Put a solar strip on the roof, or a couple. It'll keep your batteries charged while the bus is sitting and when you're at the track. Almost free electricity is a no brainer, its a relatively small cost to buy them.
Yeah makes a lot of sense on a bus like this, there's so much roof area that's basically unused you could cover with panels, saves wear on the generator, means you can have the batteries charging while you're away from the bus and all the rest. Does cost more when you consider the generator is already there and works (and they pay Florida gas prices, oh the dream) but I think worth doing
This bus is such a sick combo unit. Love the video. I used 2 100ah lipo4 batteries in my trailer. Runs lighting, radio, inverter for some 120v stuff. Last all weekend. I run the generator if needed but hardly ever.
Stick on motion sensor lights make a great addition to spaces like that. Theyre on for like 5 minutes after you open it, and anytime you go back in they turn back on.
I'd Throw a row facing upward from the inset center on the floor, for the occasional under inspection of the vehicle/working on the car inside of trailer.
Somehow, grabbing the bigger drillbit to do step 2 of drilling through metal, i always have Taylor in mind. Funny, since i'm a Dutch plumber! You have international impact Lol. Have a great Newyears!!
Just got a beanie. Honestly the chance to win the custom truck is pretty cool. But meeting Tayler and/or Jose would be even cooler. Been watching since og Miata build. Even have the gf watching now 😂
When you get around to updating the TV inside this beautiful rig, that would be the time to showcase your Corvette. Make it the screensaver/sleep wallpaper, you get to show off your sick car and similarly its the newer era on the modern TV and while also showing respect/tribute to the previous owner while still showcasing his drag car. TLDR; Put vette on updated TV Respect dragster photo
Hopefully it’s a full build series but I can see that entire rats nest of wiring being ripped out at some point lol I know its making ya twitch looking at it, real liking the bus🤘🏼
Should wire all the cabnet lights to a switch, during the day, switch it off, the switches that toggle with door opening wont do anything if the entire thing is off, and you get to the track at night, and forget, it is just one switch to reactivate them
Fun (sarcasm) story. My mom and step dad are currently stranded in MS because their RV's traction control is stuck on and they can't make it over hills/bridges to get home. Semi place replaced all the censors on the tires, problem persists. Apparently the turbo can cause the same issue so the semi place is gonna try that next. Always a project!
Regarding the lights Taylor we have a saying in England 🏴 it’s better to have more than you need and not need them rather than not have them and need them
I HOPE YA 2 ARE HAPPY NOW THAT PUT ALL THOSE LIGHTS IN FOR YOU....................... ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE YOU 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey man those wire nuts are a fire hazard. I built out a 2012 sprinter and everything had to be stranded and butt connectors. The wire nuts could come loose with the movement of the bus and start a fire. Hope you see this and get that fixed. I would hate to see the bus burn down because of that.
Might just be the camera but I'd use some white diamond metal polish and do a quick buff job on all the diamond plate. You'd be amazed at how much it would brighten up that area
I'm honestly shocked he didn't have to initially. If I had a guess I'd say the bus is easily over 26K pounds and with it utilizing air brakes Taylor would need a class A. Granted he doesn't already have one(which we know Taylor wouldn't be driving this if that was the case).
Just want to go on record as saying this micro switch it the wrong solution. You need to have the switch for your bay lights at the dash and possibility the door. If you want them on they could all be on so one switch to control all the bays shouldn't be an issue. If you truly use the small switch on the light itself to turn off in the day, it will be off at night when you forget to turn it back on and your back to looking for the switch in the dark.
@Taylordrifts hahaha sorry over here 🇦🇺 there all one way... I rekon they look better both sucken in one way... didn't realise that's how they are over there...
Start planning now for converting to air ride suspension. The torsilastic suspension on those is prone to failure due to rust. There is a design to add air bags without having to rip out the OEM torsion suspension.
You could consider adding a photoelectric sensor into the circuit so it only turns on the lights when it's dark out, or a master switch so they are only on when you want them to be. Also would be cool to add a picture of the Corvette below the previous owners picture!
I was wondering if you might replace the picture with one of those 'electronic photo frames' that you load up via USB or SD card but is only powered up when the slide is out, & runs a continuous slideshow of e.g. the bus in regular service, some pics of the original conversion in progress, the dragster driver with any podium shots, pics of his race cars, then you & your cars...
I've worked with a machinist for 19 years and Taylor is correct. I know how annoying it can be but it also helps keep the accuracy and makes your bits last much longer.
Taylor, I'd like to help with the "Time Slip" you showed from the previous owners car. It was very blurry but I remember them from racing. It shows the usual, track name, date, time, car number...etc. It shows your cars time increments going down the track in feet, usually (330, 660 990 and finally 1320 = 1/4 mile). Some tracks it also shows MPH at those time increments. It shows ET (elapsed time start to finish ) and final speed (MPH) - both at the finish line.
Left lane is marked BYE (and right lane won) so it might not be a full pass, the rows are TREE (which shows the scale the reaction is measured on), DIAL-IN (fastest pass allowed), REACTION, 60 foot, 660 foot, MPH, 1320. 6.92 dial-in should mean the car can run that fast in the 1/4.
you should link the grounds on both sides ... then both sides will come on when you open either door ... so you can see back into the compartment without having to open both sides
I installed gun safe lights in our knaack box . Sooo nice. They were motion sensing too. Only like $30 on Amazon. You walk up for a tool and it lights up
Replace the garage work lights with LED's. But try to get the ones with the Plastic lenses so that if you do bump one while thrashing on the car, so you're not standing in a glass minefield.
Just a warning with led lights, if your using ground on the switch there's a chance they will still be on but very dim. They have a bad habit of finding ground somewhere else and being a trickle drain on your battery.
You should run all of the power to your exterior lights through 1 switch. Like that, when you turn that switch in for at night or at dark, it provides power to the cabinets but it won’t during the day
Taylor, one thing that I’ve been thinking of doing on our bus is some lights underneath the edges. Ideally dual color amber or flip a switch for white just to light up the ground around the bus when loading or walking around at night! Love the lights in the bays! And the switches!
Always be sure that the microswitches are rated for the current they will be expected to handle. You might need to use relays in conjunction with the switches.
nice thing about the lights is that they light outside on the ground a bunch also if you gotta work on it you can pull it out and work on the ground also or if you drop a part on the ground.
Interior idea going off that pic of the drag car...u can replace those checkerd patterned ceiling tiles and put your favorite builds from over the years on there. Great videos, my dude. Keep up the great work
You should run a relay for the power to the lights that's trigger by another outdoor light. When the outdoor light is on, then the storage lights can turn on.
You could put a 12v photocell on the line side of the lights. You would have to mount it on the outside of the bus since it's a sensor, but it would help keep the lights off during the day. We use them at work for exterior lighting control.
As a couple of other people have said. Add a master switch (or use the breaker if it's on it's own circuit.) rather than switching the lights off individually. The amp draw should be online, on the product page or in the info on the back of the light. With the Garage lighting, you could move one of the stair lights to above the internal door. So you have more lighting at the top of the stairs. With the 110 battens, are you going to swap them for LED battens or a different style of LED's?
A note on wire size from someone who works with 12v all day every day, a single 14ga will be way more than sufficient to run all those lights, plus how often will you really have every single light on all at once? Id bet very rarely.
That dragster thing is a Fuel Altered. so Nitro and altered wheelbase. they don't run them much any more, but they are definitely 6 second capable and probably the most rowdy and entertaining drag cars to watch. they are real drivers cars, it's often times more about who can tame them the most over who has the fastest car.
