Full throttle Electric Supercharger Build Thread

[Target70]

Originally Posted by Sojhinn

Should be fine. I recommend jsut going to radioshack and checking out what they have.

I'll do that, but reluctantly. In the radioshacks around here it seems that all the electronic parts have been pushed to a small corner in the back, and you get crap from the sales people for looking/buying anything that isn't cellphone related.

unpluged the back of the cig lighter in the glove box. I think some spade terminals/sockets, wires, and some epoxy and I can make an adapter that will fit in between, but the prongs may not be a standard size. really need to get the one out of the center console to work with.

[Sojhinn]

Originally Posted by Target70

I'll do that, but reluctantly. In the radioshacks around here it seems that all the electronic parts have been pushed to a small corner in the back, and you get crap from the sales people for looking/buying anything that isn't cellphone related.

unpluged the back of the cig lighter in the glove box. I think some spade terminals/sockets, wires, and some epoxy and I can make an adapter that will fit in between, but the prongs may not be a standard size. really need to get the one out of the center console to work with.

Just snag a tap for the cigarette lighter in the glove box. And just head to drawer system at RadioShack. The good thing is the employees don't know shit about what's in the drawers and they leave you alone.

[SloS14]

Originally Posted by Target70

I'll do that, but reluctantly. In the radioshacks around here it seems that all the electronic parts have been pushed to a small corner in the back, and you get crap from the sales people for looking/buying anything that isn't cellphone related..

I was about to give the same rant. Today's Radio Shack is a far cry from late 80's Radio Shack. Used to be filled with certified geeks and nerds. Not anymore.

[Fast_Freddy]

Surely the production version ESC doesn't require you to remember to turn it off very time you shut the engine down or add a relay so it doesn't drain the battery. That would be ridiculous.

[Sojhinn]

Originally Posted by SloS14

I was about to give the same rant. Today's Radio Shack is a far cry from late 80's Radio Shack. Used to be filled with certified geeks and nerds. Not anymore.

As someone who used to work there during college ... yes this is true.

[fenton]

Originally Posted by Fast_Freddy

Surely the production version ESC doesn't require you to remember to turn it off very time you shut the engine down or add a relay so it doesn't drain the battery. That would be ridiculous.

I like the option to turn the power off to the unit... You can shut it down on the highway if you want or at any other time.

Its a part of my ritual, turn on car, turn on lights, disable traction control, arm ecs and go. I don't know its extremely easy to remember.


Plus if anything were to happen to the unit it would be nice to have a kill switch...say if the wot switch got stuck open or something like that.


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[Thatruth2001]

I do the exact same routine 99% of the time until last night. I was on my mobile phone and forgot to turn the unit off. The good thing is if you need a jump use the old battery!

[Sojhinn]

Originally Posted by Thatruth2001

I do the exact same routine 99% of the time until last night. I was on my mobile phone and forgot to turn the unit off. The good thing is if you need a jump use the old battery!

I like the relay. It removes the guessing out of it. Plus when I need to reflash the cars computer I can make sure not to drain the battery by turning off the esc manually.

[Target70]

Sojhinn: Just snag a tap for the cigarette lighter in the glove box. And just head to drawer system at RadioShack. The good thing is the employees don't know shit about what's in the drawers and they leave you alone.

I'll look, but I still got to tap off the other one for the traction override switch/relay: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...49#post1091849
If I can get it to work with the blade terminals/sockets I will only have to splice into 1 factory wire.

Fast_Freddy: Surely the production version ESC doesn't require you to remember to turn it off very time you shut the engine down or add a relay so it doesn't drain the battery. That would be ridiculous.

It works, and it keeps costs low for the kit.

[Sojhinn]

Originally Posted by Target70

Sojhinn: Just snag a tap for the cigarette lighter in the glove box. And just head to drawer system at RadioShack. The good thing is the employees don't know shit about what's in the drawers and they leave you alone.

I'll look, but I still got to tap off the other one for the traction override switch/relay: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...49#post1091849
If I can get it to work with the blade terminals/sockets I will only have to splice into 1 factory wire.

Fast_Freddy: Surely the production version ESC doesn't require you to remember to turn it off very time you shut the engine down or add a relay so it doesn't drain the battery. That would be ridiculous.

It works, and it keeps costs low for the kit.

Yeah you can utilize the same tap but seems kinda crazy to route your lead that far. But if you want to keep your factory taps to minimum just tap into the same wire. I will say the glove box tap was really easy since it is so close to the firewall.

[silent runner]

I'm a spoiled "beta tester". Today, I went out around and totally destroyed a 5.7L, V-8 Toyota Tundra Pick-up that was diddling around in the merge lane in one of our local free-way style roads at 35mph. Kind of like trying to step out into traffic going 30mph on a city street with only a few feet in between the traffic... He, with 1/2 mile of merge lane remaining, decided to pull onto the freeway at 35mph. I held my right foot down and smoked past him like he was standing still, never interupting the traffic flow, and causing any problems. He on the other hand, only decide to hit it when I did, but I still washed by him like he was driving an old VW diesel, and caused a hole lot of people to have to smack their brakes and cause issues. I would have been caught in that little fray if I couldn't safely merge around him into the flow of traffic.

I love my beta Phantomcharger! A new safety device for good drivers.
This was at -24, on the celcius scale by the way, and evrything is still running perfectly!

My congratulations to Rob on becoming an official vendor on this sight, you guys have worked long and hard to do the tech, to measure and test it, and finally to make it accessible to us. This is going to be a revolution in power modding technology like nothing we have ever seen before. I hope my little piece will add some fun to another segment of this revolution!

3.0L24v Camry

[jpit]

When you add the relay you still have the option to turn the unit off with the switch on the led.

[fenton]

Originally Posted by jpit

When you add the relay you still have the option to turn the unit off with the switch on the led.

That's true I never thought about that lol

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[Fast_Freddy]

Originally Posted by fenton

I like the option to turn the power off to the unit... You can shut it down on the highway if you want or at any other time.

Its a part of my ritual, turn on car, turn on lights, disable traction control, arm ecs and go. I don't know its extremely easy to remember.

Plus if anything were to happen to the unit it would be nice to have a kill switch...say if the wot switch got stuck open or something like that.

You can do all that with the relay installed and still start your car the next day if you ever forget to turn it off. I'm just surprised that the final production kit still contains this flaw.

Originally Posted by Target70

It works, and it keeps costs low for the kit.

At over $2000 with batteries and a tune, who cares about $5 for a relay?