All of the pics including some of s4 gauge cluster..



It's an odyssey PC680 non-spillable lead acid battery, ~15LBS.



I found these nice terminal connectors at a local car audio shop, and they're really light too. Not sure what they're made out of, but the way they are assembled is what sold me, pretty bulletproof design. The connectors are from lightningaudio (http://www.lightningaudio.com) but I can't find the parts on their site. The part number for the positive one is SBXSP-4/8. I don't have the negative one on hand... might be visible in pics. I used 4 AWG. The battery is going on the floor behind the passenger seat.



the gauge cluster had to come out so I could fix my oil pressure gauge, also investigating what tweaks can be made on the tachometer.







and now the teaser:



http://pengaru.com/~swivel/cars/rx-7...2003/tease.jpg

looking good, are those penguin pajamas you are wearing?

yeah! my wife bought me penguin pajama pants, she rocks. It's a linux kinda thing https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

You see RE amemiya (sp) makes or made a 10k rpm tach that looked excactly like stock and dropped in. Very cool.

I got my GF some penguin pajamas



Are you driving the car yet, or still ironing out details?

TiVO is Linux

havent driven it yet, like you said... details.



I havent decided if I want to do the breakin on the stock ECU or install the E6K now, while my license is still suspended (should have it back real soon though)

Its nice when you take the time to do things right, when I was younger

and had no patience my projects would usually be limited because I had

to drive the car. Then you realize part of the fun is doing the work and having a job you can be proud of. All your hard work should pay off with a reliable and good running car.

yeah it is, tivo is cool https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

nice!!







johnny

I agree entirely, when I was growing up I would observe my dad working on his projects and learned from how he would start out as a perfectionist, then as the project progressed and time went on, and more problems arose... he would get frustrated and just start hacking things together. He would start out with a large initial investment in the project, spending good money on the parts he would use with great plans and intentions... but as execution of the plan went on, it would get progressively crappier. Lack of determination and comittment to the original plan, I try to avoid doing this but I think it happens to all of us. It's tough to stay focused especially on a long term project, it's easy to lose sight of the initial goal/plan.



But I think if you have a large investment in your project already (both time and money) it helps with keeping you bound to the plan. It's hard to justify cutting corners to compromise what can be a really nice end result given the large investment, effectively making all the initial time and money spent pointless because the results don't show it... all because you got impatient and/or frustrated.



There are some things I skipped for now just because the cold weather makes it very uncomfortable to do some things, I will finish those up when the weather perks up. I want the car running because we all know engines don't like sitting for a long periods without ever getting run.

I think I get my new found patience from work, so far my biggest

project was almost 900 hours. I just got done with one that was 325 hours, I can remember spending all my money on engine parts, then slapping them in my car with the mentality of "its a fast car, It doenst need to be neat, etc...."



Now I want the whole package.

thats the hard part



mike

the exact reason why I havent even started a project yet, I know

I dont have the time to invest in it, so I would rather not right now.



I have the base for a compleate package project



in time young Skywalker.

the exact reason why I havent even started a project yet, I know

I dont have the time to invest in it, so I would rather not right now.



I have the base for a compleate package project



in time young Skywalker. [/quote]

yup, when you get to doing it it will turn great.



mike

Ive always prefered doing things good or not at all and when it comes to my car im always extra careful.

thank you I have been trying to figure out how the **** you attach the wires to those type of connections, guys at bestbuy even told me to use ring connectors, sweet!!!! I am using a mulitport battery clamp.....

How much were those terminals? Thay look really nice. I saw some really cool ones a short time ago. They had quick releases instead of screws. Keeps you from messing up the terminal everytime you take it off.

I think they were around $15 each, I definately did not get a good price though, the local mobiltel has everything overpriced, you can probably find them online much cheaper.