Power FC pics of my Commander mount in a 2nd gen
pics of my Commander mount in a 2nd gen
1988 Turbo II
I've finally gotten my interior put back together after the whole turbo upgrade process, and like everyone here I've had to figure out what to do with my commander. Well I bought the Gotham Racing mount http://www.gothamracing.com/catalog/...a0f308754c541c
that mounts very well in a 93 car if you remove the glovebox. On my 2nd gen I decided I didn't want to pull out the glovebox because it would sit too high. So what I did was line up the mount with the triangle trim piece on the dash by the passenger's left foot. I had a friend play around with different locations for the holder while I sat in the driver's seat to make sure I could read the display and shift gears without any interference.
I used two short OEM trim screws, not the two that Gotham sent me. In that pic I have a little more slack in the wire than I plan to have normally.
Then I put the soft side of a piece of velcro on the commander holder (actually used the velcro that Apex'i included. JDM tyte yo). Just the soft side on the holder (didn't put any velcro on the commander itself) will allow the commander to slide in there with a tighter fit but still come out easily.
Then, for ease of connection, I used a PS/2 extension cable to connect to the PFC by following the Banzai Racing writeup http://www.banzai-racing.com/ps2_cab...all_how-to.htm .
At this point I had to make a decision whether to try and mount my datalogit or not. I decided I didn't want even more gizmos in the interior. So what I did was run the wires from my LC-1 wideband (which were under the carpet by the ECU) with the PS/2 extension cable. Then I used quick disconnect terminals on the LC-1 wires (for AN1 and AN2) so that I can quickly hook up the datalogit and laptop when I want to do some tuning. Otherwise I have the PS/2 cable and the wideband wires tucked out of the way so the passenger can't see the wires and doesn't accidently mess with them.
Overall, this isn't the most impressive or creative commander mount, but it gets the job done, it looks relatively clean, and with the PS/2 extension cable it's convenient for hooking up a datalogit.
I've finally gotten my interior put back together after the whole turbo upgrade process, and like everyone here I've had to figure out what to do with my commander. Well I bought the Gotham Racing mount http://www.gothamracing.com/catalog/...a0f308754c541c
that mounts very well in a 93 car if you remove the glovebox. On my 2nd gen I decided I didn't want to pull out the glovebox because it would sit too high. So what I did was line up the mount with the triangle trim piece on the dash by the passenger's left foot. I had a friend play around with different locations for the holder while I sat in the driver's seat to make sure I could read the display and shift gears without any interference.
I used two short OEM trim screws, not the two that Gotham sent me. In that pic I have a little more slack in the wire than I plan to have normally.
Then I put the soft side of a piece of velcro on the commander holder (actually used the velcro that Apex'i included. JDM tyte yo). Just the soft side on the holder (didn't put any velcro on the commander itself) will allow the commander to slide in there with a tighter fit but still come out easily.
Then, for ease of connection, I used a PS/2 extension cable to connect to the PFC by following the Banzai Racing writeup http://www.banzai-racing.com/ps2_cab...all_how-to.htm .
At this point I had to make a decision whether to try and mount my datalogit or not. I decided I didn't want even more gizmos in the interior. So what I did was run the wires from my LC-1 wideband (which were under the carpet by the ECU) with the PS/2 extension cable. Then I used quick disconnect terminals on the LC-1 wires (for AN1 and AN2) so that I can quickly hook up the datalogit and laptop when I want to do some tuning. Otherwise I have the PS/2 cable and the wideband wires tucked out of the way so the passenger can't see the wires and doesn't accidently mess with them.
Overall, this isn't the most impressive or creative commander mount, but it gets the job done, it looks relatively clean, and with the PS/2 extension cable it's convenient for hooking up a datalogit.
Last edited by arghx; Feb 24, 2008 at 05:20 PM.
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