Knight Rider HUMMER KITT lights - 2.0 - Page 3

not an Evo, its a GTS. The evo wasn't out yet when I got the lancer...and Iw ould never pay $42,000 for an little rice car with a turbo on it.....your almost in Vette territory with that price tag....horrible.  Once I get done with it it'll outrun any evo on the street anyway

I've never seen a GTS.  They must not sell them over here.  I hardly ever see the Evo.  STi's are VERY popular around here.  You don't see too many of anything else other then Impreza's anymore around here.

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not an Evo, its a GTS. The evo wasn't out yet when I got the lancer...and Iw ould never pay $42,000 for an little rice car with a turbo on it.....your almost in Vette territory with that price tag....horrible.  Once I get done with it it'll outrun any evo on the street anyway

which engine did you get in the lancer? and which transmission?

im curious as to what you plan to do to get enough power to keep up with an evo...ive built a non-turbo mitsu engine into a turbo engine, and we ended up with around 500hp, but it was not cheap... but then again, this is a GEMA engine, not a mitsu engine..

the 08 lancers only came with the new mivec 4 banger. It's a "world" motor so it has alot of Chrysler and dodge parts in it....at least I'm not driving a 100% import..lol. I have the 5 speed manual...that cvt tranny blows chunks. Honestly I don't know if I'll be able to toast an evo, but I'll also be 10 grand less than what an evo would cost. From what inside sources in Japan say the evo's block are the same, just has added boost and of course AWD among other small things. The lancer ralliart will be priced between the gts and the evo and will have the same setu as the evo minus a few little things. This is just what I heard on various boards and can't say for sure if it's true.
 
I plan on waiting for the works or the RRM turbo kit or I might get the guy that built my GN motor to come up with a custom turbo setup. Then we'll have to address the trans and rest of the drivetrain. The way I look at it though, I have $20,000 to play with until I am up to the EVO price range....I don't see how it would cost much more than $10,000 to make the car close to evo in 1/4 mile times. I really like driving the car, it's fun to zip around in...BUT...I just don't see why people would spend over 40 grand on a little import when you could buy real American muscle for less. I guess I'm just not a true "tuner"

the hardest part, even if you achieve the power needed to beat an evo, will be the advantage of the evo's AWD.  there are few cars in the world sold with an AWD setup that will yield such high quality handling.
 
the engine in your car is the same engine family and same engine code, the 4B11, as the new evo.  theyre both GEMA engines, so there is a good chance that some parts will crossover, but mitsubishi has done things in the past which effects modding.  for instance, the 4G63T in my laser sits the opposite direction than the 4G63T in the previous gen Evo.
 
the problem is that once you build a huge power FWD, traction becomes a problem...ive seen lots of high powered, boost hondas and FWD DSMs, and many of them are tire smoker specials...

Mike, that is great! I hope you have the sound going when you come in for service on Friday, we can show everyone in service! LOL!!

I got the components today.  Unfortunately one of the circuits came unassembled, meaning they sent the PCB board and the diodes, capacitors, resistors and heat sinks, but all in pieces.  That's the amplifier circuit for a preamp out to the main speaker.
 
Anyway, it's going to take a BIG longer then I thought  but I'm going to run to Radio Shack tomorrow after work, and I should have the basic box put together tomorrow.  Then I can sample the sounds and get everything hooked up Wed. and Thurs. so it should be good to go for Friday.
 
And, I DID get my KITT license plates

Amazingly after 2 days, it actually works.  I can't freakin' believe it.  I'm downloading the files to store on the chip now.  I have a ways to go, but by midnight tonight, it will be done

Hey....Here is something for you.
 
Only $49.00
 
KITT Lives: the Knight Rider R/C Car
 
http://www.gearlog.com/2008/02/kitt_lives_the_knight_rider_rc.php
 

I think it's good so far but from the picture I think thte led's aren't a good choice. They look kind of unevenly spaced and probably dull. Can't wait to see a video of the end product.

They look better now.  I adjusted the scanning rate and they now have sound.  I'm about to go do some video of it even though the truck is looking pretty dirty right now.

Here ya go.  It's cold and nasty out, so when I have more time (and it's clean) I'll take a better video:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyP6cQrAbIQ
 
And yes, the sounds are coming from the truck.

I had the opportunity to see them IN PERSON today! :) Good job, Mike!

I too had the opportunity to view the lights/sounds today...looks and sounds just like I remember.   Great job Mike.
 
Kent
'08 H3 ALPHA

Mike...DUDE!!! THat is SICK!!! If you would wire in a motion detector so that it would go off when someone walks right in front of your truck, you would make a few people crap
 
BTW...your a hit at SG

Thanks Mike.  Sorry I haven't been over there lately.  The car has really worn me out this week.
 
And, I already told Mike and a few others that I'm going to add the motion sensor soon.  I just need a break

thats wicked...

so, just a thought, but when i was little, one of my dads customers had a firebird that was a poorly done kitt knock off, and he had buttons inside that made the car "talk"...
 
just think about it..."michael, there is a jeep stuck on a muddy trail one point five miles to the north-northeast"...in the voice from the original...
 

I'm actually working on a design for that, but it will be a separate circuit.  Now that I know how to make the first one, I can order the components to create the second module.  The voice module was a combination of 3 separate circuits, one of which was a 6V power supply for the voice chip, and an amplifier circuit to power the speaker in the hood compartment, all triggered with a relay and remote control.
 
The Voice part will hopefully have a screen on the dash come up with a video clip of the KITT screen when he talks, and will introduce itself to you when you sit down, triggered by the airbag sensors in the seats.  When you sit, the screen will come up with him talking and you'll actually see his display.
 
Well, that's just an idea, but not impossible
 
I already have the KITT voice on my TomTom navigation unit

My god, is there no end to it?
 
That does sound cool though, pretty convienent that your name is Mike.

Good question.  Apparently, the end is not near as I thought
 
Between the feedback on here and the emails I've gotten from YouTube users, apparently the requests are:
 
A) Make it motion-activated
 
B) Make it talk
 
C) Make his EQ come up on a screen while it talks
 
So, that being said (I'm still not sure why I'm doing this ) I will be installing the motion-activation sensor this Saturday.  This will be turned on and off via a switch under the light controls.
 
It will be able to be triggered by either motion or remote.  I'm putting some diodes on the circuit so it doesn't fry my other components when either one is triggerred. 
 
We'll see how well THIS one works

Motion Activated would be COOL!!
 
Scare the SH1t out of people!!!

totally  should have been a trans am or the new camero?
 
not a ford !!!!

Getting back to Knight Rider KARR was also a Camero

KARR was a Trans Am buddy.  Well, first I thought he was that Truck that Michael Knight's evil twin drove, but I think that was some other funky storyline.
 
 

I've decided to take a break from this whole KITT thing.  I've done what I originally wanted to do, but designing, hunting down and building custom components is tiring and time-consuming, and it's taking me away from finishing the rest of the truck.  I'll probably some months down the line add the rest of the components, but for now I'm going to give this one a break