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DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Wed, 29 December 2004 11:13
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was in the newsagents today and seen a magazine that had electronic gadgets to build for your car, fuel controlers and air/fuel meters etc. Jaycar kits i think they were.
anyone seen it? anyone know how good the kits might be?
i might buy the mag for the hell of it on pay day.
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August 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Wed, 29 December 2004 11:17
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silicone chip?
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Wed, 29 December 2004 11:45
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nah, wasnt that one. i'll have to buy one on friday and scan the cover maybe.
just thinking the fuel contoler they have in there might be ok for me to use when i turbo my feroza, (depending on the price of the kit) otherwise i will get a megasquirt.
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Wed, 29 December 2004 12:20
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jaycar has thse things - i think the fuel controller is a piggy back thing... go megasquirt 
they have an advert for them current fastfours (with the hilux on the cover).
their website has them under the Kits and Modules category (sub category automotive)
www1.jaycar.com.au
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Victoria
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May 2002
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Fri, 31 December 2004 01:08
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autospeed is ghey - Julian Edgar is a dong.
Yes these Kits are Jaycar EXCLUSIVES, meaning you can only buy them through Jaycar and its parent/subsiduaries.
The book itself is called "High Performance Electronic Projects for Cars" - jaycar cat no. BS5080.
THere are some VERY nifty kits in there for a DIY toymodder, my favourites are:
# Idenpendant Electronic boost controller KC5387
# hand controller to suit above KC5386
# Intelligent Turbo timer (reads engine load and automatically adjusts cool down time) KC5383
# Digital Fuel Adjuster. Good for small tuning. KC5385
# Duty Cylce meter display KC5375
# Digital Speedo corrector KC5382
As an aside, i know a fair bit about these little kits, having built all of the prototypes, and am about to test pilot a few too.
Perhaps in the not too distant future i will make them available through www.witzl.com as complete built and tested units (especially the boost controller, complete with solenoid!), or just as the kits at a special discount rate to the Toymodders 
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Fri, 31 December 2004 03:15
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www.witzl.com is coming!
.. and glen is a massif dong.
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GOLD!!
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Fri, 31 December 2004 03:21
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i knew someone would enjoy that.
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Fri, 31 December 2004 04:49
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I bought it today.
$20 though 
Ill have a read through of it soon and reply again with my thoughts of it.
I know a lot about car engine managment, etc, so itll be interesting to see how in depth the articles go.
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Sat, 01 January 2005 05:31
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Well i had a read this morning.
The artices in it seem well written and do cover a lot of newer engine control technology.
The only problem is it doesnt go very in depth into the specifics of each type of control system.
The kits look good, they are all quite universal, so will work on most EFI cars.
A lot are simple, a few like the hand control unit and the kits it works with get a little more complex.
If you the basics on electronics and want to know more about engine control systems, do buy this mag.
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August 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Sat, 01 January 2005 06:03
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Fri, 31 December 2004 14:15 |
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www.witzl.com is coming!
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Old news. 
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: DIY car electronic gadgets mag
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Sat, 01 January 2005 09:57
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| thechuckster wrote on Wed, 29 December 2004 22:20 |
go megasquirt
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might do, got a dude up here that rekons his brother bought a few kits and might sell some, pre-assembled.
what sort of price would i expect to pay for the megasquirt kit?
he rekons it has everything needed to make it, no bits to source...
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