Hi,
I am converting some systems in preparation for adding electric drive power to the car later. Or maybe never. Who knows. Anyway, I looked at electric power steering. Via Testa ( €500,- via local breakers) to Toyota Prius (€ 300,- at local breakers) I ended up buying an Opel Tigra / Corsa steering column with controller for € 80,- including shipping from a less local but still relatively local yard. Modification is in de making. € 20,- on ebay even bought me a controller thingy that makes the power assist adjustable, and if I can reverse engineer that thingy and add it to an Arduino I can even make the assist speed-related. Marvelous. Onto the next chapter.
Onto the plans for an iBooster. Or similar. I don't want to simply add a vacum pump and leave the original servo in place. I would like to go electric (and may be even speed related?) So the game begins again, but I have not been able to find a good route, yet. I can get Tesla iBoosters here for a lot of money, I read somewhere they also came in Hondas but I don't know which ones and I do know the European deliveries / specs differed from the US ones. And I live in the Netherlands, which is still Europe last time I checked.
So, if you can point me towards more cost effective options for the electronic brake assist, please do. I don't mind tinkering (I already drew up a concept of using an Opel power steerin booster to assist the brakes), but when it comes to brakes a solid and proven concept is probably a better place to start then just having crazy ideas.
Cheers,
Hugo
I am converting some systems in preparation for adding electric drive power to the car later. Or maybe never. Who knows. Anyway, I looked at electric power steering. Via Testa ( €500,- via local breakers) to Toyota Prius (€ 300,- at local breakers) I ended up buying an Opel Tigra / Corsa steering column with controller for € 80,- including shipping from a less local but still relatively local yard. Modification is in de making. € 20,- on ebay even bought me a controller thingy that makes the power assist adjustable, and if I can reverse engineer that thingy and add it to an Arduino I can even make the assist speed-related. Marvelous. Onto the next chapter.
Onto the plans for an iBooster. Or similar. I don't want to simply add a vacum pump and leave the original servo in place. I would like to go electric (and may be even speed related?) So the game begins again, but I have not been able to find a good route, yet. I can get Tesla iBoosters here for a lot of money, I read somewhere they also came in Hondas but I don't know which ones and I do know the European deliveries / specs differed from the US ones. And I live in the Netherlands, which is still Europe last time I checked.
So, if you can point me towards more cost effective options for the electronic brake assist, please do. I don't mind tinkering (I already drew up a concept of using an Opel power steerin booster to assist the brakes), but when it comes to brakes a solid and proven concept is probably a better place to start then just having crazy ideas.
Cheers,
Hugo
