S3 E44. The diesel powered Honda Insight is finished. electrical system done. 

I'm glad I went back to watching episodes regularly right when they're fresh out of the oven!

I really hope so. Especially since a small diesel is my backup plan in case the engine on my first-gen Insight ever dies. :D

Yes I'm looking for 80+ MPG

What does "most important project" mean?

​@@Hawk7886Here we go. One in every crowd...

Facts

As a cyborg wannebe, I'll be having a hot cup of Marvel Mystery Oil.

The ardrino can replicate can bus signals too. At least certain versions could. It has somewhat lost steam since they went after the diesel modders for emissions compliance bullcrap but look into something called a cardrino. I think there was another version of the same project cslled s speeduino. They were completely replacing old broken engine computers that were unattainable along with adding functionality and fuel injection tunes and stuff to older obsolete cars by using an ardrino. There are even hats/shields created to connect the stock ecm wiring for some cars to the io pins and add on bosrds on the ardrino. Ardrino sells a can shield. I started just looking into it just before when the EPA went after the diesel people. Sites started dropping out of existence all over the place but there are still some around. One of the fun goals was to take stuff from newer cars and install it into older vehicles. Sometimes that required creating a can bus signal or altering one to suit the different technologies involved. One guy put an infotainment center from a 2019 expedition into a mid 2000s chevy pickup truck with a ram cumuns diesel. Fun stuff but he disappeared too. I wanted multi port furl injection on a chevy crate motor dropped into a 80s model chevet scooter. I ended up trashing the idea after a hilarious tractor incident ensued effectively totaling it out.

@@sumduma55 There's also ESP32 which can be programmed with the Arduino IDE and I believe can interact with the CAN bus.

@@cobra02411 I almost forgot about those. They were more of a curiosity for some in the communities I was looking at though. But that was several years ago. Thanks for the reminder.

​@sumduma55 Chevettes,now there's something one rarely if ever sees any more !! Pintos,sure,Granadas yep,Vegas at the drag strips,Bobcats,Camaros,Stanks,Monzas,Opels yep yep yep yep n yep,them 4 door Vettes,nahh 😂

@@sumduma55 I like that they have built in Wifi and Bluetooth. The have pro's and con's vs arduino. I've replaced a few sensors around the house with ESP32 for simple packaging. Also, there's a lot of support for ESP Home.

That sound was from the single cylinder 420cc supercharged fuel injected intercooled harbor freight engine. Not to shabby....

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Yeah

Its the song that never ends

Let's be honest, our projects end when we sell it, scrap it, or die.

Robot Cantina finishes a project by tearing it apart to start a new one haha

We did our best to keep the cost low on this project however parts alone exceed $10K.. I'm not sure this car is worth that much.

I would use it as an idiot light for the alternator.

I wish these gen 1 insights were cheap and plentiful...To make a commuter car that isn't super slow but still gets great mpgs & is cheap & simple to fix.

@@michaelbrinks8089 I'd really like Honda to just re-make the first-gen Insight, perhaps with slightly modernized tech. I've never bought a new car, but if they did that I might well buy that new.

@@IstasPumaNevada What I hate is, the automotive industry could easily build a hydrid that got 100 mpgs. Yet they refuse to do so for some reason. The gen 1 insight was slow but got 70mpgs using 23yr tech & non lithium batteries...The VW XL-1 diesel hybrid gets over 200mpgs on a full charge. It's super lightweight, carbon fiber & low powered but proves it can be done. If a gen 1 insight had a lithium battery that was recharged from a wall 🔌 plug-in. It could be made to easily get 70mpgs without being super slow. The 1st prius's were originally designed to get 100mpgs. But then for some strange reason purposely made them only get 50mpgs.

LOL, I have never heard anybody ever say that about an alternator, but I have to admit it is cute.

@@robotcantina8957 Right?! 😅

The super or turbo should make it normal car quick.

@Eluderatnight on the Saturn it made it Volkswagen beetle quick so we will just have to see and I'm perfectly OK with that . Robot canteena is one of my favorite yt channels.

Interesting, That timed relay would certainly make this little Honda more like a Cadillac. I'll give is a shot. Thanks

Thanks ! The Arduino interface to the Honda cluster should be interesting and we will be making a video of that when the time comes.

Real gangsta-ass Jimbo ain't gotta flex nuts, cause real gangsta-ass Jimbo knows he got 'em.

The original hybrid system would require that we use the original 5 speed transmission. Since we are using a Saturn transmission, there is no way to get the hybrid stuff to work.

It is still tuned for forced induction as mentioned in the last video