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What I'm asking is what is displayed in the green area when the unit is on and working. |
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Wow, I lost track of this thread, sorry guys!! To start off with the question above: Nothing right now! Doh... The one in the picture is of a dot-matrix LCD screen, that currently is not functional. Right now it's only being used as a backlight, and to get the "LCD screen color". Over the top of that I put an OEM-replica overlay that makes it look like an OEM LCD screen:
The dot-matrix screen really doesn't have good resolution to try and get decent graphics going like the real ones. I've talked with a company about making some real LCD screens, but for now it's just the "fake" option...
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Riceburner, how hard would it be to mount the Diablo panel into the space where the stock fiero heater - A/C panel is ? Is the Diablo panel now fully functional and pretty much "plug n play" with the stock fiero wiring ? |
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It's a good bit bigger than the stock Fiero HVAC opening... I did design a smaller one that will pop right in place of the Fiero control and look good through the hole, but haven't had a chance to machine for real, just a scrap piece of plastic to see if it would come out the right size.. The Diablo and 355 control both use the same control box circuitry, and they are plug and play with the Fiero's HVAC harness.
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By the way, have you ever considered putting together a pushbutton selector for the automatic transmission that would eliminate the shifter altogether ? |
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That crossed my mind once for a manual shifter actually, but never really though of how to do it. They used to have that on a really old 'wagon if I remember right, I'm not sure it would look good though.. I guess you could hook it up to paddles and call it a "paddle shifter"..
It's possible but not sure it's practical $$ wise...
| | | quote | | RiceBurner >> how about a Firebird control panel?? |
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The control box setup would work with a Firebird control panel, but I think Jscott has something in the works that will still be plug-and-play, and end up cheaper than microprocessor control......
Whew! Sorry I didn't come and check back on the thread, wasn't ignoring anyone or anything... LOL I've been working non-stop on the interface board to make the OEM Diablo controller work with the Fiero and Vintage Air heater boxes, I'm 99.9% done and hope to ship the first one of those tomorrow. It basically replaces the Diablo controller circuitry inside the box, and makes it fully functional, including the outside temperature sensor. Unfortunately I don't have the time right now to make it do "fully-automatic" mode, but that's a possibility for the future.. I still do the 355 panels, but just been so busy with the Diablo stuff it kind of went on "simmer" on the back burner for a while. I hope to get back to them soon, as I have a few people currently waiting for them... I have a temporary website up at
http://www.freewebs.com/riceburner98/index.htm with some info and more pictures of the panels I'm working on... Hopefully the 355 one does Rob's interior justice, that thing is INCREDIBLE looking! I'd swear it was OEM Ferrari...
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Bob Williams
Working on the next 3800 swap.. Missing the one that worked!
