohm resistor!

But watch out it has to be one of power.. P=U x I = P is 13,6V x 3,4 amp = 46,24  say 50 Watt !!  

Easyest is to use one or two (normal flasher bulbs) bulbs and hide them in the car behind the upholstery haha..  When you use one bulb of 23 W your interval flash will go faster.. you could also use a headlight lamp H4 or the one that was before those H4's  they were 45 Watt and it will make the interval of the flash perfect i think.

It ofcourse does not help with the energy saving of the leds but you got leds all around.. 🙂

Edited January 31, 2021 by dutchzcarguy

[dutchzcarguy]

Although.. it saves energy for 3 x 23 Watt is you used one 23Watt lamp to get the flasher working.. let us know how the flasher works with just one 23 watt lamp (and a bunch of LED's). How much do the LED;s use? what's the total Wattage of the  system.. is a interesting question..

[wheee!]

This is why it’s simpler to just buy the correct flasher unit that can work with both led and incandescent bulbs. Worth the extra $$

[dutchzcarguy]

17 hours ago, wheee! said:

This is why it’s simpler to just buy the correct flasher unit that can work with both led and incandescent bulbs. Worth the extra $$

😂  I'm telling this to people for years now!   (Goedkoop is duurkoop!)  that's Dutch for cheap is expensive.

But do they listen? no.  A GOOD classic that is reliable costs as much as a new car..  and if you have 2 lefty's (hands)  then it's double the costs..

[EuroDat]

5 hours ago, dutchzcarguy said:

😂  (Goedkoop is duurkoop!)  that's Dutch for cheap is expensive.

And the english version is "penny wise, pound foolish"