Turbo Timer in Ash Tray
Oct 9, 2004, 04:02 AM
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It's an HKS...if there's a narrower one, I'd go with that. I really had to shave the HKS down to the edges of the circuit boards to make it fit.
Edited for further detail 11/7/05 :
Well, I've gotten a couple of PM requests (sorry guys, I lost exactly wanted these details) requesting I give a brief write-up of how I put the turbo timer in the ash tray:
HKS Type 0
Took ash tray out and apart (lid off), cut the back of the ash tray off at the angle I wanted the turbo timer to sit. (used a dremmel with a cutting wheel, then a bench grinder to get it all flat and even)
You have to be careful that you don't cut off the joint for the lid on either side.
Ground the sides of the turbo timer off (see pics) to fit between the hinges of the lid.
epoxy'd the timer to the ash tray bottom.
Cut the back of the lid under the hatch to allow it to fit over timer when flipped open.
Have to really work with the fitment so that the lid will swing over the timer and close.
Put black over white epoxy inside to hide white in bottom of ash tray.
(easy to just use some black epoxy if you've got it)
Edited for further detail 11/7/05 :
Well, I've gotten a couple of PM requests (sorry guys, I lost exactly wanted these details) requesting I give a brief write-up of how I put the turbo timer in the ash tray:
HKS Type 0
Took ash tray out and apart (lid off), cut the back of the ash tray off at the angle I wanted the turbo timer to sit. (used a dremmel with a cutting wheel, then a bench grinder to get it all flat and even)
You have to be careful that you don't cut off the joint for the lid on either side.
Ground the sides of the turbo timer off (see pics) to fit between the hinges of the lid.
epoxy'd the timer to the ash tray bottom.
Cut the back of the lid under the hatch to allow it to fit over timer when flipped open.
Have to really work with the fitment so that the lid will swing over the timer and close.
Put black over white epoxy inside to hide white in bottom of ash tray.
(easy to just use some black epoxy if you've got it)
Last edited by MyCre8n=Evlshn; Nov 7, 2005 at 09:26 AM.
Mar 18, 2005, 05:31 PM
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I've gotten a few requests for pictures, so here are a few which should hopefully show exactly what I did to the ash tray and the turbo timer. The white stuff is epoxy...except I used black epoxy in the inside of the ash tray to keep it all dark when you look down into it (the white was showing and didn't look right.
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DUDE you rock....thank you soo much for the pics ( i was the one who requested the pics). It seem like much work. all I have is a Dremmmel can I use a Grinder on the dremmel insteat of an actuall grinder tool, or am I just a dumbass and they are the same thing.
Mar 21, 2005, 01:48 PM
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Looks good, for the other guy who put the boost gauge there... I don't like that idea, it is unique but I don't like it because I like to eye my gauge while able to keep my eyes on the road when accellerating fast. It reminds me of the gauges on the far right apillar or the glove box gauges.. Looks nice and all but doesn't seem like a safe place to be able to constantly monitor.
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Originally Posted by mr0072003
DUDE you rock....thank you soo much for the pics ( i was the one who requested the pics). It seem like much work. all I have is a Dremmmel can I use a Grinder on the dremmel insteat of an actuall grinder tool, or am I just a dumbass and they are the same thing.
I used a separate full-sized work bench grinder (with the two sides...one coarse, one finer) and a dremmel with a grinding wheel to cut the ash tray and do the smaller stuff. No reason you couldn't use a dremmel with a grinding wheel for everything though.
