1998 VS III Statesman

**XCESIV** · 07-16-2007, 12:45 AM

NAME : Warren
MODEL : 1998 VS III STATESMAN
COLOUR : White
REGO : [ XCESIV ]
BUILT : 12/98
ENGINE : Soon to have 1
ENGINE MODS : At mechs now getting stuff done
POWER : 1 person pushing it on and off hoist
EXHAUST :Custom Stainless 4into 1 extractors
GEARBOX : 4 speed auto with Stage 2 Shift Kit.
DIFF : unsure about Diff Combo yet. Harrop Diffmount
BRAKES :Front : 355mm 4 spot callipers with Slotted Rotters. Rear: 343mm 4 sport splotted rotters
RIMS : 20" x 8.5" XHP SABERS
ELEC POWER : Dual 140 amp alternators, Dual Deep cycle batterys, Dual 20 Farad Capacitors
SUSPENSION : AIR BAG SUSPENSION

* Firestone Air Bags
* 4x VIAIR Compressors
* 5gl Air Tank
* Braided lines
* Digital Gauge
* External Compressor Connection

STEREO :

* JVC 7" TV/DVD/VCD
* 2X SOUNDSTREAM RUBICON1000- 1X 1000WRMS, 2X 250WRMs
* 1X SOUNDSTREAM RUBIN502- 2X 50WRMS AMP
* 1X SOUNDSTREAM TARANTULA 15" SUB
* 1X SOUNDSTREAM 6.5" SPLITS
* 1X SOUNDSTREAM 5" SPLITS
* 2X 20 FARAD CAPACITORS
* 0 GAUGE WIRING

INTERIOR :

* Custom beige trim (Desert) leather interior
* Custom mounted screens in backs of front seats
* Custom mounted Capacitors in middle of centre rear seat
* Embossed Sound Stream Tarantulas throught interior
* Stitched Sound Stream Tarantulas on seats
* Custom Shaped floorings
* Suede roof lining, with embossings
* Leather Dash

IN PROGRESS :[indent]
* CarPC Design - See next post for more details
* 22" Wheels
* New Interior Flooring
* Customer Reshapped Engine bay
* 3 more Batteries (5 in total)
* Upgrade to 2x 250amp Alternators
* New Engine and Engine Mods
* Custom Body Work
* Paint Job

**XCESIV** · 07-16-2007, 12:46 AM

Car PC Features
The CarPC will control the following features

Electric Windows
Central Locking
Door poppers to unlatch the doors
Car Stereo
Engine Diagnostics
Electric Boot Lid Controls
Air Suspension
Sat Nav
Electronic Transmission. Removing T Bar.
Electric Handbrake
Climate Control
Overisde conrol panel plug in

Extra Features include

Wifi. Connect to my laptop Wirlessly for updates and external control
Vehicle Demo mode. The Car will go through its features randomly, with certain rules in place. Open close windows, open boot, control air suspension.
Connect to PDA Phone for external control some features

Possible Options

mouseboard intergrated into centre console.
Fingerprint Code Entry

Features in Detail
Control Panel

10.4" touch screen flush mount into dash
Wireless External screen for demonstrations at shows
Wireless Control via PDA Phone

Car Stereo

Fade Front/back and Left/Right
Sub Control
Connect to 3 external Amps
Run 2-3 Pairs of Splits
1 Sub
2 external TV Screens
Rear boot splits turn off when boot closed

Air Suspension

Control Each corner of the cars suspension seperatly in setup mode
System Lock and Autolevel when car is running and in Gear
Preset Levels
Suspension only adjustable when car is not in Gear
Safety backup installed for when the car is in gear. Power disconnects from system stopping any chance of suspension adjustments while driving.
Demo Mode. Suspension plays by itself running random corners of the car by itself
controlable from main screen, external screen and pda phone

[*]Electric Boot Lid Controls

Boot only opens when the car is not in gear.
Safety backup installed for when the car is in gear. Power disconnects from system stopping any chance of the boot opening while driving.
In demo mode, the boot opens and closes. When the boot is opening and closing, the air suspension is locked out from use until boot closed again
controlable from main screen, external screen and pda phone

[*]Engine Diagnostics

Will be able to tune the car while driving
Display engine diagnostics. Oil Temp & pressure, Water temp and Pressure, Fuel Pressure, Boost, etc
Warning system when any limits are met

Central Locking

Main controls by alarm system
Alarm overides controls by Car PC
When Car Alarm is activated, this blocks all signals from carpc to unlock the doors.
Manual latch still connected to mechanism

Electric Windows

Push and hold on screen to open/close windows.
When car is locked the power is disconnected stopping any window controls.

Electric Transmission

control for gear changes. P-R-N-D-3-2-1
Limit switches stopping gear changes while car is in motion.
Can not disengage from park or neutral without the foot on the brake

Electric Handbrake

Limit switches stopping handbrake engage while car is in motion.
Can not disengage without the foot on the brake

I have to get back to work now. Ill continue this later

**monkeyracer** · 07-16-2007, 10:56 AM

shouldn't this be moved to the worklogs?

**XCESIV** · 07-16-2007, 04:51 PM

yes it should sorry

**XCESIV** · 07-17-2007, 11:28 PM

Here is a pile of images for you.

These pics are nearly 2 years old as the car is now in a million pieces. I will post up some semi new pics soon. Alot of the new features in the car wont be announced until its finished tho

**XCESIV** · 07-17-2007, 11:29 PM

and some more

**XCESIV** · 07-17-2007, 11:29 PM

**BiGGy** · 07-20-2007, 09:00 AM

Ive been reading all your lead up posts to this. I think its a great project for a show car. I really think its a bad idea to give a carputer full transmission control with no override. Unless you just rolling it on and off a trailer I recommend keeping your T bar. Good luck with this ey, yull need it. As always good to see another Aussie on here

**XCESIV** · 07-21-2007, 07:35 AM

We are working on an over ride system, just hidden somehow.

This car is a 2nd car so reliability is important, but as with all modified cars, reliability can be an issue.