Wickedrx7's build, L99-Magnum F, Ronin 8.8 - Finally enjoying the car!

[Cobranut]

Pro tips - Use an incandecent bulb on your oil light to your accusump.

Also if you have an EPC accusump put that valve on a relay that is fired via the pressure switch. I put mine in a relay and the response and pressure consistency is much improved.

What's the reason for the incandescent vs LED light?

Also, why have the accusump closed when running?
Doesn't it make more sense to keep the valve open to allow it to stabilize oil pressure all the time?

[largeorangefont]

Most LEDs won't light up when power from the accusump goes to the light. Some of us have had similar problems when replacing cluster indicator lights with LEDs.

An accusump with the electric valve (EPC or not) is never closed. It will always accept oil. When the valve opens to add oil pressure depends on your power and switch setup. Basically what I found is that over time the pressure switch in the EPC valve kit cannot pass enough current to open the valve reliably. So I put the valve on a relay, and the relay is controlled by the pressure switch.

This does not change the overall function of the accusump at all. In my case, mine is wired to 12v ignition, so it is always on when the key is in the run position. I have a switch to turn the system off should I not want the accusump to work.
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My accusump indicator light is wired to the 12v positive side of the valve, so whenever the pressure switch turns on the valve, the indicator light goes on, so it doubles as a low oil pressure warning light.

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[wickedrx7]

Laid down a few coats of filler primer on the interior panels...  Have a few spots to fix but pretty happy with the way they are turning out.

[wickedrx7]

I am struggling with what color to paint my interior panels..... I am between statin charcoal grey or satin titanium metallic. Any thoughts or opinions? Such a big decision. Lol

[digitalsolo]

Satin Titanium Metallic sure sounds cool.

[wickedrx7]

Actually might do more of a matte.

[paul_3rdgen]

I like the charcoal, not a fan of the metallic on the interior. 


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[nadeem]

Satin Titanium Metallic sure sounds cool.

[wickedrx7]

Update time! 

I kinda hit a wall with painting the interior, I even went to a couple local paint shops to see what they wanted to paint the panels and they were all in the 700-1000 range.  I stumbled on to Urekem paints - http://www.urekem-paints.com/ 

I was impressed with the amount of colors offered and very reasonable prices.  I narrowed it down to low gloss Charcoal Grey Metallic & low gloss Static Grey Pearl.  I ended up going with the Static Gray pearl.  I also picked up some 2K primer for plastics. 

I started yesterday and planned to give a couple coats of primer and then 600 grit sand and do the final spray.  Well everything didn't go as planned.  I ended up getting a good amount of fisheyes in the paint, still not sure what caused this.  I spent most of last night sanding them out.  Today I sprayed one more thinned coat of primer to seal everything and then sprayed the top coat. I couldn't be happier with the color and pretty happy with my painting skills. Only problem is I had a few specs of dust despite my makeshift paint booth.  I really like the color, it has a very nice sheen and has some nice dark flakes in the paint, not a metallic.  I think it is going to look great in the car!  (pictures don't do it justice)







I also started working on final wiring and new warning lamps.  I picked up my custom light holder last week which was 3D printed by a certain forum member... I am extremely happy with the way it turned out.  I still need to make a mount for it and also fully seal it to the plastic. 

[digitalsolo]

Warning lights and the interior panels both look great!

[wickedrx7]

Warning lights and the interior panels both look great!

Thanks Blake!  I am so pumped to get this installed... Too bad I have work commitments every night this week until Thursday... I know what I am doing with my Friday off....

Couple more pics!

[Burntz]

wow that looks great.

[kinger]

Wow nice!!!


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[AHarada]

Nice work.  Where can I get one of those warning light holders?

[wickedrx7]

Nice work.  Where can I get one of those warning light holders?

Thanks!  The warning light setup is a one-off... wickedrx7 special.  Not really something that can be mass produced. 

I made a little progress last night, I installed the speedhut senders for the Water, Oil Temp and pressure and ran the wiring.  I did re-wrap all the wires in nylon loom.  I was not impressed with the hard vinyl computer cable that they supplied with the gauges.  I also installed the drivers door panel and test fitted the center console.